Madonna opened the World Cup halftime show with her 2000 dance song “Music,” in which she was joined by Brazilian soccer stars of the past, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. It began with an apparently pre-recorded piece at a skating rink before she entered the field on a dune buggy, singing “Music, it makes people come together.
“Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel led his orchestra through the White Stripes’ sports anthem “Seven Nation Army,” while other animals and puppets swayed and shook.
K-pop sensations BTS took to the field in red and black moments later singing “Dynamite.”
To promote the upcoming season of “Ted Lasso,” Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt teased Justin Bieber, who switched up the tempo with the slower “Everything’s Hallelujah.”
Shakira and Burna Boy then performed their anthem “Dai Dai”, which was heard before all 104 matches in this tournament.
The show concluded with a choir of elementary school students from Staten Island.Jennifer Hudson, Robbie Williams and others performed a slew of anthems, Post Malone introduced an old song and a new tune, and Tom Cruise gave an earnest pep talk at the closing ceremony before Sunday’s World Cup final.
British singer and former Take That band member Williams performed his FIFA anthem ‘Desire’ while wearing a dazzling blue tracksuit.
He was joined by Pussycat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger and Italian singer Laura Pausini in bright blue dresses. Williams released the song a year ago but dropped a new version with the two women earlier in the week.Streamer IShowSpeed took to the field first to perform his World Cup-themed song “Champions,” over an image of the Empire State Building. Next up was Post Malone, who walked to the New York/New Jersey stadium covered in a tarp showing the New York skyline.
He sang a brand new song called “Chrome Heartbreaker” and was joined by Swae Lee to perform their 2018 duet “Sunflower” on the hex-heavy stage in the middle of the field.
Tom Cruise, who was also part of the Paris Olympics closing ceremony, followed them with a speech in a polo shirt and jeans.“Today there are only two teams left: Spain!” Cruz said, pausing the cheering before adding: “Oh Argentina!”“Let’s celebrate a championship that brought the world together,” he said.
Most of the national anthem was played during the tournament, but it was performed live on Sunday. EGOT Award winner and talk show host Jennifer Hudson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Wearing a white suit with red, white and blue trim, she stood in front of a group of world flags, singing a cappella before being joined by a brass band.The Spanish brass band played the Spanish instrument “La Marcha Real,” followed by the Argentine “Himno Nacional Argentino,” sung by pop star María Becerra, wearing a flowing dress reminiscent of the Argentine flag.
The World Cup will bring a Super Bowl atmosphere to its halftime show. Along with stars Shakira, Madonna, BTS and Justin Bieber, also scheduled to perform are characters from “The Muppets,” Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Venezuelan orchestra conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and elementary school choir PS22 — the last of whom are joined by Coldplay, whose conductor Chris Martin orchestrated the 11-minute halftime show.
