Madonna, Shakira & BTS to Headline 2026 World Cup Final Halftime Show
Posted by mcfw31
Madonna, Shakira & BTS to Headline 2026 World Cup Final Halftime Show
Posted by mcfw31
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I’m about to become one of those girls that only tunes into football for a thirty minute halftime show
Ffs can’t believe we’re pushing half time shows in the final
I hate it
Greedy, corrupt bastards (not the artists – FIFA)
So it’s rigged that the final will be US vs Colombia vs South Korea then? Thanks Obama.
I love Shakira but I’m not watching any FIFA anymore. Also, why are we doing half time shows? We don’t need football/soccer to become more USian. The halftime is for talking about the first half.
Not this. Anything but this. Football’s (FIFA’s) lost it.
Just one of these three would be enough.
Why do we need a half-time show? Just stop already, FIFA.
No shade to any of these talented people, but who asked for this? I hate this Americanisation of football sm
Cool but I still boycott Fifa lol
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Cant believe this didnt even touch on the fact elmo was the one to announce it 😭
The world cup does not need a half time show.
I just don’t…. They have one thing in common for sure
The sport itself isnt popular in the us, so of course it was gonna get a halftime show to bring American audiences hopefully its the first and only time it comes to the us
Ughh why does American ruin everything it touches? This world cup is so shitty
Who needs halftime show? Did anyone asked the players if they want this?
Shouldn’t really be in 2026 Madonna. Shakira for the middle aged and above audience and then someone young for today’s audience.
WHO ASKED FOR THIS??!!!
I think this is kind of cool if its only this world cup that has a halftime show. We had vuvuzelas in South Africa. Half time shows in America.
Kinda obsessed with turning the World Cup final into the Super Bowl. It’s so aggressively American. I probably would’ve tuned in anyway, but now I definitely will.
I don’t care about any of them, but it’s so funny that shakira has been to more world cups than pique 🤣🤣🤣
It’s only 15 minutes. I don’t need a show, just an interview with the managers, a review of the first half highlights and then back to the match.
if you watch/attend/perform in this event you support the current american administration/regime btw
Fuck fifa
“Football is losing its soul little by little. A World Cup Final is supposed to be the purest form of football, pressure, intensity, emotion, tactics, suffering, history. Not a halftime concert made for social media clips and celebrities in vip seats.
When you play at the highest level, your body is programmed around rhythm. Fifteen minutes. That’s what every footballer in the world has known since childhood. Your muscles stay warm, your concentration stays locked in, your emotions stay alive. Now imagine players sitting there for 25 minutes during the biggest game of their lives because FIFA wants a bigger TV spectacle.
People think footballers are robots. They are not. Momentum is real. If one team is dominating before halftime, that long break can completely kill the intensity of the game. It changes everything tactically and mentally. You cool down physically, you lose adrenaline, and then people expect players to immediately return playing at 100 miles per hour.
And let’s be honest here, this is not about football, it’s about money and entertainment. They want football to become the Super Bowl. More commercials, more performances, more headlines, more celebrities. But football became the biggest sport in the world without all of that. The game itself was enough.
The dangerous part is that if the final quality drops or players get injured because of these changes, fans will attack the players first. They will say certain stars disappeared in the second half or failed under pressure, without understanding the conditions were completely changed for a television show.
For me, the World Cup Final should feel sacred. Ninety minutes of war between the best players on earth. Not a pause long enough for the world to forget the match is even happening.”