JAKARTA – Shakira will be the main star of the 2026 World Cup opening ceremony in Mexico City. The Colombian singer will perform the official song of the tournament before the opening match.
The singer will take the stage at the Estadio Azteca before hosts Mexico take on South Africa on June 11, 2026, performing the song Dai Daibersama Nigerian artist Burna Boy.
“Dai dai” – an Italian phrase meaning “let’s go” or “let’s go” – was announced as the official song of the 2026 World Cup earlier this year.
Colombian singer J Balvin and South African singer-songwriter Tyla will also perform at the ceremony as FIFA unveils the 2026 World Cup, which will feature 48 teams for the first time, to be held in Mexico, the United States and Canada.
This performance marks another World Cup appearance for Shakira, whose 2010 song Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) became one of the iconic songs of the tournament.
He also appeared in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 editions of the tournament and remains one of the artists most closely associated with the world’s biggest football event.
Shakira, along with Madonna and K-Pop boyband BTS, will also headline the halftime show of this summer’s 2026 World Cup final.
FIFA said the opening ceremony would take place before the first match played in each of the three host nations, a change from previous tournaments that featured only one opening event.
In Canada, Michael Buble and Alanis Morissette will be the main stars of the celebration at BMO Field Toronto before Canada’s opening match against Bosnia-Herzegovina on June 12, 2026.
Meanwhile, in the United States, Katy Perry and Future will perform before the United States National Team takes on Paraguay at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on the same day.
The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest in the history of the tournament, with an expansion from 32 to 48 teams and an increase in the number of matches from 64 to 104.
The tournament opens at the iconic Estadio Azteca and ends in New York/New Jersey after 39 days of tournament play in 16 host cities in North America.
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