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FIFA announces Super Bowl-style World Cup final halftime show featuring Madonna, Shakira and BTS
AP News ^ | May 14, 2026

Posted on 05/14/2026 4:00:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS.

FIFA has announced that, for the first time, the final at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey on July 19 will include a Super Bowl-style concert.

Soccer’s governing body said the show would support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which is raising $100 million to help children access education and soccer.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said it would bring together “music and football on the biggest stage in sport for a very special cause.”

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1 posted on 05/14/2026 4:00:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Bachman–Turner Overdrive? Wicked kewl.


2 posted on 05/14/2026 4:04:49 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

2 cougars and a boy band? I didn’t need that mental image.


3 posted on 05/14/2026 4:05:28 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: MinorityRepublican

It will be the fag sport version of Bash Trumpfest.


4 posted on 05/14/2026 4:06:13 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: MinorityRepublican
That lineup is a dead giveaway that FIFA is targeting older audiences to sell their attention to advertisers.

Madonna is 67 years old.

5 posted on 05/14/2026 4:06:49 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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FIFA’s World Cup final halftime show sparks outrage: ‘We don’t want it’

https://nypost.com/2026/05/14/sports/fifas-world-cup-final-halftime-show-sparks-outrage-we-dont-want-it/


6 posted on 05/14/2026 4:08:15 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

If America is hosting, it should be Americanized.


7 posted on 05/14/2026 4:15:27 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Madonna is 67 years old.
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Yeah, but she’s still a whore, so she has a broader appeal. Proverbs 9:13 through the end of the chapter.


8 posted on 05/14/2026 4:16:42 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Libloather

FIFA to the people “We don’t care what you want”

Don’;t know what the peeps are upset about... Who doesn’t wanna see geriatric performers shufflin across the stage behind walkers? /s


9 posted on 05/14/2026 4:18:54 PM PDT by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: Libloather

The Guess Who is currently on tour, with Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman. Might have to see that one.


10 posted on 05/14/2026 4:19:32 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: MinorityRepublican

Madonna? No!


11 posted on 05/14/2026 4:19:57 PM PDT by xp38
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To: MinorityRepublican

Madonna’s dying last gasp… epic


12 posted on 05/14/2026 4:20:32 PM PDT by Third Person
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Here’s one more event I won’t be watching.


13 posted on 05/14/2026 4:20:49 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Could not care any less about soccer. Only wanted to see y’all’s comments!


14 posted on 05/14/2026 4:31:08 PM PDT by bicyclerepair
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who wants to see the ancient skank madonna?


15 posted on 05/14/2026 4:33:55 PM PDT by dforest
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To: MinorityRepublican

What a joke...


16 posted on 05/14/2026 4:33:59 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Islam is not compatible within a free society.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tacky!


17 posted on 05/14/2026 4:36:04 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: All

Key details of Madonna’s last....and final....show included:

Location: Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024.

Significance: It was free, the 80th and final show of her retrospective tour.

Special Guests: Brazilian artists Anitta and Pabllo Vittar joined her on stage.

The tour began in London on October 14, 2023, after being rescheduled due to a health issue.


18 posted on 05/14/2026 4:37:20 PM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sponsored by Valtrex and Spanx


19 posted on 05/14/2026 4:59:51 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Seruzawa
What would you prefer?

….or….


20 posted on 05/14/2026 5:02:22 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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