Like the Super Bowl mid-game spectaculars, the 2026 final game slated to take place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will include the World Cup's very first halftime show.
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I don't think this is a bad thing. If the performance ends up being good, then it would've been worth it. Legitimately, I do not care for the half time pundit shows. So, a half time concert is a welcomed change. IDC what the European fans tell me.
Put it this way I went to a football match in Germany and a bunch of cheerleaders ran onto the pitch. The reaction around me was just groans at the sight of them. A half time show will not be well reacted by actual football fans.
How? Halftime is a strict 15 minutes. You’d have to set up the stage, have the artist perform, and deconstruct the stage all in 15 minutes…idk about that.
A marching band and gymnastic dance troop could pull off a performance in under 15 minutes without need for a stage. They could pre record it and just run it on the big screens. They could do a fireworks show.
Just like most things, the US has to go over the top and wreck it. Even worse, Canada is locked into partnering with you on this, diminishing our integrity. We aren't keen on propping up Putin or his besties
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Soccer fans really love their teams, local and national, but I also know Trump is despised in Europe and South America not to mention other countries. So no, it will not be successful in the US will be in Mexico and Canada though.
It is only fitting that the mid-game performer is someone who reflects the global nature of the World Cup thus ensuring that the performer selected will be someone most US citizens have never heard of.
Please repost and ask others to repost. The sooner we accept this, the faster we can end it. We don’t want to wait until Putin tells him to nuke a Canadian or Mexican city.
"World Cup". LOL. Only Americans would call an annual nationally held competition a "World Cup". It's representative of the distorted view they have of the rest of the world.
MetLife needs to sell the naming rights to that stadium and pay for my goddamn root canal and crown. WTF do I pay for dental insurance if they're not going to cover shit?
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I don't think this is a bad thing. If the performance ends up being good, then it would've been worth it. Legitimately, I do not care for the half time pundit shows. So, a half time concert is a welcomed change. IDC what the European fans tell me.
Ooops. Wrong fascist.
What a travesty.
He will declare himself King of the World. Sorry, Leo.
Classic American over the top schlock - completely unnecessary, tacky and tasteless.
Should a fascist state even be hosting a World Cup?
Seems like FIFA doesn't give much of a shit about being tasteful.
FWIW I deliberately didn’t watch in ‘22 but I don’t think my protest registered in overall viewing figures.
It’s not too late to make Canada and Mexico joint North American hosts in 2026.
USA corny ugly loud shows.
an American deuce on everything.