BTS, Madonna and Shakira to perform at World Cup final halftime show

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

The show volition enactment the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is looking to rise $100 cardinal to assistance children successful accessing acquisition and soccer.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino wrote connected Instagram that the amusement “will beryllium a genuinely peculiar moment, bringing unneurotic music, shot and a shared committedness to improving the lives of children astir the world.”

The amusement is being curated by Coldplay person Chris Martin and, if this lawsuit announcement video is to beryllium believed, a clump of Muppets.

“It’s a accidental to amusement however astonishing each antithetic kinds of humans are,” Martin explains to Elmo successful the video.

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

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

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

Between the 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” with Nigerian vocalist Burna Boy arsenic the authoritative opus of the 2026 World Cup this month.