Watch Usher On VH1′s “Friday Night Alright”
Tune in to VH1 next week as Usher performs at London’s Koko club. Fresh off the release of his latest studio album, “Raymond v. Raymond”, Usher is basking in the glow of being named Billboard Magazine’s No. 1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s for having 13 consecutive top-20 singles (seven reaching No. 1). “Usher is obviously a target artist for the VH1 audience,” says Ben Zurier (executive vice president of programming for VH1, VH1 Classic and Palladia). Zurier says. “He has such broad appeal — men, women, different ethnic groups — we’re even airing a ‘Behind the Music’ on Usher this month.
“Originally they were going to shoot this concert earlier in the year, but the volcano (in Iceland) blew, so we had to put it off a bit,” Zurier says. “But it’s a really cool club in London where they have a lot of great shows. Although I’m sure it is a much smaller stage than they are used to performing on … it will really make you appreciate the intimacy.” (That’s code for “The dancers felt superfluous.”) ‘London Live: Usher’ will air on July 16, 2010 on VH1 at 11 pm.
