{"id":804540,"date":"2026-07-16T00:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804540\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T00:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:27:18","slug":"post-malone-to-headline-world-cup-closing-ceremony-with-help-from-tom-cruise-ishowspeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804540\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Malone to headline World Cup closing ceremony with help from Tom Cruise, IShowSpeed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Post Malone will headline the closing ceremony of the World Cup, scheduled to take place 90 minutes before Sunday’s final kicks off in East Rutherford, N.J.Evan Agostini\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

A wide array of performers, from actor Tom Cruise to streamer IShowSpeed, will help close out the World Cup, FIFA announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

And on Wednesday, soccer\u2019s governing body said American rapper-singer Post Malone will headline the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n

The ceremony will take place 90 minutes before Sunday\u2019s final. The show is meant to \u201ccelebrate the 48 teams\u2019 unforgettable journey\u201d through 16 host cities across three countries, FIFA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

IShowSpeed, who has streamed multiple matches, is listed as a performer, while Cruise \u2013 who\u2019s also been spotted in the stands and performed a stunt at the Paris Olympics\u2019 closing ceremony \u2013 is billed as making a \u201cspecial appearance.\u201d The ceremony will also include performances from Laura Pausini, the Italian singer who helped open the Milan Cortina Olympics in February; Tony winner and Pussycat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger; and Robbie Williams, the British singer and former Take That member.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Hudson, who boasts the coveted EGOT title with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, will perform the U.S. national anthem.<\/p>\n

\u201cEchoing the spirit of the opening ceremonies, which welcomed the world to the greatest stage in Canada, Mexico and the United States, the closing ceremony will bring the FIFA World Cup 2026 full circle through music, culture and football, before we kick off the highly anticipated match that will crown the champions of this groundbreaking tournament,\u201d said Heimo Schirgi, the World Cup\u2019s chief operating officer.<\/p>\n

While Sunday will also feature the tournament\u2019s first halftime show, with a bevy of additional A-list performers, closing ceremonies are not exactly new to the World Cup. The closing ceremony is being produced in partnership with Balich Wonder Studio, led by Marco Balich, who orchestrated the 2022 World Cup\u2019s opening and closing ceremonies in Qatar.<\/p>\n

FIFA has encouraged ticketholders to arrive early, promising that fans \u201cwill have an active role to play in the show.\u201d The show begins at 1:30 p.m. at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., and kickoff is at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Cathal Kelly: Spaniards pierce France\u2019s veneer of inevitability, proving they\u2019re the rightful favourite<\/a><\/p>\n

Spain, which blanked France 2-0 in the tournament\u2019s first semi-final, will face the winner of Wednesday\u2019s match between Argentina and England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Post Malone will headline the closing ceremony of the World Cup, scheduled to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,361,46,549,75,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-804540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-celebrities","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-entertainment","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804540","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=804540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}