Queen Bey is heading home for the holidays, and she’s trading in the Super Bowl stage for a performance on NFL Christmas Day.
Beyoncé will headline halftime of the Houston Texans’ game against the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 25, live on Netflix from NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston.
The event will mark the first time Beyoncé will perform tracks from her Grammy-nominated country album live, Cowboy Carter. Released earlier this year, the record broke barriers, topping both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts.
Netflix previewed the performance with a preview of the movie: Beyoncé dressed in patriotic Western attire and seated in a charming antique car decorated with red roses. Her song “American Requiem” was sung acapella as she effortlessly caught the football.
Cowboy Carter The recent 11 Grammy nominations mark her debut in multiple country categories. These include Best Country Solo Performance for “16 CARRIAGES,” Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “II MOST WANTED” with Miley Cyrus, Best Country Song for “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” and Best Country Song. Country album. She also won Best American Act for “YA YA” and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Post Malone for “LEVII’S JEANS.”
Before Beyoncé returned to the NFL halftime stage, she performed a memorable Super Bowl performance reunited with Destiny’s Child in 2013 and joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars in 2016.
as wall street journal Netflix’s NFL Christmas Gameday marks a first for the streaming platform, which is reportedly paying around $75 million per game and 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 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Both games and Beyoncé’s halftime show will be streamed live on Netflix, with regional broadcast and mobile access via NFL+.