World Cup 2026
Final match between Spain and Argentina at New York New Jersey Stadium was preceded by Post Malone performance
Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber, BTS, Burna Boy, composer Gustavo Dudamel, the Muppets and so many more. All in 11 minutes. Soccer usually doesn’t have halftime shows, but the 2025 FIFA World Cup final was different: Somehow, FIFA and Global Citizen packed in a lineup of names that took almost as long to read as they did to perform, all while Spain and Argentina were locked at 0-0, reorganizing and strategizing in the halftime locker rooms.
The halftime show began with a two-song performance by Madonna, who rode through New York New Jersey Stadium’s underground tunnels in a golf cart driven by Brazilian football legends Ronaldo and Ronaldinho while blazing through a new version of her 2000 hit “Music” and her recent single “Danceteria,” from the fresh release Confessions II.
Madonna’s performance gave way to a rendition of the stadium-classic banger “Seven Nation Army” performed by conductor Gustavo Dudamel and an orchestra made up of parts of the New York Philharmonic, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and Iranian violinist Bijan Mortazavi. Oh, and the Muppets’ house band The Electric Mayhem.
