bard Posted May 14 Posted May 14 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/fifa-taps-madonna-shakira-bts-halftime-show-performance-1236595386/ Quote
bard Posted May 14 Posted May 14 haha i literally just posted in the general section. this is pretty big. wish it was happening the week of the album release though! Quote
MadFan Posted May 14 Author Posted May 14 I had a feeling when she followed FIFA. Got DAMN! I'm nervous af. Quote
MadFan Posted May 14 Author Posted May 14 Just now, bard said: haha i literally just posted in the general section. this is pretty big. wish it was happening the week of the album release though! hahaha great minds! A mod can maybe merge them. Quote
bard Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Just now, MadFan said: hahaha great minds! A mod can maybe merge them. there's a third too. i'm just going to delete mine. Quote
vertigokane Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Shakira, Madonna and BTS will headline the first halftime show at a World Cup final, FIFA announced early Thursday morning. The World Cup final, which is scheduled for July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, is already a quadrennial spectacle that in 2022 drew more than 500 million live viewers. But the introduction of a musical performance could attract even more casual spectators. This year’s halftime show artists were selected by Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, and will be produced by Global Citizen, a nonprofit organization that puts on large-scale musical concerts to spotlight charitable issues like hunger and poverty. FIFA and Global Citizen conducted a trial run at MetLife Stadium last summer with a halftime show at the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, featuring the American rapper Doja Cat, the Nigerian singer Tems and the Colombian artist J Balvin. The performers sang from a stage that was woven into the stands. The World Cup begins next month and will take place across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada, with games airing in the United States on Fox and Telemundo. This month, Shakira released the official World Cup song, “Dai Dai,” which features the Afrobeats star Burna Boy. She performed in the opening ceremony of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, and in 2020 she was the co-headliner of the Super Bowl halftime show with Jennifer Lopez. Major musical performances during sports events are not new to American fans. Super Bowl halftime shows, with stars like Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna, routinely draw more than 100 million broadcast viewers in America and drive conversations before and after the performance. This month, FIFA announced the lineups for the opening ceremony ahead of the first game played in each of the three host countries. In the United States, the musicians who will perform before a June 12 matchup at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles include Katy Perry, Future, Anitta, Lisa, Rema and Tyla. Devoted soccer fans, however, do not need extra festivities to generate excitement, and the introduction of a halftime show could bring a clash with purists. “Generally, the perception is the 15-minute halftime is sacrosanct — you don’t mess with it,” said Sean Jacobs, a professor of international affairs at the New School in Manhattan. “The link between entertainment and sports, if you grew up in the United States, that’s what you’re used to, but you don’t have to convince people to love football in Africa, in Europe or in Asia or South America.” Quote
MadFan Posted May 14 Author Posted May 14 Last year's World Cup got a viewership of 2.7 billion. Quote
Ugly Hecty Posted May 14 Posted May 14 This will be huge. Madonna will be performing to her biggest audience ever as last year's World Cup got a viewership of 2.7 billion. Can't wait. I want at least one Confessions II track performed amongst a sea of her classics. Quote
Ugly Hecty Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Billboard understands that the show will clock in at 11 minutes. Quote
Jairo Posted May 14 Posted May 14 YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, THIS IS HUGEEEEE!! She will announce the tour after this I’M PRETTY SURE ABOUT IT!!! GIRD YOUR LOINS!!! Quote
Beastialg Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Biggest show in the world with BILLIONS of viewership audiences. Best promo ever! And I predicted a few months ago that the "delayed" and a possible june/july album release could be relate to this. Quote
dollhouse Posted May 14 Posted May 14 18 minutes ago, tuckeye said: cool. that's the promo for the second single. new jersey? I hope she will sing Bring Your with Sabrina I thinl this is what will give it big push on streaming Quote
toujours Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Fab, fab, fab! Would love to see M and V of BTS sharing a stage. Wonder what the actual format and M's repertoire would be. Quote
Beastialg Posted May 14 Posted May 14 The duration of the Halftime will be around 12 minutes. So we will get most likely 1 song/short medley from each artist and a song all together at the end. Quote
toujours Posted May 14 Posted May 14 The biggest female pop star in history with the biggest Latin act and biggest Asian artists. Quote
Alexa Posted May 14 Posted May 14 (edited) 29 minutes ago, freddykrueger86 said: Poor Gags. You know she will probably do it next after M Edited May 14 by Alexa Quote
toujours Posted May 14 Posted May 14 As I posted in the other thread, the historic half-time show features the biggest female star in history with the biggest Latin act and biggest Asian artists. Can't wait to see M and V of BTS together. Will they join Shak in singing the official WC '26 song or perform a brand new song specifically created for the halftime? Wanna hear the QoP sing a single/cut fr her new album but I can't see how it will fit in an 11-15 minute show. Quote
Beastialg Posted May 14 Posted May 14 1 minute ago, Alexa said: You know she will probably do it for the next after M She will do the 2030 halftime for sure, and invent that the whole planet watch her performance with an 8.3B viewership. Quote
Beastialg Posted May 14 Posted May 14 7 minutes ago, toujours said: As I posted in the other thread, the historic half-time show features the biggest female star in history with the biggest Latin act and biggest Asian artists. Can't wait to see M and V of BTS together. Will they join Shak in singing the official WC '26 song or perform a brand new song specifically created for the halftime? Wanna hear the QoP sing a single/cut fr her new album but I can't see how it will fit in an 11-15 minute show. My bet is Madonna will sing a new song with a little bit of a classic. BTS also something from their new album. Shakira the new official WC song. Then all together with an universal classic (Like a Prayer would be a good choice but maybe something from Coldplay since Chris Martin is "curating" the show) The show looks to raise $100 USD million to expand access to quality education and football for children around the world. Quote
promise to try Posted May 14 Posted May 14 I´m not happy with this.I mean, FIFA? the multinational that gave trump the peace price? I understand that madonna and her team are in promotion mode, but this is not something that I expected her to do. I wasn´t happy because shakira and michael bublé were doing something related to them, but madonna...why are we so demanding wwith eurovision and not with FUFA? everybody should be boicoting this. Quote
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