With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full swing, had to up the ante for his halftime show at Super Bowl LV, which only 25,000 fans were allowed to attend β surrounded by 30,000 cardboard cutouts β in a nearly 66,000-seat stadium. And up the ante he did. Β The three-time Grammy winner, 30, dazzled on stage at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday, February 7, during a break in the NFL championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Over the course of 14 minutes, he took the crowd β and millions of viewers at home β through his music catalog with singles including βThe Hills,β βI Feel It Comingβ and an orchestral version of the Fifty Shades of Grey songΒ βEarned It.β Β (real name Abel Tesfaye) kicked off his high-energy performance with βStarboyβ in front of a massive choir in the stands. He wore his signature red sequined jacket over an otherwise all-black outfit. He then took viewers into a gold, mirrored room, surrounded by a group of lookalikes with bandaged heads. Toward the end, he and his backup dancers made their way to the field to βHouse of Balloonsβ from his 2011 debut mixtape of the same name. He closed his set with βBlinding Lightsβ as fireworks went off above the stadium. Β In the days leading up to the big gig, the Toronto native revealed that he had used $7 million of his own money to give the audience a halftime show they
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