Thanksgiving football now starts a night early, and U2 will take the halftime stage in honor of the band’s 50th anniversary!
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, winner of 22 Grammy Awards, will perform during the NFL Thanksgiving Eve Game on Wednesday, Nov. 25, when the Green Bay Packers face the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Kickoff times and how to watch
Netflix’s coverage begins at 3 p.m. PT, and kickoff follows at 5 p.m. PT.
The game streams live on Netflix and is included in every plan, so there’s no extra fee. You can sign in on any supported device, open Netflix, and select the NFL Thanksgiving Eve Game stream.
The matchup is the NFL’s first-ever Thanksgiving Eve game, and it falls in a big year for U2, which formed in Dublin in 1976. The band releases its new album, Carnaval de Luz, on Nov. 13, less than two weeks before the performance, and it launches its world tour, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” in 2027.
A halftime tradition on Netflix
U2 joins a growing list of marquee halftime acts on Netflix’s NFL broadcasts. Beyoncé headlined the halftime show of the Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans game on Christmas Day 2024. And last year, Snoop Dogg hosted Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party at the Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings game, with Lainey Wilson, Andrea and Matteo Bocelli, and HUNTR/X of KPop Demon Hunters.
This won’t be U2’s first NFL halftime. The band played Super Bowl XXXVI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2002, a few months after the 9/11 attacks. They projected the names of victims onto a screen, and Bono opened his jacket to show an American flag in the lining. The New England Patriots beat the then-St. Louis Rams 20–17.
