New York (AFP) – Madonna, Shakira and K-pop megastars BTS will headline a Super Bowl-style halftime show at the World Cup final on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, FIFA said Thursday.
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Coldplay's Chris Martin is curating the show, which is a first for a football World Cup final but has raised concerns about how long the game's halftime break will be.
The biggest-ever World Cup, with 48 teams, kicks off on June 11 in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the halftime show would be "definitely the biggest stage ever," with six billion people expected to watch the World Cup, and "a couple of billion" tuning in for the final.
