{"id":516750,"date":"2026-07-09T01:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/516750\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T01:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:15:10","slug":"justin-bieber-joins-madonna-shakira-and-bts-for-fifa-world-cup-final-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/516750\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Bieber joins Madonna, Shakira and BTS for Fifa World Cup final show"},"content":{"rendered":"
Burna Boy said performing at the first World Cup final halftime show was a major moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo represent Africa on the first-ever Fifa World Cup final halftime show is a privilege and a responsibility that I don\u2019t take lightly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The show will even feature characters from Sesame Street and The Muppets.<\/p>\n
Justin Bieber is the latest superstar to join the cast for the halftime show. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Before today\u2019s announcement, there had been concern about the length of the show impacting the football game.<\/p>\n
Fifa had previously faced questions over whether a Super Bowl-style performance could stretch the halftime break beyond the regulation 15 minutes, with last year\u2019s Club World Cup final at the same stadium running 24 minutes, according to Sky Sport.<\/p>\n
However Fifa revealed today the halftime show would be 11 minutes long.<\/p>\n
The show would support the Fifa Global Citizen Education Fund, which aims to raise US$100 million ($175m) to expand access to quality education and football opportunities for children worldwide.<\/p>\n
Fifa said more than US$50m ($88m) had already been raised for the fund, including US$1 from every ticket sold to Fifa World Cup 2026 matches.<\/p>\n
Madonna will take the stage along with Justin Bieber, Shakira and BTS. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Fifa president Gianni Infantino said Bieber\u2019s addition strengthened what he described as a \u201cgroundbreaking spectacle\u201d designed to blend football, music and social impact.<\/p>\n
The 2026 World Cup, hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, is the largest in the tournament\u2019s history, featuring 48 teams.<\/p>\n
The kick off for final is scheduled for 7am on July 20 (New Zealand time) at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Burna Boy said performing at the first World Cup final halftime show was a major moment. \u201cTo represent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[27309,95,1558,25725,3640,430,256634,10542,156,36862,5904,32503,2082,51238,70487,6371,17468,3857,15143,1385,132397,111,139,69,27817,1305,49519,377],"class_list":["post-516750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-added","tag-and","tag-been","tag-bieber","tag-bts","tag-celebrities","tag-coheadliners","tag-cup","tag-entertainment","tag-fifa","tag-final","tag-firstever","tag-for","tag-halftime","tag-joining","tag-joins","tag-justin","tag-kpop","tag-lineup","tag-madonna","tag-megastars","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shakira","tag-show","tag-superstar","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}