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The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n FIFA has announced that, for the first time, the final at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19 will include a Super Bowl-style concert.<\/p>\n Colombian singer Shakira rehearses a day ahead of her free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, on May 1, 2026. (AP Photo\/Bruna Prado, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The governing body said the show would support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is raising $100 million to help children access education and soccer.<\/p>\n FIFA president Gianni Infantino said it would bring together “music and football on the biggest stage in sport for a very special cause.”<\/p>\n “Every child should have the opportunity to dream, and together we can help make that possible,” he posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n The show will be curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin.<\/p>\n The Super Bowl is famed for its halftime show – attracting the world’s biggest stars for spectacular performances. This year featured Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n Previous headliners included Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Prince, Bruce Springsteen and Rhianna.<\/p>\n But halftime shows are not so commonplace in soccer, with events such as the Champions League final featuring a pre-match concert. This year will see the Killers headline European club soccer’s biggest game between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in Budapest.<\/p>\n FIFA describes its halftime show as “a singular moment at the intersection of sport, culture and purpose, broadcast live around the world.”<\/p>\n This year’s World Cup is co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico and runs through June and July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source spectrumlocalnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS. What You Need To Know The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS FIFA has announced that for the first time the final at the Metlife Stadium in New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2416378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22793,22694,22800,22811,22804,21741,21738,105894,21848,21737],"class_list":["post-2416377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-all-markets-rank-everywhere","tag-app-arts-entertainment","tag-app-for-your-consideration","tag-app-top-stories","tag-associated-press","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-nnt","tag-sports","tag-top-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FIFA-announces-World-Cup-show-with-Madonna-Shakira-and-BTS.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416379,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416377\/revisions\/2416379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2416378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}