Justin Bieber joins World Cup final halftime show with Madonna, Shakira and BTS

musicJul 9, 202649323

FIFA confirmed an 11-minute halftime performance on July 19 featuring Justin Bieber as a co-headliner alongside Madonna, Shakira and BTS for the 2026 World Cup Final, to be staged outside New York. Coldplay’s Chris Martin curated the Super Bowl-style show, which will also include Afrobeats star Burna Boy, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus, a Staten Island elementary school choir that previously worked with Coldplay. The performance will support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is raising $100 million to expand children’s access to education and soccer. Bieber said he was “grateful to be part of this Halftime Show” and that it is helping expand access to education for children worldwide. Burna Boy, who co-leads the tournament’s official song “Dai Dai” with Shakira, called representing Africa on the first-ever World Cup Final Halftime Show a “privilege and a responsibility.” The broadcast will also feature some Muppets from Sesame Street, including Kermit and Miss Piggy, and the halftime format marks a rare move for soccer, where such large-scale midgame shows are uncommon.

arseblog

@arseblog.com

Doesn't matter who it is, it's a bullshit idea and yet another way Infantino is damaging the game. Four quarters and half-time show – all perfectly good for NFL and the Superbowl but the World Cup does not need it.

2232h ago

Erbury Old Boy13

Who’s going to watch any of that shite? Half-time is for a pie, a pint and a pee.

Nick25 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦9

I would take a guess that the vast majority of fans don’t want a half-time show.

basildonsteve.bsky.social8

If you give the tournament to the States, you are going to get American crap.

bigwillieyoung.bsky.social5

These amateurs will never compare to PC Alex Morgan and the Metropolitan Police Marching Band. Here he is serenading the Highbury Faithful . www.facebook.com/reel/5053837...

🖕🐸🖕Fuck 🧊 it's all #JAFTL-Just-Another-Fucking-TurdRUMP-Lie.4

Who is going to bet that Trump is asleep by the end of the 11 minute show!!

Durrell2

Hang on, there is a half time show? So the subs can't warm up before they come on at half time?

The Athletic

@theathletic.com

FIFA has announced Justin Bieber as the last co-headliner for the World Cup final halftime show, which will be a first in the tournament’s history. Madonna, Shakira and BTS had already been confirmed to perform during the break. nyti.ms/4aKNxKV

5010h ago

Josh Shemilt16

Nobody wants this. It's not the Superbowl

sonofmustangford.bsky.social7

Wait til Donnie calls Gianni and makes him add Vanilla Ice and Kid Rock to the bill.

Force Majere6

The what now? It’s 15 minutes.

Josh Shemilt5

Nobody wants this. It's not the Superbowl

N Doyle4

America is doing it's upmost to destroy football by Americanising it. This half time nonsense, Powerade breaks making the game into quarters and destroying game momentum, and the president interfering to get a players suspension revoked, luckily football will survive as it's bigger than this WC.

ShawnFnLucas3

More circuses. Less bread. The masses are placated.

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Jo Wolff6

Noooo! What happened to the half-time raffle where you can win a laundry bin in club colours?

Laurie Laker4

Madonna, Shakira, BTS, and Justin Bieber. Really with the cultural moment, aren't we? Also, re: halftime show — get absolutely fucked.

yingirang {come over}

@centuryeggtears.bsky.social

"yoongi is extremely into the wc and tells us the score right up until we get on stage" that man is perpetually glued to his phone jdjfjd also he's gonna be thrilled to bits to be playing the halftime show and have Known what the teams achieved to get to the final because he's a little nerd

1116h ago

SparkedSports

@sparkedsports.bsky.social

Egypt Argentina World Cup 2026: Shobeir saved Messi’s penalty, Egypt led 2-0, and Argentina advanced 3-2 with help from FIFA. sparkedsports.ca/2026/07/08/e...

321h ago

HuffPost

@huffpost.com

Bieber, BTS, Madonna and Shakira have committed to perform during the 11-minute halftime show on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

52h ago

Toronto Star

@thestar.com

Justin Bieber will be co-headlining the first ever FIFA World Cup Final halftime show on July 19 with Madonna, Shakira and BTS. “The FIFA World Cup brings the world together in a way nothing else can,” Bieber said in a statement.

713h ago

* Daysi * ⁷ ⟭⟬ ⟬⟭ 🇳🇱 ⦿ ☰ ☲

@dbyd.bsky.social

Justin Bieber joins #BTS, Shakira, and Madonna for the ⚽️FIFA World Cup 2026 Final halftime show on 19 July. The 11-minute musical spectacle will cause a 25 to 30-minute match delay at MetLife Stadium. Curated by Chris Martin of Coldplay for children's education. + #DS_BTS #FWC26 #방탄소년단

410h ago

EH!

@eh-now.bsky.social

An Ottawa teen is heading to the world’s biggest stage! 🇨🇦 Meaghan Mukamba went viral with a dance she helped create for Shakira’s World Cup anthem Dai Dai. Now Shakira has invited her to perform at the final’s halftime show on July 19. - EH! Canada’s Social Network ❤️

310h ago

RTÉ News

@news.rte.ie

The Canadian megastar joins Madonna, Shakira and K-pop sensation BTS for the Super Bowl-style halftime show on 19 July at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as organisers confirmed that the entire musical performance will last 11 minutes www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

312h ago

Jane

@localnotail.bsky.social

*We are proud that extraordinary artists such as Justin Bieber and Coldplay are joining us,” said Gianni Infantino “Madonna, Shakira, BTS, Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel and the PS 22 Chorus will play a key role in conveying a powerful message of peace, unity + hope In 15 mins including set changes?

411h ago