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 45-year-old R&B crooner and longtime girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea obtained a marriage license in Clark County on February 8 – five days ago.
A source told DailyMail.com that the OMG singer took the decision to get married after seeking advice from his spiritual advisor Amba Kahly Su.
The wedding, which follows what is sure to be a spectacular performance, will be an intimate affair attended only by 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, 45, and longtime girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea, 39, obtained a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada, on February 8 – five days before his upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance
Records revealed the R&B crooner and Goicoechea’s filing three years into their relationship
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 at his birthday party.
A year later, Usher was photographed kissing the Miami-born music manager backstage at the October 2019 Hollywood Bowl.
The couple has also appeared on the red carpet together repeatedly — including Vanity Fair’s 2023 Oscar 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 partna. Happy birthday, my love.”
Last week – on the same day the marriage license was filed – Usher appeared on the Talk and confirmed that his family would be at the Super Bowl to see him perform.
He said, ‘They’ll be close. I have received a lot of notes from Naviyd. Usher, he gave me some notes.
“He gave me a few songs that he thought I should definitely cut, songs that I should keep.”
The father of four also opened up about his struggle to balance family life with R&B superstars, adding, “My kids – sometimes they don’t want me to come.
Usher and his kids on Instagram, June 2023. The artist shares sons, 15-year-old Usher (AKA Cinco) V, and Naviyd Ely, 14, with his first wife Tameka Foster, as well as a daughter, Sovereign Bo, 3, and a one-year-old son, Sire Castrello, with Goicoechea
The soon-to-be married couple was first spotted together when she was photographed at his birthday party. They are seen here attending the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Dolby Theater in 2021, when Goicoechea was pregnant with Sovereign Bo.
Usher with Sovereign and Sire, his two daughters with his now confirmed fiancée
His sons are from his previous marriage to Tameka Foster (right), whom he split from in 2009
“They don’t want me to be at their basketball game or recital, or they want to be very, very quiet 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 will likely attend Usher’s second wedding, which will take place at one of Las Vegas’ famous chapels.
The rapper is one of several celebrities who have said their vows in Sin City in recent years, including Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck and Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker.
J-Lo, 54, said I do to Affleck, 51, at The Little White Wedding Chapel in July 2022 — a month before she renewed her vows in an extravagant ceremony at the actor’s estate in Savannah, Georgia.
Also at the event was Reba McEntire, who opened Sunday’s match with a moving rendition of the national anthem
She sat next to Post Malone who will portray America The Beautiful
Earlier that year, Kardashian, 44, and Barker, 48, said yes during an impromptu midnight wedding at the city’s One Love Chapel.
Unlike Usher and J-Lo, the lovebirds failed to get a permit, which meant they had to repeat their vows at the Santa Barbara courthouse in May 2022 before saying for the third time that I would do at a lavish wedding a week 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 it was annulled.
Nicholas Cage, 60, married wife Riko Shibata, 29, at the Wynn Hotel in February 2021, while singer Lily Allen, 38, and Stranger Things actor David Harbour, 48, were married in the city in September 2020 by an Elvis impersonator .
Usher, meanwhile, will be the big star of the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show at Allegiant Stadium Sunday night when the San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs.
Reba McEntire shall in the meantime, sing the national anthem PostMalone will perform America The Beautiful and Andra The day will sing Lift up every voice and sing as part of the pregame performances.
The rapper is one of several celebrities to have exchanged vows in Sin City in recent years, including Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, who tied the knot in July 2022 at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Vegas.
Nicolas Cage, 56, married – for the fifth time – 26-year-old girlfriend Riko Shibata in a small ceremony in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel in February 2021
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married last April in a boozy ceremony in Vegas after the Grammys
In addition to performing portions of his hits, Usher is also expected to show off his critically acclaimed dancing skills, as well as bringing along 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 came into play during his recent Las Vegas residency.
A promo for Usher’s show also aired on Thursday. It was a nod to the movie The Hangover, in which Ludacris, Lil Jon and Taraji P. Henson joined 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 and has been releasing his latest album announced a new upcoming North American tour.
It’s not the first time Usher has done something has become entertainment’s largest musical stage.
He joined Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am for his 2011 set and has said he would use that achievement as a ‘cheat sheet’ for Sunday’s show.
The Super Bowl will be held on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, featuring the San Francisco 49ers stand opposite against the Kansas City Chiefs.