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The Super Bowl LVIII was memorable for various reasons, including the half-time show by Usher, which featured an all-black cast with artists like Alicia Keys, H.E.R., Lil Jon, and Ludacris. However, it could've been even better if not for the changes made before the show.
It was rumored that pop star Justin Bieber would also make an appearance alongside Usher. However, that ended up not happening, causing many changes in the show that was ultimately aired on Super Bowl LVIII last Sunday.
Justin Bieber decided not to appear
Rapper Lil Jon mentioned to TMZ that they were planning the show around Justin Bieber making a guest appearance singing his hit single 'Sorry.' Still, the Canadian star ended up declining as 'he wasn't really ready' to do it.
Because of Justin Bieber's dismissal, Lil Jon revealed that around '179 changes' had to be made on the final Super Bowl LVIII half-time show product we all saw on television and the field last Sunday.
"We wanted to put Justin in the show, so we had the idea of doing a version of the show with Justin in it. But I think Justin just wasn't really ready to - that's a lot of rehearsal, a lot of responsibility, a lot of time, and a lot of eyeballs. And I don't know if he was ready to do all of that. But he definitely was there ing Ush and they are really good friends, and he definitely was ing him, regardless.
How long is halftime at a Super Bowl?
During NFL games halftime is 15 minutes of rest between the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the third quarter, but because it is a Super Bowl, and in order to dedicate enough time to the guest artists, the halftime lasts up to 25 minutes on average.
This doesn't mean that Usher will be on stage the entire time, since once the first half of the game is over, the stage on which the Dallas-born singer will appear has to be set up, and after his performance, everything has to be dismantled so that the field is clean for the start of the second half.