Justin Bieber has joined the star-studded listing of half-time performers who will shut out the 2026 World Cup in New York.
The Canadian pop star will carry out alongside Madonna, Shakira and Okay-pop ensemble BTS throughout the match’s first-ever, Tremendous Bowl-style half-time present on 19 July.
Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Refrain that includes Coldplay, and the Sesame Road muppets are additionally set to seem throughout the 11-minute set, which helps the Fifa World Citizen Schooling Fund.
“The FIFA World Cup brings the world collectively in a approach nothing else can,” Bieber stated.
Within the spring, the Yukon and Peaches singer returned to the stage with a nostalgia-fuelled set on the Coachella pageant in California – his largest reside present in 4 years after cancelling his Justice world tour following well being points.
The 32-year-old spent a lot of the April gig sitting in entrance of a laptop computer and singing to YouTube music movies of his older hits, equivalent to Child, By no means Say By no means, One Time and Magnificence and the Beat.
The Fifa half-time present has been curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin and can elevate cash for the Fifa World Citizen Schooling Fund, an initiative working to lift $100m (£73m) for youngsters worldwide.
Colombian pop star Shakira and Nigerian musician Burna Boy – who had been among the many performers who opened the match throughout the three North America host nations – will even return to the stage collectively.
Their international hit Dai Dai has dominated music charts and change into a fixture at matches because the match launched on 11 June.
The largest-ever match kicked off with 48 groups enjoying throughout Mexico, Canada and the US, however the nationwide groups for all three host nations have since been eradicated.
Eight groups stay because the quarter finals resume on Thursday when France meet Morocco in Boston.
Spain and Belgium face off in Los Angeles on Friday and Norway and England meet in Miami on Saturday. Defending world champion Argentina performs Switzerland in Kansas Metropolis on Saturday as nicely.
Argentina’s Lionel Messi leads the match’s Golden Boot race with eight targets, and has already made historical past a number of instances over the weeks.
He’s trailed by Kylian Mbappé of France and Norway’s Erling Haaland, who each have seven targets, and England’s Harry Kane who has six.
