Find out who is the guitarist who shone on Rihanna’s show in the Super Bowl 2023 final

Rihanna’s halftime show at the 2023 Super Bowl final is still one of the most talked about subjects in the music world. In addition to the announcement of the singer’s pregnancy, the band’s live performance caught the attention of fans and one of the highlights was the guitarist, none other than Nuno Bettencourt. The respected musician in the market, he has accompanied the performer of “Umbrella”, “Diamonds” and “Work”, among other hits, since 2010.

“A friend named Tony Bruno was the one who called me to work with Rihanna. At the time, I turned it down because her musical material had little guitar and I had already been on the scene for a long time. I wanted something different. He ended up convincing me because the Rihanna herself wanted “something heavier” at the shows”, said Nuno in an interview published in 2014.

Nuno was one of the leaders of the American band Extreme alongside vocalist Gary Cherone. “Get The Funk Out”, “Hole Hearted” and “Midnight Express” were some of the group’s hits, but who he has more than 40 years even remember “More Than Words”. The song, a ballad, was one of the most played songs on radio in the 1990s and the clip, one of the most played on music programs on television.