{"id":2093,"date":"2026-05-14T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/madonna-shakira-and-bts-set-to-headline-first-ever-halftime-show-at-fifa-world-cup-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:18:40","slug":"madonna-shakira-and-bts-set-to-headline-first-ever-halftime-show-at-fifa-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/madonna-shakira-and-bts-set-to-headline-first-ever-halftime-show-at-fifa-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna, Shakira and BTS set to headline first-ever halftime show at FIFA World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127734374.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Madonna, Shakira and BTS have been named as the headliners for the first-ever halftime show at the FIFA World Cup 2026. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the official FIFA World Cup Instagram account announced that the three musical acts will hit the stage during the final halftime show, which is set to take place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world\u2019s biggest stage. An even bigger purpose,\u201d they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYTkMsOiH6o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captioned the post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Madonna (seen performing above in 2024), Shakira and BTS were announced as the headliners for the first-ever halftime show at the FIFA World Cup 2026. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage for Live Nation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The musical acts will take the stage on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. (Pictured: Shakira performing in May.) <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cOn July 19, the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Final\u00a0Halftime Show is coming to New York New Jersey Stadium, featuring superstars @madonna, @shakira, and @bts.bighitofficial,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA World Cup also announced that the show will be curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.<\/p>\n<p>The premier international soccer tournament also shared that the halftime show will support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, \u201ca landmark initiative working to raise $100 USD million to expand access to quality education and football for children around the world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThe world\u2019s biggest stage. An even bigger purpose,\u201d the FIFA World Cup Instagram account captioned the post. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Coldplay frontman Chris Martin (seen above with Elmo) will curate the show. <span class=\"credit\">coldplay\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the tournament, USD\u00a01 from every ticket sold to FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 matches will be donated to the Fund,\u201d they announced.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, 49, also shared the news with the help of a few Sesame Street characters, including Elmo, Cookie Monster, Kermit and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a chance to show how amazing all different kinds of humans are. And monsters, aliens \u2014 it\u2019s one big family, really,\u201d the pop star said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The FIFA World Cup is being hosted jointly by the United States, Mexico and Canada. (Pictured: players in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022.) <span class=\"credit\">Anadolu via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tyla, Katy Perry, J Balvin and more will perform at some of the opening ceremonies of the tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the clip, the \u201cHymn for the Weekend\u201d crooner and Elmo Facetimed BTS members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook to ask if they would join them on July 29 to perform.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA World Cup is being hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada and is set to begin on June 11 when Mexico takes on South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Acts such as Tyla, Katy Perry, Future, Lisa, J Balvin and Michael Bubl\u00e9 were announced as performers at some of the opening ceremonies of the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/14\/celebrity-news\/madonna-shakira-and-bts-set-to-headline-first-ever-halftime-show-at-fifa-world-cup-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna, Shakira and BTS have been named as the headliners for the first-ever halftime show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127734374.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}