Today’s 2026 FIFA World Cup Final will feature People of Possibility. On the pitch, 22 players have the opportunity to demonstrate what hard work, talent and teamwork can achieve. At halftime, Emmanuel Kelly will perform live at New York, New Jersey Stadium before one of the largest audiences in the world.
Also performing during the halftime show will be:
- Madonna
- Justin Bieber
- BTS
- Shakira with Burna Boy
- Coldplay, performing with the PS22 Chorus
- Gustavo Dudamel, with musicians from the New York Philharmonic and Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
- Ghetto Kids
- The Muppets, including Kermit and Miss Piggy
Emmanuel also performed live at the first aha Forum in June 2025.
He was already an established international artist who had appeared alongside Chris Martin and Coldplay. Mike Tunnicliffe, a former senior Universal Music Group executive, reached out to aha and helped make the performance possible.
Emmanuel’s presence revealed something that has become increasingly apparent as aha has developed: its forums bring together people who instinctively recognise possibility in others.
Their individual stories are different. What they share is an ability to look beyond apparent limitations and recognise what is possible and what people are capable of contributing.
When people who share that outlook meet, the conversation changes. It moves away from what cannot be done and towards what is possible.
Lived experience is heard. Potential is recognised. Ideas become conversations, conversations form relationships, and relationships lead to action.
Emmanuel’s performance at the first aha Forum expressed that idea more powerfully than words could. His voice and his story demonstrated the extraordinary talent available when people are seen through the possibilities they possess rather than the limitations others assign to them.
Later today, Emmanuel will move from the stage of the first aha Forum to the halftime show of the FIFA World Cup Final.
The 2026 World Cup Final will feature People of Possibility: on the pitch, on the stage, in the crowd and watching throughout the world.
Emmanuel Kelly will represent them all.
Emmanuel Kelly, ‘LIVE’ at The aha Forum, in Partnership with Thomas Franks