FIFA: Shakira WILL Close 2014 World Cup
No more rumors, no more denying and no more minor
websites confirming and people doubting their veracity! For today, July 3, the FIFA
confirmed via a press release posted on its official website that Colombian
superstar Shakira WILL be performing at the closing ceremony of the 2014 World
Cup in
"I'm thrilled to be performing my song ‘La la la (Brazil 2014)’ at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Closing Ceremony," said Shakira. "I have an intricate relationship with football for obvious reasons, and I truly understand what the World Cup means to so many people, myself included. I just feel so grateful for the opportunity to come back to perform at the Closing Ceremony of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil, it feels right. The fans have shown the most incredible support for this song and I can't wait to perform it for them."
The closing ceremony and final game will take
place at the Estádio do Maracanã (Maracana Stadium) in
Shakira is confirmed to be doing show-stopping
performance of 'La la la (Brazil 2014)' alongside Carlinhos Brown. And you KNOW
it’s going to be epic! Or at least 10,000 miles better than the fiasco that was
the Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez performance of 'We Are One' (yeah, that's the
official World Cup song, right?) a few weeks ago.
Shakira is going to teach J.Lo a few lessons of how you do it at the World Cup.