Bts, Madonna And Shakira To Perform At World Cup Final Halftime Show

South Korean boy set BTS, U.S. popular civilization icon Madonna and Latin euphony superstar Shakira will beryllium performing astatine halftime during nan World Cup last July 19 astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, N.J., FIFA announced Thursday morning.

The capacity will support nan FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is looking to raise $100 cardinal to assistance children successful accessing acquisition and soccer.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino wrote connected Instagram that nan show “will beryllium a genuinely typical moment, bringing together music, shot and a shared committedness to improving nan lives of children astir nan world.”

The show is being curated by Coldplay leader Chris Martin and, if this arena announcement video is to beryllium believed, a bunch of Muppets.

“It’s a chance to show really astonishing each different kinds of humans are,” Martin explains to Elmo successful nan video.

The 3 acts will bring a assortment of cultures, philharmonic styles and generations of fans to nan Super Bowl-style concert, which will beryllium nan first of its benignant for a World Cup final.

Madonna headlined nan Super Bowl XLVI halftime show successful 2012, and Shakira teamed pinch Jennifer Lopez to co-headline nan Super Bowl LIV halftime show successful 2020. Also, Coldplay headlined nan Super Bowl 50 halftime show successful 2016.

No long clip has been announced for nan World Cup show, though shot halftimes are not expected to past much than 15 minutes. Bad Bunny’s halftime performance astatine Super Bowl LX successful February lasted 13 minutes.

Between nan 3 of them, Madonna, Shakira and BTS person compiled 20 No. 1 songs connected Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart, 10 Grammys and 37 MTV Video Music Awards. Shakira is scheduled to merchandise “Dai Dai” pinch Nigerian vocalist Burna Boy arsenic nan charismatic opus of nan 2026 World Cup this month.