Current:Home > reviewsUsher setlist: All the songs on his innovative Past Present Future tour -GrowthInsight
Usher setlist: All the songs on his innovative Past Present Future tour
View
Date:2025-04-17 08:46:51
Usher is (finally) returning to the road.
Coming off of his 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in February, his Essence Festival show in July and 100 shows of a critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency, the singer kicked off his tour Aug. 20 Washington, D.C. after a neck injury forced him to reschedule the first three shows.
Embarking on the Past Present Future tour, his first in eight years, Usher is firing on all cylinders as he takes the stage for a two-hour extravaganza. Somehow even better at 45 than he was at 25, when his 2004 chart-topping, hit album "Confessions" dropped, the R&B legend runs through more hits than most fans realize he has and weaves in tracks from his latest album, "Coming Home."
"I'm promoting a legacy: past, present and future. I've been doing this long enough to celebrate the legacy of my music from the beginning of my career up until an incredible moment that I'm having," he tells USA TODAY ahead of the tour.
48 hours with Usher:Concert preparation, family time and what's next for the R&B icon
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Cruising through each section of the show, Usher uses that tech to connect different eras of his career in a new way. He reimagines versions of his life, including an older Usher from 2044 who made different life decisions, and mimics a video call with younger iterations of himself talking and smiling back at him.
Usher oozes ease as he makes his way around the stage, bumping and grinding and crooning and seducing the mainly aunties and nieces in the audience. His quick changes produce silky, bejeweled look after look, replete with overcoats, larger-than-life sunglasses and slinky tops, all of which manage to find a way off of him to get to the core
The Usher: Past Present Future tour has more than 45 songs that span 30 years of music.
The Essentials:As Usher prepares for Super Bowl halftime show, here are his must-haves
Usher: Past Present Future tour setlist
- "Coming Home"
- "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)"
- "Big"
- "Call Me a Mack"
- "Think of You"
- "Can U Get Wit It"
- "My Way"
- "U Make Me Wanna"
- "8701 Interlude"
- "U Remind Me"
- "U Don't Have to Call"
- "Caught Up"
- "Don't Waste My Time"
- "Love In This Club"
- "Tell Me"
- "Say What U Want"
- "New Flame"
- "Margiela"
- "Party"
- "Lil Freak"
- "Lovers And Friends"
- "Nice & Slow"
- "U Got It Bad"
- "Climax"
- "Burn"
- "Confessions Part II"
- "Monstar"
- "Euphoria"
- "OMG"
- "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love"
- "Without You"
- "Superstar"
- "There Goes My Baby"
- "I Need a Girl"
- "Invented Sex (Remix)"
- "Trading Places"
- "The Matrimony"
- "Good Love"
- "I Don't Mind"
- "Throwback"
- "Bad Girl"
- "Good Kisser"
- "Ruin"
- "Peace Sign"
- "Seduction"
- "Good Good"
- "Yeah!"
veryGood! (56)
Related
- Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
- NYC subway crews wrestle derailed train back on tracks, as crash disrupts service for second day
- Police officer convicted of killing a Colorado man is set to learn if he will spend time behind bars
- Republican US Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado announces he won’t seek reelection
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Stanley cups have people flooding stores and buying out shops. What made them so popular?
- Golden Bachelor's Theresa Nist Shakes Off Wardrobe Malfunction During Wedding to Gerry Turner
- 'Bachelor' fans slam Brayden Bowers for proposing to Christina Mandrell at 'Golden Wedding'
- RFK Jr. grilled again about moving to California while listing New York address on ballot petition
- Nashville is reassigning 10 officers following the leak of a school shooter’s writings, police say
Ranking
- Carolinas bracing for second landfall from Tropical Storm Debby: Live updates
- Top 1-and-done NBA prospects have made a big impact in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll
- Supreme Court allows Idaho abortion ban to be enacted, first such ruling since Dobbs
- New FAFSA form, still difficult to get to, opens for longer hours. Here are the details.
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Milwaukee woman pleads guilty to homicide charges in crash that killed 5
- 50-year friendship offers a close look at caring dialogue on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Trump returns to Iowa 10 days before the caucuses with a commanding lead over the Republican field
Recommendation
NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh a 4-year show cause order for recruiting violations
Republican US Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado announces he won’t seek reelection
NYC train collision causes subway derailment; 24 injured
Stanley cups have people flooding stores and buying out shops. What made them so popular?
Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
Supreme Court allows Idaho abortion ban to be enacted, first such ruling since Dobbs
Ryan and Trista Sutter's 2 Kids Are All Grown Up in Rare Appearance at Golden Bachelor Wedding
Many people wish to lose weight in their arms. Here's why it's not so easy to do.