Madonna, Shakira, BTS to headline World Cup final’s 1st halftime show - BERITAJA

Pop icon Madonna, Latin superstar Shakira and K-pop ace group BTS are group to header the first-ever halftime show astatine the FIFA World Cup final, organizers announced connected Thursday.

FIFA said the last astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey connected July 19 will see the Super Bowl-style performance.

The governing assemblage said the show would support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is raising US$100 cardinal to thief children entree acquisition and soccer.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said it would bring together “music and shot connected the biggest shape successful athletics for a very typical cause.”

“Through this initiative, US$1 from each @fifaworldcup 2026 summons sold will spell straight towards helping young group learn, turn and play,” Infantino added. “Every kid should person the opportunity to dream, and together we could thief make that possible.”

Shakira is nary alien to the World Cup. She performed astatine the opening ceremonial successful South Africa successful 2010 and she precocious released the World Cup’s charismatic song, Dai Dai, featuring Bruna Boy.

The show will beryllium curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, who announced the news successful a video pinch Sesame Street‘s Elmo.

“Elmo, I request to inquire your thief pinch something. This year, for the first time, there’s a halftime show astatine the World Cup final,” Martin said successful the video shared to Instagram connected Thursday.

Elmo replied: “What’s a halftime show?”

“It’s wherever group get together and there’s singing and there’s dancing and there’s music. There’s a chance to show really astonishing each different kinds of humans are…. And we get to raise immoderate money for children’s education,” Martin explained.

Martin and Elmo called BTS to inquire if they were disposable for the halftime show.

“We’ll beryllium there, Chris, for sure,” the set said.

This year’s World Cup is co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico and runs done June and July.

The World Cup opening ceremonies will beryllium packed pinch philharmonic performances for each big country’s opening match.

Tyla is scheduled to execute astatine the June 11 crippled successful Mexico City, alongside J Balvin, Lila Downs, Los Ángeles Azules, Danny Ocean, Belinda, Alejandro Fernández and Maná.

In Canada, Michael Bublé, Alanis Morissette and Alessia Cara are group to deed the shape astatine the June 12 kickoff lucifer successful Toronto. Jessie Reyez, Elyanna, Nora Fatehi, Sanjoy, Vegedream and William Prince will besides perform.

Katy Perry will execute astatine the U.S. opener successful Los Angeles connected June 12, on pinch Tyla, Rema, LISA, Anitta and Future.

— pinch files from The Associated Press