{"id":12564,"date":"2026-06-05T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12564"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:32:08","slug":"shakira-and-burna-boy-to-play-in-first-of-three-world-cup-opening-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12564","title":{"rendered":"Shakira and Burna Boy to play in first of three World Cup opening ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By JAMES ROBSON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shakira and Burna Boy will perform in Mexico City for the first of three opening ceremonies at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12562\">Decades-old El Torito restaurant in Irvine closes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The music stars will perform Dai Dai, the official song for the tournament, ahead of the opening game between co-host Mexico and South Africa on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has planned opening ceremonies for each host nation, with curtain-raisers ahead of games in the United States and Canada as well.<\/p>\n<p>World soccer\u2019s governing body has revealed the line-up for the show in Mexico, which also includes Alejandro Fern\u00e1ndez, Belinda, Danny Ocean, J Balvin, Lila Downs, Los \u00c1ngeles Azules, Man\u00e1 and Tyla. It said more artists would be announced for the ceremonies in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Alanis Morissette and Michael Bubl\u00e9 headline in Toronto on June 12 ahead of Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day Katy Perry, global pop star LISA, Nigerian Afrobeats star Rema, Brazilian pop artist Anitta, and hip-hop artist Future are performing in Los Angeles before the U.S. faces Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12560\">Fullerton Arboretum\u2019s apiary is abuzz with opportunities for research \u2026 and honey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trio of shows is being created by Italian producer Marco Balich, who was behind the spectacular opening ceremony for this year\u2019s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Each show will be held about 90 minutes before kickoff.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shakira is also among headliners performing at a Super Bowl-style halftime show for the World Cup final along with Madonna and boy band BTS.<\/p>\n<p>Diana Ross performed at the opening ceremony in Chicago when the World Cup was last held in the U.S. in 1994 and famously missed a penalty kick as part of the show.<\/p>\n<p>The song Dai Dai aims to raise $100 million in support of the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=12558\">More than half of Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>AP soccer: <\/em><em>https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA has planned opening ceremonies for each host nation, with curtain-raisers ahead of games in the United States and Canada as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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