Shakira, Madonna and Okay-pop megastars BTS will headline a Tremendous Bowl-style half-time present on the World Cup closing on 19 July at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Fifa stated Thursday.
Coldplay’s Chris Martin is curating the present, which is a primary for a soccer World Cup closing however has raised issues about how lengthy half-time will probably be.
The most important-ever World Cup, with 48 groups, kicks off on 11 June in america, Canada and Mexico.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino introduced in March final yr that there could be “the first-ever half-time present at a Fifa World Cup closing”.
He didn’t say on the time who could be performing or how lengthy the present would final.
“This will probably be a historic second for the Fifa World Cup and a present befitting the largest sporting occasion on the earth,” he stated on Instagram.
The transfer mirrors the present held through the closing of the 2024 Copa America in Miami, when Colombian star Shakira carried out at half-time on the Arduous Rock Stadium.
There was additionally a half-time present ultimately yr’s Fifa Membership World Cup closing, additionally at MetLife Stadium, which stretched the break in extra of the regulation quarter-hour.
Infantino added that Fifa additionally deliberate to “take over” New York’s Instances Sq. on the ultimate weekend of the World Cup.
The half-time extravaganza will help Fifa’s World Citizen Schooling Fund, an initiative working to boost $100m for kids worldwide through the World Cup.
Shakira final week teased the brand new official music for the World Cup, releasing a short video of the observe filmed at Brazil’s iconic Maracana Stadium.
The singer – who additionally created the 2010 World Cup anthem Waka Waka – introduced the music, titled Dai Dai, in a submit on her Instagram account.
Within the 67-second video, Shakira seems on the pitch on the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, the place she carried out in a free live performance on the metropolis’s Copacabana Seashore earlier than 2 million folks.
Holding the Trionda, the official match ball of the 2026 World Cup, Shakira carried out excerpts of the music in English, joined by dancers dressed within the colors of groups together with the US and Colombia.
The music was produced with Nigerian artist Burna Boy and is ready for official launch on Thursday. The clip, additionally shared by the Fifa World Cup account, ends with the message: “We’re prepared!”
Shakira has a protracted affiliation with the World Cup, performing on the 2006 and 2014 World Cup finals along with producing Waka Waka for the 2010 event.
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