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Usher Wows Manhattan With Free Concerts in Central Park and at the Apple Store

By DNAinfo Staff on August 20, 2010 1:55pm  | Updated on August 21, 2010 9:48am

By Yepoka Yeebo

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Usher wowed Manhattan on Friday, performing in Central Park in the morning and then heading to Fifth Avenue for a show next to the Apple store.

Clad in a camouflage t-shirt, white pants and a bowler hat, Usher performed summer club hit "OMG," and his newest single "DJ Got US Fallin' in Love Again" for the "Good Morning America" concert series in the park.

The star played "Yeah," and "There Goes My Baby," to screaming fans in the afternoon outside the Apple Store as part of a concert series for "The Early Show."

"I loved it, "There Goes My Baby" had me grooving," said Vanessa Taylor, 23, who saw the Fifth Avenue show.

Taylor said she had a great view of the R 'n' B star as he walked up towards the stage.

Singer Usher performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on August 20, 2010 in New York City.
Singer Usher performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on August 20, 2010 in New York City.
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"He's short, but he's cute," said Taylor, from Rosedale, Queens.

Reyna Campbell, 19, of Orange, New Jersey, said she enjoyed the high energy show.

"He really knows how to perform to a crowd, he's a veteran," she said. "It was my first time going to a concert like this where it was actually somebody I wanted to see."

Usher performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on August 20, 2010 in New York City.
Usher performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on August 20, 2010 in New York City.
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Usher performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on August 20, 2010 in New York City.
Usher performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on August 20, 2010 in New York City.
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