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With President Trump in attendance, an all-superstar lineup that included Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Burna Boy felt a little more political than it might have otherwise.
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Still Watching. NPR frames it as "A cavalcade of international stars headlined the World Cup's first-ever halftime final sh...". Time frames it as "The World Cup's First Halftime Show Did Too Much and Meant Too Little".
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With President Trump in attendance, an all-superstar lineup that included Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Burna Boy felt a little more political than it might have otherwise.
The 2026 World Cup expanded to 48 teams, but China still couldn’t qualify. Now FIFA is eyeing another expansion — and the billions of fans it hopes China could bring.
Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber, Shakira, and more headlined a first-of-its-kind spectacle that did too much and said too little