Beyoncé is performing a particular halftime present for Netflix’s inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday on 25 December.

The pop megastar will make an look through the halftime interval of the second recreation of the night time, which sees the Houston Texans tackle the Baltimore Ravens.

Beyoncé, who was raised in Houston, Texas, will debut stay variations of songs from her newest, Grammy-nominated album, Cowboy Carter.

Launched earlier this 12 months, the document options nation music influences and collaborations with Dolly Parton, Reyna Roberts, Linda Martell, Shaboozey and Willie Nelson.

Whereas particulars of her efficiency have been stored beneath wraps, Beyoncé is broadly anticipated to deliver out some particular friends on Wednesday night time.

She’s no stranger to Tremendous Bowl halftime reveals, having headlined in 2013 and likewise made a visitor look when Coldplay headlined in 2016, which many critics agreed stole the limelight from Chris Martin’s band.

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The day earlier than the occasion, Beyoncé had surprise-released her new tune, “Formation”, together with a politically charged music video set in New Orleans that addressed racial discrimination, police brutality and southern identification.

On the Tremendous Bowl, the most-watched tv occasion of the 12 months in the USA, she carried out the tune whereas backed by a troupe of dancers wearing berets, in obvious reference to the uniform of the Black Panthers – the Black energy organisation based simply 40 miles from the Santa Clara stadium the place Beyoncé’s efficiency passed off.

At one level, Beyoncé and her dancers raised their fists within the air, emulating the Black Panthers’ salute, and likewise moved into an “X” formation, in an obvious reference to civil rights revolutionary Malcolm X, who was shot lifeless in 1965.

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Her efficiency generated worldwide headlines, with many critics calling it “the night time’s true occasion”. It was additionally controversial amongst right-wing voices, with some protestors calling for an “anti-Beyoncé” rally to happen outdoors the NFL headquarters (nobody turned up).

“Beyoncé effortlessly stole the Tremendous Bowl half-time present proper from beneath Coldplay’s noses with a visitor slot that affirmed her brilliance as a performer,” The Guardian’s evaluate mentioned.

“As quickly as Beyoncé marched onto the soccer discipline, clad in skintight leather-based and Michael Jackson-style army gold sashes, with a posse of impeccably choreographed feminine dancers dressed like Seventies Black Panthers, it was time for an early tub for Chris Martin’s band.”

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Three years earlier, in 2013, the Lemonade artist headlined the Tremendous Bowl with a medley of a few of her biggest hits, together with “Loopy in Love”, an acapella rendition of “Love on High”, “Finish of Time” and “Child Boy”.

She concluded with a shock Future’s Youngster reunion, the place she was joined by her former bandmates Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. The efficiency grew to become some of the tweeted-about moments on Twitter (now X) on the time and acquired widespread acclaim from critics.

Beyoncé’s efficiency will happen midway via the second recreation of the day at Houston’s NRG Stadium, which begins at 4.30pm EST.

Followers with an energetic Netflix subscription can tune in to the NFL recreation in addition to the performances; they’ll solely have till 11pm EST to re-watch your complete stream.