{"id":234926,"date":"2026-07-03T19:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234926\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:43:07","slug":"the-roots-to-perform-before-world-cups-round-of-16-match-between-france-paraguay-in-philadelphia-on-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234926\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roots to perform before World Cup&#8217;s Round-of-16 match between France-Paraguay in Philadelphia on July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Philadelphia hip-hop group The Roots will be among the pregame programming before Saturday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/france-paraguay-philadelphia-world-cup-mbappe\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Men&#8217;s World Cup Round-of-16 match between France and Paraguay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA said Friday that The Roots will perform at Philadelphia Stadium before Saturday&#8217;s 5 p.m. kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will sing the national anthem and the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale will perform America the Beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Philly&#8217;s own DJ Jazzy Jeff is scheduled to provide halftime entertainment at the South Philadelphia stadium.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA says cooling tents will be available for fans inside the stadium and misting fans will be available for fans approaching the stadium at 11th Street.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA rules allow fans to bring one 20-ounce soft factory-sealed water bottle inside the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through close collaboration with the City of Philadelphia, medical experts and emergency authorities, FIFA remains committed to delivering a safe, resilient and memorable tournament experience for everyone involved,&#8221; FIFA said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Gates are scheduled to open at 2 p.m. for Saturday&#8217;s World Cup match in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary Philadelphia hip-hop group The Roots will be among the pregame programming before Saturday&#8217;s Men&#8217;s World Cup Round-of-16&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[28,69,71,70,2236],"class_list":["post-234926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}