Madonna, Shakira and BTS are set to headline the first-ever FIFA World Cup Last Halftime Present in July.
The Fédération Internationale de Soccer Affiliation introduced the information late Wednesday, Could 13, in an Instagram publish.
The 2026 World Cup ultimate is about to happen on Sunday, July 19, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
“A FIFA World Cup first, the Halftime Present helps the FIFA World Citizen Schooling Fund, a landmark initiative working to boost $100 USD million to develop entry to high quality training and soccer for youngsters world wide,” FIFA stated in its Instagram publish. “All through the event, USD 1 from each ticket offered to FIFA World Cup 2026™ matches will probably be donated to the Fund.”
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The primary World Cup Halftime Present is curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who revealed the headliners in an Instagram video on Wednesday. The video featured Martin joined by characters from Sesame Road and The Muppets, together with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
Shakira is already related to the 2026 World Cup, as she and Nigerian singer Burna Boy present the official tune for the soccer event, “Dai Dai,” which was launched final week. Shakira beforehand sang “Waka Waka,” the official theme tune for the 2010 World Cup.
Whereas a halftime present is first for the soccer event, Madonna and Shakira have each beforehand headlined the Tremendous Bowl halftime present. Madonna carried out throughout the Tremendous Bowl XLVI halftime present in 2012. Shakira coheadlined the Tremendous Bowl LIV halftime present in 2020 with Jennifer Lopez.
Lopez later criticized the NFL’s resolution to have two coheadliners for the 2020 occasion.
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“We’ve six f***ing minutes. We’ve 30 seconds of a tune, and if we take a minute, that’s it, we’ve received 5 left. However there’s received to make sure songs that we sing, although. We’ve to have our singing moments. It’s not going to be a dance f***ing revue,” Lopez stated in her 2022 documentary Halftime. “We’ve to sing our message. … That is the worst thought on this planet to have two folks do the Tremendous Bowl. It was the worst thought on this planet.”
“Usually, you’ve one headliner at a Tremendous Bowl. That headliner constructs a present, and, ought to they select to produce other visitors, that’s their selection,” Lopez’s longtime supervisor, Benny Medina, stated within the doc. “It was an insult to say you wanted two Latinas to do the job that one artist traditionally has carried out.”
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off on Thursday, June 11.
