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By Ruth Styles in Las Vegas, Nevada, for Dailymail.com and Alan Butterfield in Las Vegas, Nevada for Dailymail.com
23:31 February 11, 2024, updated 23:50 February 11, 2024
- Records show the couple obtained a marriage license in Clark County on February 8.
- A source said he made the decision after receiving advice from a spiritual advisor.
- The wedding will be an intimate event attended only by close friends and family.
It’s the city of wedding chapels staffed by Elvis impersonators, and today, Usher will celebrate his Super Bowl halftime show by becoming the latest big name to tie the knot in Sin City, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Records show the R&B singer, 45, and his longtime girlfriend, Jennifer Goicoechea, obtained a marriage license in Clark County on Feb. 8, five days ago.
A source told DailyMail.com that the OMG singer made the decision to get married after following the advice of his spiritual advisor Amba Kahly Su.
The wedding, which will follow what is sure to be a sensational performance, will be an intimate event attended by only close friends and family.
The marriage will be the star’s second: his previous wife is fashion designer Tameka Foster, 53, with whom he shares teenage sons, Usher ‘Cinco’ Raymond V, 16, and Navid Ely, 15.
Usher also has two children with Goicoechea, 39: daughter Sovereign Bo, three, and son Sire Castrello, two.
The soon-to-be couple has been together since October 2018, when she was photographed attending his birthday party.
A year later, Usher was photographed kissing the Miami-born music executive backstage at the Hollywood Bowl in October 2019.
The couple has also appeared together repeatedly on the red carpet, including Vanity Fair’s 2023 Oscars party, and regularly appears on each other’s Instagram pages.
In a gushing post to mark Goicoechea’s 39th birthday in October last year, the singer paid tribute to the mother of two, writing: “I couldn’t ask for a better partner.” Happy Birthday my love.’
Last week, the same day the marriage license was filed, Usher appeared on Talk and confirmed that his family would be at the Super Bowl to see him perform.
He said, ‘They’ll be around. I’ve been receiving tons of notes from Naviyd. Usher, he gave me a couple of notes.
“He gave me some songs that I felt like I should definitely cut, songs that I should keep.”
The father-of-four also spoke about his battle to balance family life with R&B stardom, adding: ‘My kids sometimes don’t want me to go.
‘They don’t want me to be at their basketball game or their recital, or they want to be very, very low-key because they don’t want that energy.
“And it’s hard, because I try my best to have that empathy, but I want to be there.”
All four children are likely to attend Usher’s second wedding, which will take place at one of Las Vegas’ famous chapels.
The rapper is one of many celebrities who have said their vows in Sin City in recent years, including Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker.
J-Lo, 54, said yes to Affleck, 51, at The Little White Wedding Chapel in July 2022, a month before repeating their vows in an extravagant ceremony at the actor’s estate in Savannah, Georgia.
Earlier the same year, Kardashian, 44, and Barker, 48, said yes in an impromptu midnight wedding at the city’s One Love Chapel.
Unlike Usher and J-Lo, the lovebirds didn’t get a license, which meant they had to repeat their vows at the Santa Barbara courthouse in May 2022 before saying I do for the third time in a lavish wedding a week ago. later in Portofino, Italy.
Other celebrities who tied the knot in Sin City include Britney Spears, whose January 2004 marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander lasted just 55 hours before being annulled.
Nicholas Cage, 60, married his wife Riko Shibata, 29, at the Wynn Hotel in February 2021, while singer Lily Allen, 38, and Stranger Things actor David Harbor of 48 years old, they married an Elvis impersonator in the city in September 2020.
Usher, for his part, will be the big star of the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime show at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday night when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
Reba McEntire willpower sing the national anthem while Malone Message América La Bella y Andra will perform The day will sing. Lift every voice and sing as part of the pre-game performances.
In addition to performing parts of his hits, Usher is also expected to show off his acclaimed dancing skills, as well as bringing out a surprise guest who he hinted at during Thursday’s press conference.
Fans should also be prepared for at least two costumes and some roller skating, which also played a big role in their recent Las Vegas residency.
Also on Thursday, a promo for Usher’s show aired. It was a nod to the movie The Hangover, with Ludacris, Lil Jon and Taraji P. Henson joining the popular 2000s rapper to recreate a scene from the classic film in a seven-minute clip.
That said, it’s been a busy week for the megastar, who is releasing his latest album and has also announced a new and upcoming North American tour.
It is not the first time that Usher does what It has become the largest musical entertainment stage.
He joined Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am for his performance in 2011 and has said that use that performance as a ‘cheat sheet’ for Sunday’s show.
The Super Bowl will be held on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, with the San Francisco 49ers facing against the Kansas City Chiefs.