Queen Bey is coming home for the holidays—and she's trading the Super Bowl stage for an NFL Christmas Game Day spectacular.
Beyoncé will headline the halftime show during the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game on Dec. 25, streaming live on Netflix from NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston.
The event will mark Beyoncé's first live performance of tracks from her Grammy-nominated album. Cowboy Carter. Released earlier this year, the record broke barriers by topping both the Billboard 200 — marking her eighth consecutive number-one album — and the Top Country Albums chart.
Netflix teased the show with a cinematic preview: Beyoncé, dressed in patriotic western attire, climbs into a shiny vintage car festooned with red roses. An a cappella rendition of her track “AMERIICAN REQUIEM” plays as she effortlessly catches a football.
Cowboy Carter recently earned 11 Grammy nominations, marking her debut in multiple country categories. These include Best Solo Performance for “16 CARRIAGES”, Best Country Duo/Group Performance with Miley Cyrus for “II MOST WANTED”, Best Country Song for “TEXAS HOLD 'EM” and Best Country Album . She also won Best American Performance for 'YA YA' and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for 'LEVII'S JEANS' with Post Malone.
Beyoncé's NFL halftime return follows her memorable performances at the Super Bowl in 2013, where she reunited with Destiny's Child, and in 2016, when she joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars.
Like the Wall Street Journal Netflix's NFL Christmas Gameday reportedly marks a first for the streaming platform, which pays an estimated $75 million per game in what is the company's highest-profile live sporting event.
The Christmas Day doubleheader begins with the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the Texans vs. Ravens game at 4:30 p.m. ET. Both the games and Beyoncé's halftime show will be streamed live on Netflix, with local broadcasts and mobile access via NFL+.
