BTS, Madonna and the Muppets light up Fifa World Cup half-time show
The star-packed, Super Bowl-style extravaganza during the match between Spain and Argentina also featured a tribute to football icon Pele
The star-packed, Super Bowl-style extravaganza – a first for football’s showpiece event – also featured a tribute to football icon Pele, and a rendition of “Seven Nation Army” led by Gustavo Dudamel and featuring musicians from the US, Venezuela and Iran.
Sesame Street and The Muppets characters joined Coldplay and a New York school choir to close a performance designed to raise money for the Fifa Global Citizen Education Fund, which promotes access to sport for underprivileged children.
The 12-minute performance meant the total half-time break in the match between Spain and Argentina lasted 27 minutes.
Organisers had billed the half-time show as “the single largest gathering of artists united for a cause since Live Aid”, and “the most-watched 11 minutes of broadcast music performance in history”.