Sadly, I feel the only experience I got from the show was being in the same arena as him and get to have a type of an Usher/crowd jam session. For me this concert was an opportunity to see an artist that I have enjoyed so much over the years and was so excited to have him in our state to preform. He has shown many times over many years/platforms how capable and accomplished of a performer his is. More than I felt acceptable being the headliner and Usher.

Unfortunately, there was a significant amount of each song where the crowd sang the song in place of him. Stating this hard for me to say as I truly appreciate there are so many things that go in to having Usher preform in the middle of all his commitments. I believe he was intending to do a striped down set (similar to an acoustic show) for his performance but end up feeling unprepared and underwhelming. When it became time for Usher, the mood suddenly changed. I felt the other Jingle Ball artist (Flo Rida, Jelly Roll, Doechii and others) did a fantastic job of hyping (keeping the hype) of the concert as they passed the stage to the next. My expectations may have been set too high and little over sold on “Usher Little Caesars Arena” as there were 8 other acts to take the stage before him. He has been on my top 10 concert to see for some time and even more so after watching clips of his Vegas show. Detroit, MI was so looking forward to seeing Usher. He is still an artist I admire and wish him well for Super Bowl and Vegas but Michigan really missed hearing you sing.

I was so looking forward to seeing Usher.

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