The\u00a0World Cup\u00a0final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS.<\/p>\n
FIFA has announced that, for the first time, the final at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19 will include a\u00a0Super Bowl-style concert.<\/p>\n
The governing body said the show would support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is raising $100 million to help children access education and soccer.<\/p>\n
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said it would bring together \u201cmusic and football on the biggest stage in sport for a very special cause.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery child should have the opportunity to dream, and together we can help make that possible,\u201d he posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n
The show will be curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin.<\/p>\n
The Super Bowl is famed for its halftime show – attracting the world’s biggest stars for spectacular performances. This year featured Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n
Previous headliners included Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Prince, Bruce Springsteen and Rhianna.<\/p>\n
But halftime shows are not so commonplace in soccer, with events such as the Champions League final featuring a pre-match concert. This year will see the Killers headline European club soccer’s biggest game between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in Budapest.<\/p>\n
FIFA describes its halftime show as \u201ca singular moment at the intersection of sport, culture and purpose, broadcast live around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year’s World Cup is co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico and runs through June and July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0World Cup\u00a0final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS. FIFA has announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-669310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}