Netflix is releasing Beyoncé’s Christmas Halftime Show as a standalone special this week

26 December, 2024

If you missed out on Beyoncé‘s NFL 2024 Christmas game Halftime Show, worry not as it will soon be released as a standalone special on Netflix.

On Christmas day (December 25), Beyoncé headlined the Halftime Show for the NFL’s Christmas game in her hometown of Houston, Texas, where she performed songs from her 2024 album ‘Cowboy Carter’ live for the first time.

The event was live-streamed on Netflix, with replays available for just a few hours after in the US, and up to 24 hours internationally. However, luckily for fans who were unable to catch the performance before its removal, Netflix has since confirmed that the Halftime Show – now dubbed Beyoncé Bowl – is being released as a standalone special on the streaming platform later this week.

Per a press release, Beyoncé Bowl will be available to stream on Netflix in its entirely later this week, though a concrete date or time has yet to be shared. However, the special already has a page on the Netflix platform, and fans can add reminders for when it goes live.

The press release suggests that the special will only show Beyoncé’s performance, and will likely not include a behind-the-scenes look at putting the show together.

During the show, she performed only songs from ‘Cowboy Carter’ – it marked her first time performing songs from the album live since the album’s release.

During the set, which ran for under 13 minutes, Queen Bey was joined by the likes of Shaboozey, Post Malone, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy. Her eldest daughter Blue Ivy Carter also joined along to dance to ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’.

Beyoncé performs at the 2025 NFL Christmas-day Halftime Show. Credit: Alex Slitz/Getty Images

To kick off the Halftime performance – which fans are calling “the best Super Bowl performance of all time and it wasn’t even the Super Bowl” – Beyoncé performed ’16 Carriages’. Other songs she performed included ‘Blackbird’, ‘YA YA’, ‘My House’, ‘Jolene’ and more. She was joined by Post Malone for ‘Levii’s Jeans’ and by Shaboozey for ‘Sweet Honey Buckiin”.

After the performance wrapped, Beyoncé took to social media to tease something for January 14, 2025. Fans have begun speculating that it could be an announcement for a tour behind ‘Cowboy Carter’. However, other fans have suggested that it could be an announcement for ‘Act III’ of the ‘Renaissance’ trilogy.

‘Cowboy Carter’ scored a five-star review from NME upon its release, with Jenessa Williams writing: “Even if interpreted only on the grounds of artistic spectacle, it’s an undeniable thrill to see her swing so big on a project that dares her to be so intimate and vocal-focused, while making way for country’s up-and-comers too.”

The album clinched the seventh spot in NME‘s 50 Best Albums of 2024 list, and ’16 Carriages’ was named the eighth Best Song of 2024.

In other Beyoncé news, in November she became the most-nominated musician in Grammy history. She previously tied Jay-Z with 88 nominations apiece, but has since been nominated for a whopping 11 awards at next year’s Grammys, all for ‘Cowboy Carter’. She now holds a record-breaking 99 nominations and in 2023 broke the record for most Grammy wins, taking home a total of 32 trophies.

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