Poland's football World Cup anthem to be chosen at music fest
PR dla Zagranicy
Victoria Bieniek
08.06.2018 13:52
A Polish anthem for the football World Cup is to be chosen at the Opole Music Festival, which starts on Friday.
Photo: pixabay.com/jarmoluk.
The 55th edition of the festival in Opole, southwestern Poland, will also feature a huge fan zone where audiences will be able to watch Poland play a pre-cup friendly against Chile.
As well as well-known Polish hits, seven new songs will be played at the festival, one of which will be dubbed the Polish anthem for the World Cup. It will accompany the Poles throughout the tournament in Russia.
The Opole festival, the largest of its kind in Poland, was created in 1963 as a place to celebrate the past year's achievements by Polish song writers and performers. It closes on Monday.
The football World Cup kicks off on June 14 with a match between the host nation and Saudi Arabia at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium.
In all, teams from 32 countries will have played a total of 64 matches at 12 stadiums in 11 Russian cities by the time the World Cup ends on July 15.
Poland will play Senegal, Colombia and Japan in the group stage of the tournament.
The official song of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is Live it up by Nicky Jam, featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi. (vb/pk)
Source: IAR