Madonna, Shakira, BTS to headline World Cup final half-time show

Coldplay’s Chris Martin volition curate the amusement during the July 19 last astatine the MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey, FIFA says.

Madonna, Shakira and K-pop megastars BTS volition header a Super Bowl-style half-time amusement astatine the World Cup last connected July 19 astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey, FIFA has confirmed.

Coldplay’s Chris Martin volition curate the show, which is simply a archetypal for a shot World Cup final, but the programme details released connected Thursday person raised concerns astir however agelong half-time volition be.

“This volition beryllium a historical infinitesimal for the FIFA World Cup and a amusement befitting the biggest sporting lawsuit successful the world,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said connected Instagram.

The determination mirrors the amusement held during the last of the 2024 Copa America successful Miami, erstwhile Colombian prima Shakira performed astatine half-time astatine the Hard Rock Stadium.

There was besides a half-time amusement astatine past year’s FIFA Club World Cup final, besides astatine MetLife Stadium, which stretched the interruption successful excess of the regularisation 15 minutes.

Infantino added that FIFA besides planned to “take over” New York’s Times Square connected the last play of the World Cup.

The biggest-ever World Cup, with 48 teams, kicks disconnected connected June 11 successful the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Infantino announced successful March past twelvemonth that determination would beryllium “the first-ever half-time amusement astatine a FIFA World Cup final”.

He did not accidental astatine the clip who would beryllium performing oregon however agelong the amusement would last.

The half-time extravaganza volition enactment FIFA’s Global Citizen Education Fund, an inaugural moving to rise $100m for children worldwide during the World Cup.

Last week Shakira teased the caller authoritative opus for the World Cup, releasing a little video of the way filmed astatine Brazil’s iconic Maracana Stadium.

The vocalist – who besides created the 2010 World Cup anthem “Waka Waka” – announced the song, titled “Dai Dai” successful a station connected her Instagram account.

In the 67-second video, Shakira appears connected the transportation astatine the Maracana successful Rio de Janeiro, wherever she performed successful a escaped performance astatine the city’s Copacabana Beach earlier 2 cardinal people.

Holding the “Trionda”, the authoritative lucifer shot of the 2026 World Cup, Shakira performed excerpts of the opus successful English, joined by dancers dressed successful the colours of teams including the United States and Colombia.

The opus was produced with Nigerian creator Burna Boy and is acceptable for authoritative merchandise connected Thursday. The clip, besides shared by the FIFA World Cup account, ends with the message: “We’re ready!”

Shakira has a agelong relation with the World Cup, performing astatine the 2006 and 2014 World Cup finals successful summation to producing “Waka Waka” for the 2010 tournament.