{"id":813440,"date":"2026-07-20T03:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/813440\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T03:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:58:10","slug":"bts-performs-at-the-first-ever-fifa-world-cup-final-halftime-show-asia-news-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/813440\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS performs at the first-ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show \u2013 Asia News Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#999 !important\">  July 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p>SEOUL \u2013 BTS took the stage at the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, becoming one of the featured performers at the tournament\u2019s first-ever halftime show.<\/p>\n<p>Held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey during the break between the first and second halves of the final between Argentina and Spain, the 11-minute performance formed part of an extended halftime interval introduced for the championship match.<\/p>\n<p>The septet performed a shortened version of its global hit \u201cDynamite,\u201d the all-English single that became the group\u2019s first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The halftime show, produced in partnership with Global Citizen and curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, also featured performances by Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira and Burna Boy.<\/p>\n<p>The show concluded with a collaborative finale, with BTS joining the other performers, Martin and New York City\u2019s PS22 Chorus \u2014 a choir from a public elementary school on Staten Island \u2014 for a special closing performance.<\/p>\n<p>The appearance marked another milestone for BTS, which just wrapped up its European leg of the tour at Paris, which saw a total of around 720,000 audience members in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Following its halftime show performance, BTS is expected to continue the US leg of its tour starting in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Aug. 1 and 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 20, 2026 SEOUL \u2013 BTS took the stage at the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, becoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-813440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813440","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=813440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}