I wondered if the experience inside the stadium was any different, so I reached out to our editor-in-chief, Laura Williamson, who was there:
“It was very bizarre. A five-minute countdown clock appeared on the big screen while various people scrambled about covering up the pitch. Then, after about seven minutes, a video of Madonna started playing and everyone got out their phones and then was like, 'Where's Madonna' She eventually came out of a tunnel, waved and disappeared again. BTS and Bieber were ... fine ... After that, most people had gone to find a drink. The whole thing lasted more than 27 minutes.
“Thank goodness for Shakira, I say. Tight choreography, catchy track and she looked amazing. She should have just done ‘Dai Dai’ and ‘Waka Waka’ and then we could have cracked on with, I don't know, a football match?!”