World Cup Halftime Show Setlist: Every Song Madonna, BTS, Bieber, Shakira and Coldplay Performed

IT HAPPENED (July 19): the first-ever World Cup final halftime show ran 11 fast minutes at MetLife during Spain’s 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina. Madonna opened with “Music” flanked by Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, the Muppets did “Seven Nation Army” with Gustavo Dudamel, BTS hit “Dynamite,” Ted Lasso introduced Justin Bieber, Shakira and Burna Boy played the No. 1 anthem “Dai Dai,” and Coldplay closed with the PS22 Chorus. Full setlist below.

IT HAPPENED (July 19): the first-ever World Cup final halftime show played out at MetLife during Spain’s 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina. Co-headlined by Madonna, Shakira, BTS and Justin Bieber, with Burna Boy, Coldplay, Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus, curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin and staged with FIFA and Global Citizen.

WHAT TIME IS IT? The halftime show runs at half-time of the World Cup final on Sunday, July 19 at MetLife Stadium — roughly 45-50 minutes after kickoff, once the first half plus stoppage time ends. It is billed at around 11 minutes, so if you step away at the whistle you will miss it. Full lineup below.

For the first time in nearly a century of World Cups, the final will have a Super Bowl-style halftime show — and it lands in nine days. On Sunday, July 19, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, FIFA has confirmed that Madonna, Shakira, BTS and Justin Bieber will co-headline a roughly 11-minute spectacle curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, with Burna Boy, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, New York's PS22 Chorus featuring Coldplay, and even the Muppets from Sesame Street rounding out the bill. Kickoff is 3 p.m. ET on FOX and Telemundo.

Who Is Performing at the World Cup Final Halftime Show?

This is the confirmed lineup, per FIFA's own announcements — not rumor:

• Co-headliners: Madonna, Shakira and BTS (announced by FIFA in June), plus Justin Bieber, added as a fourth co-headliner on July 8.
• Also confirmed: Burna Boy, acclaimed conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and New York City's PS22 Chorus featuring Coldplay.
• The wild card: the Muppets from Sesame Street, tied to the show's education mission.
• Curator/producer: Coldplay's Chris Martin, alongside manager Phil Harvey, in partnership with Global Citizen.

What's still just rumor: surprise guests. Ever since Chris Martin said the show would feature "a whole load of artists," fans have floated everyone from Taylor Swift to Bad Bunny — none of that is confirmed, and FIFA has announced no additional names beyond the list above. The setlist is also fully under wraps.

Is Coldplay Performing at the World Cup Final?

Yes — but not as the headline act. Chris Martin's main role is curating and producing the show. Inside the stadium, FIFA's lineup lists the PS22 Chorus featuring Coldplay, and reporting on FIFA's final-weekend New York takeover points to a Coldplay appearance in Times Square, alongside a fan watch party on Central Park's Great Lawn that could hold roughly 50,000 people. So Coldplay's fingerprints are on everything, even if Madonna, Shakira, BTS and Bieber get top billing.

How Long Is the World Cup Halftime Show? (How This Even Works)

This is the question that makes a soccer halftime show genuinely tricky. The laws of the game cap halftime at 15 minutes — that's barely enough time for teams to reach the locker room, let alone build and tear down a stage for four global superstars.

Here's how reports say it will work: the performance itself runs a compressed ~11 minutes — slightly shorter than recent Super Bowl shows (typically 13–14 minutes) — and the final's break will be extended beyond the usual 15 minutes, with estimates in the 20-to-30-minute range once setup and teardown are counted. Expect a Super Bowl-style operation: a pre-built modular stage rolled out and assembled in minutes, likely designed to protect the MetLife pitch, then stripped away before the players return. The show itself is expected on screens at around 3:50 p.m. ET.

Why Is FIFA Doing This Now?

Two reasons: America, and money for a cause. FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced the first-ever halftime show himself, calling it "an unmissable event" and promising "the very best celebration ever" for a final staged in the home of the Super Bowl. It's the clearest sign yet of the Super Bowl-ification of this World Cup — a tournament that has already leaned hard into American-style spectacle.

The show also has a stated mission: it supports the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, an initiative aiming to raise $100 million to expand access to quality education and football for children worldwide — which explains both the Global Citizen partnership and the Muppets.

The Venue: 82,500 Inside, a City Outside

MetLife Stadium — branded "New York New Jersey Stadium" for the tournament — holds about 82,500 and has hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, so it knows this drill. Around the match, FIFA is building a full New York takeover: the Times Square fan celebration, the Central Park watch party, and final-weekend events across the city. The two finalists will be decided this week — follow our who's-still-in tracker to see who's left standing.

What Time Is the World Cup Final? How to Watch in the US

• Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026
• Kickoff: 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT)
• Halftime show: approximately 3:50 p.m. ET
• TV (English): FOX; streaming via FOX One and the FOX Sports app
• TV (Spanish): Telemundo; streaming on Peacock

And if the match itself needs a subplot: the race for the tournament's top scorer is going to the wire — see our Golden Boot tracker for the latest standings.

What We Still Don't Know

Plenty. FIFA hasn't published the exact halftime length, the setlist, the running order, the stage design, or whether any surprise guests join the confirmed cast. With nine days to go, expect at least one more announcement wave — we'll update this page as FIFA confirms new details.

The Full World Cup Halftime Show Setlist (In Order)

The whole production, directed by Hamish Hamilton, ran about 11 minutes — Super Bowl length — and was staged with FIFA and Global Citizen to push the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund toward its

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Shakira’s Outfit: 200,000 Swarovski Crystals

The look everyone searched for afterward: Shakira performed in a custom Roberto Cavalli outfit reported by WWD to carry roughly 200,000 Swarovski crystals, with Page Six unpacking the symbolism woven into the design. Between the outfit, an in-crowd Beyoncé reunion and her ex Gerard Piqué’s presence at the stadium, Shakira stayed at the center of the post-show conversation.

“Dai Dai” Just Made Billboard History

The anthem Shakira and Burna Boy performed is not just the tournament song — it became the first official World Cup anthem ever to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. It also gave Shakira her 25th No. 1 on Latin Airplay and Burna Boy his first, and it held its No. 1 momentum across Billboard’s global charts even after the final. “Dai Dai” roughly means “come on, come on” — released May 15, 2026 as the official song of the tournament.

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