{"id":67658,"date":"2025-06-09T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67658"},"modified":"2025-06-09T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:38:00","slug":"nigerian-star-tems-to-headline-fifa-club-world-cup-final-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/09\/nigerian-star-tems-to-headline-fifa-club-world-cup-final-halftime-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Star Tems to Headline FIFA Club World Cup Final Halftime Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has been announced as one of the headline performers for the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup Final Halftime Show.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place on July 13, 2025, at the MetLife Stadium in New York\/New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Tems will share the global stage with Colombian reggaeton sensation J Balvin and American rapper Doja Cat during the final match of the newly expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, which will run from June 14 to July 13 across 12 venues in 11 U.S. cities.<\/p>\n<p>The halftime show, curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, will be broadcast live and is expected to attract millions of viewers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>More than just entertainment, the performance will spotlight the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, a partnership between FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aims to raise $100 million to expand access to quality education and football opportunities for children globally.<\/p>\n<p>For every ticket sold to Club World Cup matches in the U.S., $1 will be donated to the fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to bring the world together for a beautiful moment &#8211; to celebrate football, feel the unity that music brings, and improve the lives of millions of children through the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. I can\u2019t wait &#8211; see you at the Club World Cup final!\u201d Tems said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>J Balvin described the opportunity as \u201chistoric\u201d &#8211; both for himself, for Latin culture, and for \u201cevery kid who dreams big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tems\u2019 inclusion in the landmark event marks another major milestone for African music on the global stage, reinforcing her status as a leading voice in the international music scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has been announced as one of the headline performers for the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup Final Halftime Show. The event will take place on July 13, 2025, at the MetLife Stadium in New York\/New Jersey. Tems will share the global stage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":67659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,175],"tags":[1732,267,1731,1730,979],"class_list":["post-67658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-sports","tag-club-world-cup","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-cwc","tag-tems","tag-uefa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67660,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67658\/revisions\/67660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}