Burna Boy to Headline Halftime Show at NFL's First-Ever Paris Game
Grammy-winning Burna Boy will headline the halftime show at the NFL's first-ever regular-season game in Paris on October 25, when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the New Orleans Saints at Stade de France. The performance marks his return to the venue where he made history in April 2025 as the first African artist to headline the stadium. The show is part of the NFL's record seven international halftime performances this season, with kickoff set for 9:30 a.m. ET.
(ReggaeVibeMedia.com) — Burna Boy is taking African music back to the Stade de France — this time in the middle of the NFL's first-ever regular-season game in France, where the Grammy-winning Nigerian superstar will headline the halftime show on Sunday, October 25.
The African Giant will perform when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the New Orleans Saints at the iconic Saint-Denis stadium, with kickoff set for 9:30 a.m. ET. The game, presented by American Express, marks the league's inaugural regular-season fixture on French soil and anchors the NFL's largest international season to date.
The booking is a homecoming. Burna Boy became the first African artist to headline a solo concert at Stade de France in April 2025, selling out all 80,000 tickets — a milestone that made him, in the NFL's words, the natural choice for the historic occasion. "Paris gave me one of the biggest nights of my career," the singer said of the announcement, adding that he intends "to give the people a show they will not forget."
Tim Tubito, the NFL's senior director of global game presentation, music and entertainment, said the first NFL game in France "deserves a halftime moment that matches the occasion," noting that African music "sits right at the heart of what the city listens to."
The Paris show is one of a record seven halftime performances staged across the NFL's 2026 international games — a lineup spanning seven countries and four continents, and including fellow African star Ayra Starr at the league's London game earlier this month.
For Caribbean and African music fans on both sides of the Atlantic, the moment lands squarely in a golden run for the continent's music on the world's biggest stages — and with a 9:30 a.m. ET kickoff, the halftime show is comfortably watchable from the Tri-State to Europe, where so much of the Reggae Vibe family lives.