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The NFL 2024 Christmas Day Halftime Show is set to occur on December 25, 2024, at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas during the Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans game. It will be headlined by Beyoncé and marks the first NFL Christmas Gameday halftime performance and the first game live on Netflix.

The show is being produced by Beyoncé's production company Parkwood Entertainment in collaboration with Jesse Collins Entertainment. It is expected to feature first-time performances of songs from her most recent album, Cowboy Carter. After the game and halftime are streamed live on Netflix, availability to view them will expire after three hours in the US, and after 24 hours worldwide.

Background

On November 18, 2024, it was announced Beyoncé would headline the first ever Christmas Gameday halftime show at the 2024 Christmas Day game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans, and that she is “expected to feature some special guests” who appeared on her most recent album, Cowboy Carter. Beyoncé released a teaser video with the announcement showing her catching a football, standing atop a rose-covered car as a snippet of Cowboy Carter track “Ameriican Requiem” plays.

The NFL Christmas Gameday will be the first to be streamed live on Netflix. Many raised concerns about buffering and image issues possibly occurring during the halftime show after Netflix's airing of Jake Paul and Mike Tyson's boxing match had said issues. Netflix told a CNN representative that " optimized their technology to assure a smooth viewing experience after the reportedly glitchy Logan Paul-Mike Tyson fight." On December 4, Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles stated that " no worries. God is going to be in control and everything is going to go smooth. No glitches. It’s going to be great,” and added that “ just left 25 meetings today. It’s meeting after meeting. What goes into it is unbelievable.”

Beyoncé released a second teaser on December 11, 2024, in which she uses a finger gun to activate lights around a cactus decorated like a Christmas tree. A third teaser was released on December 24, the day before the performance, in which Beyoncé mimics playing a banjo as Texas Hold 'Em plays, before a fake buffering icon appears and she giggles.

See also

• Super Bowl XLVII halftime show
• Super Bowl 50 halftime show

References

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