The Weeknd, the “Super Bowl” Halftime Show rediscovers the past glories

Las Vegas e Starboy, to unite the new with the old. The Weeknd, who on the night between Sunday and Monday performed at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, star of the Super Bowl’s Halftime Show, wanted to open his concert with a modern image of himself sitting in the car, facing the skyline of Las Vegas. The lights of Nevada, the mansions of the city of sin were a constant in the promotion following the publication of After Hours. And, about a year after the release of his latest album, The Weeknd wanted to find them in Tampa, the culmination of a career that has been fully retraced on stage.

Although he used the symbology of After Hours to animate the show, the singer, great excluded of the last Grammys, opened his performance with Starboy, to then sing some of his greatest past hits. I feel it coming paired with Can’t feel my face, while dancers in red jackets and bandages danced on stage. The hills has accompanied Blinding lights, and The Weeknd sang, in his (now known) red jacket, giving the audience an incredible performance.

The concert by the artist, on whose staging he is said to have spent a record seven million dollars out of his own pocket, was able to fill the void left by the Coronavirus. And, faced with a stadium full for a tenth, with a space of interaction much larger than what he would have wanted, The Weeknd gave life to an intimate performance, in which there was entertainment, technology. There was a complex choreography, the setting for an exhibition perfectly able to stand up to the comparison with the most iconic shows of the past.

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