U2 to Headline NFL's First Thanksgiving Eve Halftime Show on Netflix

The band performs at the Green Bay Packers vs. Los Angeles Rams game, while Jay-Z is reportedly selected for the 2027 Super Bowl.

13 publishers · 16 articles · first seen 20 Oct 2026 · updated 17d ago

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How the odds moved · JAY-Z

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The story so far

13 publishers have covered this in 16 articles since 20 Oct 2026. feeds.bleacherreport.com published first, on 20 October at 11:52 UTC; Consequence followed 49 min later. The most recent article, from Billboard, appeared on 21 October at 15:04 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: TV | Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The Hill (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), www.espn.com (major outlet), feeds.bleacherreport.com, Consequence, The A.V. Club, Deadline, Stereogum, Billboard, SI Feed, Inc. and 1 more, all listed under Sources below.

2 prediction markets price this story:

JAY-Z — resolved “Yes” on 27 Oct 2026. The market resolves to Yes if JAY-Z is officially announced as the headliner for the Pro Football Championship Halftime Show before February 15, 2027. Otherwise, it resolves to No. Readers often mistake any news about JAY-Z performing at other events or rumors of his involvement as sufficient for a Yes resolution.
JAY-Z — resolved “Yes” on 27 Oct 2026. The market resolves to Yes if JAY-Z performs at or is announced to perform at the 2027 Pro Football Championship Halftime Show on February 14, 2027. It resolves to No if this specific event does not occur within the official timeframe. Readers often mistake the linked U2 news story as relevant, but only JAY-Z's participation in the 2027 game matters.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on JAY-Z at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

20 Oct, 11:52feeds.bleacherreport.com U2 to Headline Halftime Show of NFL Thanksgiving Eve Game Between Packers, Rams on Netflix89%
20 Oct, 12:42Consequence U2 to Headline Halftime of NFL’s Thanksgiving Eve Game88%▼1 points since the previous source
20 Oct, 12:54The A.V. Club U2 to manifest in millions of homes this Thanksgiving88%
20 Oct, 12:57TV | Hollywood Reporter U2 to Headline Halftime Show on Netflix’s Thanksgiving Eve NFL Game88%
20 Oct, 13:04Deadline U2 Set For Haltime Performance During Netflix’s Thanksgiving Eve NFL Broadcast88%
20 Oct, 13:48Stereogum Jay-Z Reportedly Picks Himself For Super Bowl Halftime Show, U2 To Play Thanksgiving Eve Game88%
20 Oct, 14:24The Hill Who is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show? Prediction markets lean heavily toward one artist88%
20 Oct, 14:51Variety U2 to Play Halftime Show for NFL’s Thanksgiving Eve Game in What League Calls ‘a New NFL Holiday Tradition’91%▲3 points since the previous source
20 Oct, 15:07www.espn.com NFL announces U2 will play in first Thanksgiving Eve halftime show91%
20 Oct, 15:08Billboard U2 to Deliver ‘Unforgettable’ Halftime Show at NFL’s First-Ever Thanksgiving Eve Football Game91%
Show 6 later sources
1. 20 Oct, 16:33Billboard Here’s How Fans Are Reacting to Rumors of Jay-Z Headlining Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show: ‘He Just Pulled a Dick Cheney’94%▲3 points since the previous source
2. 20 Oct, 17:35Deadline Jay-Z Looks To Have Picked Jay-Z To Headline 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show92%▼2 points since the previous source
3. 20 Oct, 18:08SI Feed Three Super Bowl Halftime Acts We Would Love to See Instead of Jay-Z92%
4. 20 Oct, 20:15Inc.Jay-Z Didn’t Get Picked for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. He Owns the Thing That Does the Picking86%▼6 points since the previous source
5. 21 Oct, 11:15Times of India Jay-Z and the 2027 Super Bowl: 3 artists who could be better choices86%
6. 21 Oct, 15:04Billboard Jimmy Fallon Concedes That After Jay-Z Reportedly Picked Jay-Z For Super Bowl Halftime, ‘I Guess Jay-Z Does Have a Point’85%▼1 points since the previous source
27 Oct, 02:09Market resolved: Yes

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Resolved JAY-Z Yes 11d ago
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Resolved JAY-Z Yes 11d ago
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