Justin Bieber Added To Crammed World Cup Final Halftime Show With Bts, Madonna And More

Justin Bieber amended beryllium a accelerated singer.

The World Cup last halftime show already was going to characteristic 3 superstar acts pinch 121 Billboard Hot 100 hits, 20 No. 1 singles and 12 Grammy Awards among them.

Somehow that must not person been capable prima power, because different performer pinch 123 hits, 8 floor plan toppers and 2 Grammys has been added to nan lineup.

Bieber was announced Wednesday arsenic nan 4th co-headliner for nan July 19 intermission extravaganza astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, N.J., joining South Korean boy set BTS, U.S. popular civilization icon Madonna and Latin euphony superstar Shakira.

Four gigantic worldwide acts mightiness look for illustration a batch to cram into an 11-minute (!) show, but apparently curator Chris Martin doesn’t spot it that way. In summation to nan quartet of headliners, Martin besides has lined up Nigerian Afrobeats performer Burna Boy, soon-to-be-departing Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Gustavo Dudamel and Staten Island simple schoolhouse choir nan PS22 Chorus (which will beryllium performing pinch Martin’s set Coldplay).

Oh yeah, nan Muppets will beryllium there, too. Bieber will beryllium fortunate if he gets a chance to singing a barroom aliases 2 from a database of hits that includes “Peaches,” “Sorry,” “Love Yourself” and “Daisies.”

Nonetheless, he seems happy to beryllium portion of nan festivities, which will support nan FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, weeks aft attending nan U.S.-Paraguay crippled astatine SoFi Stadium, wherever he gave a astonishment capacity of his opus “Yukon” successful a backstage area.

“The FIFA World Cup brings nan world together successful a measurement thing other can,” Bieber said successful a statement. “I’m grateful to beryllium portion of this Halftime Show, and moreover much grateful knowing it’s already helping grow entree to acquisition for children astir nan world.”

One opus that is judge to beryllium featured during nan group is this year’s World Cup anthem, “Dai Dai,” by Shakira and Burna Boy. The 2 acts already performed nan opus during nan tournament’s opening ceremonial successful Mexico City.

Speaking of deed collaborations, Madonna precocious charted pinch “Bring Your Love,” a duet pinch Sabrina Carpenter. Not to commencement immoderate rumors, but surely they tin compression 1 much popular superstar onto that stage, right?