Justin Bieber joins Madonna, Shakira, BTS in World Cup final halftime show

FIFA expects ‘a mates of billion’ to tune successful to the 11-minute performance, the archetypal astatine a World Cup.

Justin Bieber has been added to the star-packed lineup of the first-ever World Cup last halftime amusement arsenic organisers confirmed that the full philharmonic show volition past 11 minutes.

Canadian megastar Bieber joins Madonna, Shakira and K-pop sensation BTS for the Super Bowl-style halftime show connected July 19 astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey.

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Coldplay’s Chris Martin is curating the extravaganza, a archetypal for a shot World Cup last and 1 that has raised concerns implicit however agelong the game’s halftime interruption volition be.

The laws of shot let a halftime interval “not exceeding 15 minutes”. Even an 11-minute philharmonic show could inactive necessitate the interruption to beryllium extended, fixed the clip apt required to acceptable up and disassemble the show.

But the announcement volition assuage concerns raised by erstwhile speculation that the World Cup last halftime amusement itself could agelong for arsenic agelong arsenic 25 minutes.

FIFA main Gianni Infantino has said the halftime amusement volition beryllium “definitely the biggest signifier ever”, with “a mates of billion” expected to tune in.

The show, which volition besides diagnostic characters from Sesame Street and The Muppets, volition enactment FIFA’s Global Citizen Education Fund, an inaugural moving to rise $100m for children worldwide during the World Cup.

“The FIFA World Cup brings the satellite unneurotic successful a mode thing other can,” Bieber said successful a statement.

“I’m grateful to beryllium portion of this halftime show, and adjacent much grateful knowing it’s already helping grow entree to acquisition for children astir the world,” added the Stay and Love Yourself hitmaker.

Also added to the lineup successful Wednesday’s announcement were Nigerian singer-songwriter Burna Boy and Venezuelan classical conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

Coldplay volition diagnostic successful a collaboration with PS22 Chorus, an acclaimed choir of students from a New York nationalist simple school.

“This is the azygous largest gathering of artists agreed for a origin since Live Aid, and it could good beryllium the most-watched 11 minutes of broadcast euphony show successful history,” said Hugh Evans, cofounder and CEO of anti-poverty run radical and performance organiser Global Citizen.

At 11 minutes, the World Cup last halftime amusement would beryllium somewhat shorter than astir caller Super Bowl halftime performances, which person typically been astir 13–14 minutes long.

A halftime amusement was trialled astatine past year’s FIFA Club World Cup final, besides astatine MetLife Stadium.

It stretched the full interruption to conscionable implicit 24 minutes, drafting immoderate disapproval implicit the imaginable interaction connected players’ performance.