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World Cup music: From the stadiums to the stage

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM EDT

Shakira performs on Monday, July 6, 2026, at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

Shakira is at it again with her latest World Cup anthem. She’s just one of the pop superstars uniting for the first halftime show for a World Cup final.

Host Indira Lakshmanan hears more about the unofficial soundtrack of the beautiful game with Miguel Perez of NPR’s World Cafe.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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