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Everything will be different in 2021.
Also at the Super Bowl in Tampa.
The stadium is only a third full due to Corona, no elaborately designed stage on the lawn.
But the rapper The Weeknd delivered a halftime show at the finale of the NFL that will go down in history.
The lack of an “e” in The Weeknd is due to the fact that there was already a band called The Weekend in his native Canada
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But first the lights in the stadium went out, only a few blue spotlights announced the appearance of the superstar.
In his almost typical red jacket, The Weeknd got out of a blue sports car and took a seat just in front of the display board.
Moments later, he suddenly stepped out of an opening screen and sang "Starboy", a co-production with Daft Punk.
It went over to "The Hills".
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Last year, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez rocked halftime at the Super Bowl in Miami.
The two superstars delighted the audience on a circular stage with a selection of their greatest hits.
The fans on the Internet were also amused by Shakira's tongue acrobatics.
Lopez, on the other hand, helped her daughter Emme to make a guest appearance.
No stage on the lawn due to Corona
The Weeknd, on the other hand, played the stage solo, and he did without guest stars.
Whereby, the musician didn't have a real stage under his feet.
Because for the first time in the history of the Super Bowl, the halftime show did not take place on the lawn, but mostly in the stands.
The Weeknd used almost all of the stands at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
The Weeknd delivered a more than solid mix of his hits
Source: AP / Lynne Sladky
“We also use the field, but we want to do something we've never done before,” he emphasized before his big performance.
In addition, he does not want to endanger "the safety of players and workers" in times of the corona pandemic.
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Between the songs, The Weeknd ran - or was wrong - singing through an illuminated tunnel, which is now being celebrated on social networks.
Shortly after the performance, numerous memes were found on Twitter, for example.
The Weeknd performed "Can't Feel My Face" and danced with some doubles who, unlike the singer, wore a respirator.
Shortly afterwards he appeared on the next grandstand and hummed "I Feel It Coming" into the microphone.
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The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, had reached deep into its own pocket for its appearance at halftime.
According to consistent media reports, the 30-year-old artist, who was already in a relationship with model Gigi Hadid and singer Selena Gomez, invested around seven million dollars (5.8 million euros) in his show.
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In previous appearances, the Canadian had confused his fans by entering the stage with a bandaged face.
When asked about this, the singer emphasized that he wanted to showcase the “absurd” culture of Hollywood.
The doubles at his halftime show also had bandaged faces.
This time his outfit and demeanor reminded a little of Michael Jackson.
The Canadian musician's choreography seemed perfectly staged at times.
He switched seamlessly to his hit "Save Your Tears", for which he was accompanied by numerous violins, for example.
The only real flaw: Compared to the previous year, the sound in the stadium was not quite as penetrating and energetic.
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Then it went to the lawn: An army of doppelgangers - who all wore a white FFP2 mask - danced in sync while The Weeknd was preparing for what was probably his biggest hit: to the sounds of "Blinding Lights" he hopped to the huge NFL -Logo on the center line.
Now the audience joined the stands.
The song was back at number one on the US iTunes charts after the performance.
Corona had given The Weeknd a difficult task.
The star of the evening solved them without any problems, but also without any major surprises.