The pop star, whose hits include Angels and Let Me Entertain You, will headline the tournament's opening ceremony at the Luzhniki Stadium on Thursday.
He will perform alongside Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, just half an hour before the first match kicks off.
But he will presumably exclude the song Party Like A Russian from his setlist.
The track, which portrays Russia's elite as unsmiling, super-rich autocrats who party on superyachts and hire thugs to settle disputes by putting "the boots in", was roundly criticised in Russia upon its release in 2016.
