Getty ImagesBeyonce has announced that she will perform during the NFL’s halftime show on Christmas Day.
The singer will perform when the Houston Texans take on the Baltimore Ravens – one of two fixtures scheduled for the day.
The second game will feature the Kansas City Chiefs against the Pittsburgh Steelers and both games will be streamed on Netflix.
This will be the first time Beyoncé has performed tracks from her latest album, Cowboy Carter, which she revealed during February’s Super Bowl.
He released the singles Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages. Shortly after appearing in an ad during the game, and leaving Cowboy Carter in March.
The album, which includes duets with Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, leans toward the country genre and is the second part of a planned trilogy that began with Renaissance.
It has been nominated for Album of the Year at the 2025 Grammy Awards, where Beyonce is set for 10 more trophies. Also up for Best Country Album and Song of the Year for Texas Hold ‘Em.
The singer announced the halftime show with posts on her social media where she was seen holding a football while standing on top of a classic American car wearing her signature cowboy hat.
Netflix also teased that the singer is expected to “bring along some special guests” who were featured in his latest release.
It won’t be the first time Beyoncé has starred in a halftime show, having headlined the Super Bowl in 2013 and performed with Coldplay and Bruno Mars in 2016 – the most-watched halftime of all time. Time show.
Getty ImagesChristmas Day games have become a staple of the NFL calendar since they first started in the 1980s.
In May, Netflix announced that it had signed a deal to broadcast NFL games through 2026 as part of a sports expansion drive.
“Last year, we decided to make a big bet on live,” said Bela Bajaria, the streaming platform’s chief content officer.
“There are no direct annual events, sporting or otherwise, that compare to the audiences NFL football attracts.”
On Friday, Netflix streamed boxing for the first time. Live fight between heavyweight legend Mike Tyson and YouTuber Jack Paul.
He said that 60 million households around the world took up the fight. But some complained of its collapse.
NFL fans in the competing team’s cities will still be able to watch the games on broadcast TV and they will also be available to stream on the NFL+ app in the US.
NFL owners say the deal with Netflix is a good opportunity to open up the game to fans outside the United States.
“We couldn’t be more excited to become the first professional sports league to partner with Netflix to bring live games to fans around the world,” said Hans Schroeder, executive vice president of media distribution for the NFL.
“The NFL at Christmas has become a tradition and partnering with Netflix, a service whose biggest day of the year usually falls on this holiday, is the perfect way to expand the event for NFL fans globally. is a collection.”
