U2 to headline NFL's halftime show at Netflix’s Thanksgiving Eve

[Teletubby 164,906]

Netflix announced today that U2 will headline the halftime show of the NFL's first-ever Thanksgiving Eve game, live from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, with kickoff at 8 p.m. ET. The performance arrives as U2 celebrates 50 years as a band since forming in Dublin in 1976, adding a milestone moment to the primetime matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams.

U2's Thanksgiving Eve set follows one of the most memorable moments in Super Bowl history: the band's Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show in February 2002. Nearly a quarter-century later, U2 returns to a Rams home game — this time streaming to Netflix's members around the world.

U2's performance continues a tradition of marquee halftime entertainment on Netflix's NFL broadcasts. Netflix's first Christmas Gameday in 2024 featured international superstar Beyoncé at halftime of the Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans game, in the four-time Emmy-nominated Beyoncé Bowl. Last year, Snoop Dogg brought Snoop's Holiday Halftime Party to the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings Christmas Day game. U2’s halftime show will be produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment.

[Blackout19 16,483]

[Bronco 29,034]

Truly is the season of dad halftime shows

[River 129,698]

Them2?! 

[TheMontebello 1,531]

At least it's not Jay-Z

[timdrake 3,052]

U2, Coldplay, Maroon 5… what does the NFL have against bands that don’t suck

[Decodekid 31,170]

Remember when they shoved their Songs of Innocence album on our faces? like I'm trying to stream ARTPOP, GET OUT MY ITUNES

 

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[Duella Dvil 12,669]

They're announcing everything BUT the Superbowl

[ANVEEROY 67,013]

Girlies it’s the thanksgiving one 

[bxr 3,523]

2 hours ago, TheMontebello said:

At least it's not Jay-Z

It’s kind of wilde that U2, Jay, and Madonna were three of the first four performers to sign 360 deals back in the day (I think between … 2005 and 2009, maybe?) … I think Shakira might have been the fourth (not chronologically, but just the remaining performer from said slate) … maybe the industry’s cashing out on their model bedrocks before shifting the paradigm blueprint yet again …

Whew … what an epoch for the industry … music and the virtual reality of 360 creative ownership … what a brackish stream, said gilded scheme 

But I never know how these things work, just musing salt grains into the airwaves 

[TheMontebello 1,531]

They randomly made a song inspired by Rosalía didn't they? Maybe she could be a guest... And maybe they could leave after playing that one song and let her do the rest of the show...

[TheMontebello 1,531]

1 hour ago, ANVEEROY said:

Girlies it’s the thanksgiving one 

Oh nvm

[skaxboy 7,198]

2 hours ago, timdrake said:

U2, Coldplay, Maroon 5… what does the NFL have against bands that don’t suck

Nickelback for the 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

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