Canada Opens 2026 World Cup With Morissette and Bublé as 48 Nations Launch Tri-Host Tournament
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Canada Opens 2026 World Cup With Morissette and Bublé as 48 Nations Launch Tri-Host Tournament
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Summary
Toronto Stadium welcomed Canada’s World Cup opener with Alanis Morissette singing the national anthem and Michael Bublé leading a choir-backed performance before the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
48 nations are competing in the biggest World Cup yet, staged across Canada, the United States and Mexico after the tournament opened a day earlier in Mexico City.
Hundreds of Canadian fans arrived in red singing O Canada, while Bosnian supporters also marched to the stadium for their team’s first World Cup appearance since 2014.
Los Angeles hosts the first US game later Friday with Katy Perry and Future among performers, while neither Donald Trump nor Mark Carney is attending their countries’ opening matches.
FIFA is extending the entertainment push through 19 July, when the New Jersey final will feature its first halftime show in nearly 100 years.