Beyoncé at the Super Bowl: A history ahead of her Christmas Day halftime show
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Pop star is preparing to perform a special halftime show on Christmas Day, where she will debut live versions of songs from her Grammy-nominated album ‘Cowboy Carter’. Beyoncé is performing a special halftime show for Netflix’s inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday on 25 December.
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The pop megastar will make an appearance during the halftime period of the second game of the night, which sees the Houston Texans take on the Baltimore Ravens. Beyoncé, who was raised in Houston, Texas, will debut live versions of songs from her latest, Grammy-nominated album, Cowboy Carter.
Released earlier this year, the record features country music influences and collaborations with Dolly Parton, Reyna Roberts, Linda Martell, Shaboozey and Willie Nelson. While details of her performance have been kept under wraps, Beyoncé is widely expected to bring out some special guests on Wednesday night.
She’s no stranger to Super Bowl halftime shows, having headlined in 2013 and also made a guest appearance when Coldplay headlined in 2016, which many critics agreed stole the limelight from Chris Martin’s band. The day before the event, Beyoncé had surprise-released her new song, “Formation”, along with a politically charged music video set in New Orleans that addressed racial discrimination, police brutality and southern identity.
At the Super Bowl, the most-watched television event of the year in the United States, she performed the song while backed by a troupe of dancers dressed in berets, in apparent reference to the uniform of the Black Panthers – the Black power organisation founded just 40 miles from the Santa Clara stadium where Beyoncé’s performance took place.
