FIFA will feature a Super Bowl-style halftime show at the World Cup Final, headlined by Madonna, Shakira, and BTS. The show is curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin and will also include The Muppets from Sesame Street.
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For the first time ever, FIFA is putting on a Super Bowl-style halftime show for the World Cup Final. On Thursday, we learned which global icons would star in the performance.
The show, curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, will be headlined by the Queen of Pop, Madonna, Shakira, who recently released this summerās World Cup anthem, and Korean supergroup BTS.
Martin announced the headliners alongside The Muppets ofĀ Sesame Street, who seem to be taking center stage this World Cup.
An elaborate halftime show is a first for the World Cup. Traditionally, soccer halftimes are quite short, about 15 minutes in lengthy. No doubt, a show featuring Madonna, Shakira, and BTS will extend halftime by quite a bit, which will be an adjustment for the participating teams.
The Super Bowl goes through a similarly extended halftime each year. Itās certainly fitting to have the first similar halftime show in soccer take place in the United States.
Whether the delay will be popular with fans is another story. The Super Bowl halftime show is typically when the television audience hits its peak as non-football fans tune in to watch the spectacle. Given thereās no tradition of similar shows for the World Cup, fans might respond differently to delaying the match.
Regardless, FIFA couldnāt have asked for three bigger acts to headline the show. And even if it upsets traditionalists, itāll likely go over well online and generate a ton of engagement. Thatās what weāre all after these days anyway, right?
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The headliners for the FIFA World Cup Final halftime show are Madonna, Shakira, and BTS.
This is the first time FIFA is hosting a Super Bowl-style halftime show for the World Cup Final.
The halftime show is curated by Chris Martin, the frontman of Coldplay.

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