Las Vegas’ Lovers & Friends 2024 Lineup Includes Usher, Janet, Snoop
Las Vegas has become a huge hotbed of music festivals. The pop-punk and emo kids have When We Were Young festival. The metalheads and rockers have Sick New World. But this one… this one is for the lovers. The 2024 edition of the Lovers & Friends Fest was just announced, and the line-up is fire.
A look at this year’s lineup for Lovers & Friends
The third edition of the festival takes place on May 4, 2024, and has some surprises and some favorites.
Usher is back, as he has performed at the last two installments of the festival. This time he is switching things up a bit, performing the entirety of his 2024 smash hit album Confessions. Lil Wayne is getting in on the “performing the whole album” thing too, going front to back on Tha Carter III.
2023 featured a diva in Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera, but this year it is featuring, arguably, the divas. Janet Jackson, Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. The full lineup is below and it’s pretty amazing.
- Usher (performing Confessions)
- Backstreet Boys
- Snoop Dogg
- Nas
- Alicia Keys
- Mary J Blige
- Nelly
- TLC
- M.I.A.
- Timbaland
- Akon
- Keyshia Cole
- Brandy
- Monica
- Eve
- Jason Derulo
- Robin Thicke
- 98 Degrees
- Tyrese
- Jodeci
- Ma$e
- SWV
- Xscape
- Tank
- Jeremih
- Jojo
- Mya
- Kelis
- Lloyd
- Cam’ron
- Twista
- Juvenile
- Paul Wall
- Plies
- Mims
- Tweet
- Next
- Lumidee
- Paula Deanda
- Jon B
- 112
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- Janet Jackson
- Lil Wayne (performing Tha Carter III)
- Gwen Stefani
- Ludacris
- Nelly Furtado
- Ciara
- Ja Rule
- Ashanti
- T-Pain
- Ne-Yo
- Kelly Rowland
- Craig David
- Sean Paul
- 6lack
- Majid Jordan
- Method Man & Redman
- Rick Ross
- Jeezy
- Fat Joe
- T.I.
- E-40
- The-Dream
- Pretty Ricky
- Ginuwine
- Mario
- Dru Hill
- Keri Hilson
- Lupe Fiasco
- Too $hort
- Trina
- Ying Yang Twins
- David Banner
- Lil Flip
- Nina Sky
- Total
- Blaque
- 702
- Amerie
- J Holiday
- J-Kwon
- Iyaz
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How does this measure up to Lovers & Friends in the past?
When the event launched back in 2022, the event got started with the namesakes of the festival. “Lovers and Friends” by Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris was released in 2004 (twenty years ago, what the…) and they, of course, had to be a part. That first year also featured massive stars like Lauryn Hill, TLC, Nelly and Brandy and Monica. They should always be a package deal.
In 2023, Usher returned to the stage alongside Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, 50 Cent, Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Blackstreet, 702 and Boyz II Men.
How to get tickets to this year’s show
2024 is definitely shaping up to be another incredible year and we are beyond ready for it. Presale starts this Friday, January 26 at 10 am PT and you need to sign up for the presale on the festival’s website to get access. While tickets start at $19.99 down, general admission starts at $325 with prices going up from there for GA+ and VIP.
Usher: The Best Viral Moments From His Vegas Residency
“Don’t leave your girl round me, true player for real,” Usher sings on his 2001 hit “U Don’t Have To Call” and in 2023 the line still rings true. Usher has been making headlines ever since he started his Las Vegas residency last year. It has become one of the hottest tickets in Sin City and has since been extended.
This month, the Confessions singer added new dates to his residency, which will now end in December. Twelve new shows have been added: Nov. 3-4, 7-8, 10-11, 22, 24-25, 29 and Dec. 1-2. Additionally, he will be taking his show to Paris from the end of September through early October.
A Las Vegas residency is only one of the goals the R&B superstar wants to accomplish. He has dreams of showing the world his talents on the biggest stage. The Grammy-winner spoke to Access Hollywood earlier this year about the possibility of him headlining the Super Bowl.
“I’d be a fool to say no,” Usher said. “Well, things line up that we would all hope. You know, one day that moment will happen.”
This year Rihanna took the stage and made history as the most-watched Super Bowl performance. Rihanna’s total views during her performance were 121 million, which beat the record held by Katy Perry in 2015 with 118 million views. Perry brought out Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott during her performance, while Rihanna did the show solo.
However, for Usher, he is grateful for how career has progressed thus far and is looking towards any future milestone opportunities.
“What I am thankful for is the fact that there’s even any conversation about me — period,” he told The Associated Press. “I feel humbled that at this age and this juncture of my life, people still have to ask the question, (even) after all of the number ones that I’ve had and all the diamond (selling songs), that I have enough records to perform 15 minutes.”
Usher is also gearing up to release his ninth studio album, which the R&B star says will arrive “sometime this year.”
Take a look at five viral moments from Usher’s Las Vegas residency so far:
