Earlier than Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and George Springer step onto the diamond for Recreation 1 of the 2025 World Collection introduced by Capital One, music icon Pharrell Williams will take middle stage to kick off baseball’s greatest night time in type.
Pharrell shall be joined by Bishop Ezekiel Williams’ gospel collective, Voices of Hearth, for a particular pregame efficiency that units the tone for the 121st Fall Traditional. The collection between the Nationwide League Champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League Champion Toronto Blue Jays begins Friday, October 24, at Rogers Centre. Followers can tune in stay at 7 p.m. ET on FOX, FOX Deportes, and ESPN Radio, with broadcasts reaching greater than 200 nations and translated into 16 languages.
The 13-time GRAMMY-winning artist, Oscar-nominated producer, philanthropist, and Louis Vuitton menswear Artistic Director will carry out “Are You Prepared?” and “The One” from the brand new Voices of Hearth album Ophanim, out there solely at voicesoffire.com. Pharrell collaborated with Main League Baseball and Emmy Award-winning manufacturing firm Jesse Collins Leisure to supply the present’s artistic route, emphasizing unity and international connection by the shared love of baseball.
Voices of Hearth can even deal with each nationwide anthems earlier than the primary pitch, performing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “O Canada.” Their Canadian anthem rendition will embrace an ensemble of native Toronto orchestra members and performers, underscoring the worldwide aptitude of this 12 months’s World Collection.
This season’s postseason marketing campaign, “October Hits Completely different,” captured the power and anticipation of playoff baseball. Pharrell and Voices of Hearth’s “Are You Prepared?” served because the backdrop for MLB’s spotlight reels, merging the spirit of competitors with inventive expression. Now, that anthem will come to life in entrance of a packed Rogers Centre crowd because the soundtrack to the beginning of the 2025 World Collection.
Followers can catch all of the motion on FOX, FOX Deportes, and the FOX Sports activities app, with stay radio protection on ESPN Radio and Univision Radio. In Canada, Sportsnet will proceed its full protection throughout TV and radio platforms, whereas MLB Community will characteristic unique studio programming all through the collection, together with MLB Tonight, MLB Central, MLB Now, and Intentional Discuss.
