Three opening stages packed with global stars<\/p>\n
\nMexico City \u2014 June 11, local time<\/p>\n
Mexico will make history as a three-time World Cup host at Mexico City Stadium, also known as Estadio Azteca.<\/p>\n
The opening show, lasting 16 minutes and 30 seconds, will highlight the traditional Mexican paper-cutting art of papel picado. It will feature leading Latin and international artists, led by Shakira and Burna Boy with the song \u201cDai Dai\u201d.<\/p>\n
Other performers will include J Balvin, Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez, Belinda, Danny Ocean, Man\u00e1 and Tyla.<\/p>\n
The Mexican government has declared a public holiday in the capital to support the opening match between Mexico and South Africa.<\/p>\n
\nToronto \u2014 June 12, local time<\/p>\n
Canada will host the men\u2019s World Cup finals for the first time, with its opening ceremony taking place at Toronto Stadium.<\/p>\n
The 13-minute show will be held under the theme \u201cCultural Mosaic\u201d, reflecting Canada\u2019s ethnic and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n
Top artists in the line-up include Alanis Morissette, Michael Bubl\u00e9, Alessia Cara, Jessie Reyez, Elyanna, Nora Fatehi and William Prince.<\/p>\n
The ceremony will take place before Canada\u2019s historic opening match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n
\nLos Angeles \u2014 June 12, local time<\/p>\n
The spotlight for Thai and global fans will fall on Los Angeles Stadium in the United States, where the show will feature a futuristic visual concept built around a super shiny, glowing cup.<\/p>\n
One of the highlights will be the appearance of LISA, Lalisa Manobal, the first Thai artist announced by FIFA among the headliners for the opening celebrations.<\/p>\n
She is set to perform as part of the Los Angeles line-up alongside global stars including Katy Perry, Anitta, Future, Rema and Tyla, ahead of the United States\u2019 opening match against Paraguay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three opening stages packed with global stars Mexico City \u2014 June 11, local time Mexico will make…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,1348,2065,134,596,100801,352451,481,2184,136,1055,21418],"class_list":["post-727450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breaking-news","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-football","tag-kick-off","tag-lisa-manoban","tag-los-angeles","tag-mexico","tag-music","tag-united-states","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}