2010 Soccer World Cup Opening Ceremony Schedule

2010 Soccer World Cup Opening Ceremony: This is the 19th FIFA World Cup,and first in South Africa. On 11 June 2010 at Johannesburg stadium, South Africa(2010 World Cup). The contestant in this tournament has 32 teams, dividing by Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Group G, Group H and each group contains 4 teams.

2010 FIFA world cup opening ceremony date : 10th June 2010
* FIFA world cup 2010 opening ceremony Time: 8.00pm local time (GMT+2)
* FIFA world cup 2010 Kick off ceremony Venue: Johannesburg’s southwest Soweto, Soccer City Stadium.
* FIFA World Cup 2010 Kick Off Ceremony Performers:


1. Amadou & Mariam
2. Alicia Keys
3. Angelique Kidjo
4. Black Eyed Peas
5. BLK JKS
6. John Legend
7. Juanes
8. Shakira
9. The Parlotones
10. Tinariwen
11. Vieux Farka Touré
12. Vusi Mahlasela and ETC.

First Matches:
South Africa vs. Mexico on 11 Jun 4:00pm
Uruguay vs. France on 11 Jun 8:30pm

The official opening ceremony will begin on Friday afternoon from a different venue, the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, where the first match of the tournament will take place after the ceremony.

The opening ceremony is set to see 1,581 performers singing and dancing according to an article by Emily Nash over on the Mirror, in what will be a 3-hour long spectacle. It is hoped that elder statesman Nelson Mandela will attend, at least briefly, but he will definitely be heard as part of one of his speeches is in a song recorded by South African opera singer Siphiwo Ntshebe. The song is called “Hope” which was recorded by Ntshetbe last month and he was due to perform it at the ceremony. However tragically he died last month aged only 35 from meningitis, but as a tribute to him the song will still be played at the ceremony.

The opening ceremony will also feature popular RnB star R Kelly along with the Soweto Spiritual Singers.

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