Overview
- FIFA confirmed an 11-minute halftime show at MetLife Stadium that will feature Shakira, Justin Bieber, Madonna and BTS with Coldplay’s Chris Martin serving as curator.
- The performance is presented by Global Citizen as a fundraiser for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which has a $100 million target and organizers say has already secured more than $50 million including one dollar from every World Cup ticket sold.
- Producers have added collaborators such as Burna Boy, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus to the broadcast lineup and have also signaled appearances by nonmusical characters and large-scale staging elements.
- Participating artists say they are still finalizing how multiple headliners will share the limited stage time and how the set will be sequenced and staged for live broadcast.
- Broadcasters including FOX, Telemundo and Peacock will carry the show and organizers acknowledge the production’s scale brings operational questions about timing and logistics that must be resolved before the July 19 final.