BTS, Madonna and the Muppets light up Fifa World Cup half-time show
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 halftime break in the match between Spain and Argentina lasted 27 minutes.
Organisers had billed the halftime 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”.