1 hour ago Justin Bieber has joined the star-studded database of half-time performers who volition adjacent retired the 2026 World Cup successful New York.
The Canadian popular prima volition execute alongside Madonna, Shakira and K-pop ensemble BTS during the tournament's first-ever, Super Bowl-style half-time amusement connected 19 July.
Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus featuring Coldplay, and the Sesame Street muppets are besides acceptable to look during the 11-minute set, which supports the Fifa Global Citizen Education Fund.
"The FIFA World Cup brings the satellite unneurotic successful a mode thing other can," Bieber said.
In the spring, the Yukon and Peaches vocalist returned to the signifier with a nostalgia-fuelled set astatine the Coachella festival successful California - his biggest unrecorded amusement successful 4 years aft cancelling his Justice satellite circuit pursuing wellness issues.
The 32-year-old spent overmuch of the April gig sitting successful beforehand of a laptop and singing to YouTube euphony videos of his older hits, specified arsenic Baby, Never Say Never, One Time and Beauty and the Beat.
The Fifa half-time amusement has been curated by Coldplay's Chris Martin and volition rise wealth for the Fifa Global Citizen Education Fund, an inaugural moving to rise $100m (£73m) for children worldwide.
Colombian popular prima Shakira and Nigerian instrumentalist Burna Boy - who were among the performers who opened the tourney crossed the 3 North America big nations - volition besides instrumentality to the signifier together.
Their planetary deed Dai Dai has dominated euphony charts and go a fixture astatine matches since the tourney launched past month.
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