- The 2026 FIFA World Cup last in New Jersey will function a half-time present
- British pop rock band Coldplay will work with FIFA to pick the performers
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the 2026 World Cup last will function a half-time present impressed by American soccer’s Tremendous Bowl.
The event – which would be the greatest in World Cup historical past as will function 48 nationwide groups, as an alternative of 32 – will conclude at New Jersey’s 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium on July 19.
Writing on Instagram on Wednesday morning, Infantino mentioned that ‘a present befitting the most important sporting occasion on this planet’ will happen after the primary 45 minutes of the sport.
Infantino additionally revealed that British pop rock band Coldplay can be collaborating with FIFA to assist entice and choose the musical performers.
It’s not presently clear whether or not the half-time interval can be elongated to accommodate the present.
Infantino’s message learn: ‘It was my pleasure to talk with mates and colleagues attending the FIFA World Cup 26: FIFA Industrial & Media Companions Conference in Dallas, the place we mentioned some very thrilling plans for the biggest-ever FIFA World Cup in 2026.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar headlined the half-time present at this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl in New Orleans
Subsequent 12 months’s FIFA World Cup last in New Jersey will even function a star-studded half-time present
‘I can verify the primary ever half-time present at a FIFA World Cup last in New York New Jersey, in affiliation with International Citizen. This can be a historic second for the FIFA World Cup and a present befitting the most important sporting occasion on this planet.
‘We additionally spoke about how FIFA will takeover Instances Sq. for the ultimate weekend of the FIFA World Cup in 2026, throughout each the bronze last match and last.
‘These can be two unbelievable matches, that includes a number of the greatest gamers on this planet, and what higher strategy to have fun them than within the historic Instances Sq. in New York Metropolis.
‘My thanks in fact to International Citizen CEO Hugh Evans and his unbelievable staff, for serving to us put collectively these wonderful exhibits.
‘I additionally need to thank Chris Martin and Phil Harvey of Coldplay, who can be working with us at FIFA to finalise the record of artists who will carry out in the course of the half time present, in addition to at Instances Sq..’
The Tremendous Bowl’s well-known half-time present has grown remarkably from the primary ever occasion in 1967. It now attracts extra viewers than the sport itself.
This 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl half-time present was headlined by Kendrick Lamar, with particular company together with SZA, Samuel L. Jackson and Serena Williams.
Earlier half-time exhibits have starred Woman Gaga, Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Beyonce, Madonna, Prince, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, pictured on the 2022 World Cup last, broke the information this week
Chris Martin, of British pop rock band Coldplay, will work with FIFA to pick the performers
The USA has hosted a males’s FIFA World Cup as soon as earlier than, again in 1994. That event, which was gained by Brazil, featured 24 groups and 52 matches, happening throughout 9 host cities.
In distinction, the 2026 event will function 48 groups and 104 matches, happening throughout 16 host cities and three nations.
Canada will host 13 matches – seven in Vancouver and 6 in Toronto – whereas 13 video games will happen in Mexico, throughout Mexico Metropolis (5) Guadalajara (4) and Monterrey (4).
The opposite 78 matches – together with all the event from the quarter-finals onwards – can be hosted within the USA.
