U2 to Headline Halftime at NFL Thanksgiving Eve Game

U2 is scheduled to headline halftime at the Green Bay Packers-Los Angeles Rams game on Nov. 25, the NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve game, which will be streamed on Netflix. The league announced the booking on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The game is scheduled for SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The NFL’s announcement said the performance is intended to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. Netflix co-chief executive Ted Sarandos said the group would bring its stadium-show experience to the NFL broadcast. The performance has been booked, but the announcement does not establish that it has taken place. The Packers-Rams game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern time, with Netflix coverage starting at 6 p.m., according to the NFL announcement. The matchup is the league’s first game scheduled for Thanksgiving Eve. Thanksgiving falls the following day, Nov. 26. The booking would bring U2 back to an NFL halftime show for the first time since Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002, when the band performed at the championship game between the New England Patriots and the then-St. Louis Rams. That game was played in New Orleans. U2’s upcoming appearance is part of Netflix’s Thanksgiving Eve broadcast,...