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Usher Re-Slates Special ‘Confessions’ Performance for 2024 Essence Festival of Culture
Usher will perform his classic album 'Confessions' during a special one-night-only performance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture.
Under the theme “Celebrating 30 Years of Us,” Essence itself is marking the festival’s own milestone birthday with a star-studded lineup that includes R&B/pop icon Janet Jackson, a special performance by Birdman & Friends Presents 30 Years of Cash Money Millionaires, three-time Grammy winner Victoria Monét and eight-time Essence Festival veteran Charlie Wilson. “As we commemorate this year’s festival, Essence will give flowers to the entertainers who started the all-white Sunday-night tradition,” states the press release of the tribute that will also include a “passing of the torch moment” curated by Grammy-winning songwriter/producer Bryan-Michael Cox. That multi-genre lineup will feature Method Man, Sheila E., Big Boi, Donell Jones, Tweet, Machel Montano and Lloyd.
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