U2 to Play Halftime Show for NFL’s Thanksgiving Eve Game in What League Calls ‘a New NFL Holiday Tradition’

The former Super Bowl halftime performers will join names like Beyonce who have headlined Netflix's holiday halftime shows. Although Thanksgiving Eve has not yet been recognized by everyone as a holiday in its own right, the National Football League is instituting what it calls “a new NFL holiday tradition” — a halftime performance by a major musical act for the game streaming on Netflix the night before turkey day.