We've been saying since Justin Timberlake announced his comeback that he would more than likely be performing as part of this year's Super Bowl halftime show with Beyonce...

We're almost there...

According to Billboard.com, Justin will perform his first solo concert in several years at a New Orleans charity concert during Super Bowl weekend.

Justin will be performing at the DIRECTV Super Saturday Night event, being held Feb. 2 at DTV SuperFan stadium and hosted by Mark Cuban's AXS TV. Questlove of The Roots is DJ'ing before and after Timberlake's set.

So....he'll be performing on SATURDAY before the Super Bowl and NOT part of the halftime show singing 'Suit & Tie'.....nope....we're not believing that. We think Saturday's performance will just be the warmup for Justin performing in front of people again and the big performance will come the NEXT day at halftime.