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FIFA Recruits Coldplay's Chris Martin To Find Artists For World Cup Halftime Show

FIFA Recurits Coldplay To Help Put Together First-Ever World Cup Halftime Show

FIFA's preparing for the 2026 World Cup, and they're taking a page out of the NFL's playbook ... tasking Coldplay's Chris Martin and Phil Harvey with finding famous artists to perform the first halftime show at the world's biggest sporting event!

In other words, Chris is FIFA's Jay-Z.

Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, announced news of the partnership on Wednesday at a press event in Dallas .