U2 Set for Halftime Show During NFL's Thanksgiving Eve Netflix Broadcast

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Oct 20, 2026 7:51am PT

U2 to Play Halftime Show for NFL’s Thanksgiving Eve Game in What League Calls ‘a New NFL Holiday Tradition’

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Although Thanksgiving Eve has not yet been recognized by everyone as a holiday in its own right, the National Football League is instituting what it calls “a new NFL holiday tradition” — a halftime performance by a major musical act for the game streaming on Netflix the night before turkey day. The artist selected for this year’s inaugural halftime blowout: U2 .

Being Irish, the members of U2 will probably not be expected to be back in Dublin for any family Thanksgiving dinners, which will make it all the easier for them to be on the 50-yard line at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 25. The Los Angeles-area stadium will be the site of a matchup between the hometown Rams and the Green Bay Packers, with kickoff scheduled for 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.

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_Originally reported by [Variety Music](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/u2-halftime-show-nfl-thanksgiving-eve-sofi-stadium-netflix-1236917446/)._