U2 to headline NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve gameday
U2 performs at Suncorp Stadium on November 12, 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
Who said the Irish don’t celebrate Thanksgiving?
Netflix announced that U2 is headlining the NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve game live from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The Nov. 25 performance, streaming exclusively on Netflix, will take place during the primetime matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Los Angeles Rams.
This isn’t the first time the Dublin-based band has taken the field. In 2002, the rock group headlined the Super Bowl 36 halftime show, playing their classic track “Beautiful Day,” and paying tribute to the victims of 9/11 with their hit songs “MLK” and “Where the Streets Have No Name.”
“There’s a reason U2 has headlined stadiums for decades: they don’t just perform, they deliver iconic moments audiences remember forever,” Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said in an NFL press release. “We’re thrilled that they’ll bring that same magic to the NFL stage on Netflix.”
The NFL is making major plays to produce iconic halftime shows beyond the Super Bowl. Netflix’s first Christmas Gameday in 2024 featured Beyoncé at halftime, where she performed hits like “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold Em’.” In 2025, Snoop Dogg carried on the tradition with Snoop’s Holiday Halftime Party.
Ed Sheeran performs on stage for Spotify’s Billions Club Live show at Royal Dublin Society on November 3, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Spotify)
Ed Sheeran opened his concert in Philadelphia on Saturday apologizing to fans for “making mistakes” after his tour was thrust into controversy earlier this week and saying the situation in Gaza is “catastrophic and unjustifiable.”
The English superstar’s comments come after opening act Macklemore was dropped from the tour over pro-Palestinian comments he made from the stage at an earlier show in New Jersey. In the wake of that decision, the rest of the opening acts for Sheeran’s tour announced they would also be withdrawing from the tour.
In his remarks to the audience at Lincoln Financial Field, Sheeran said he has had to make difficult decisions in the past week adding, “and I am making mistakes and I’m so, so sorry.”
Sheeran said he has traditionally stayed out of politics.
“I’ve never wanted to be an activist musician, but this has put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet,” he said.
Addressing the Israel-Hamas war, Sheeran began by referencing the massacre at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023.
“What happened in Israel at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7 was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain,” Sheeran said. “What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate. My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and the loss of civilians’ lives, of children’s lives.”
The controversy began unfolding earlier this week when Macklemore announced on Monday he had been dropped from Sheeran’s tour after making pro-Palestinian comments on stage at MetLife Stadium earlier this month, which the rapper also posted to social media.
In a video from the New Jersey show posted to his Instagram account, Macklemore says, “One of the reasons why I wanted to come on this tour, was because I wanted to stand up here on stages and stadiums across America, and say two words that are very near and dear to my heart. Free Palestine. I said Free Palestine.”
Macklemore also said, “To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters, criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide, in no way is a criticism of you,” in the lead-up to his song “Hind’s Hall.” The music video features clips from Gaza and U.S. student protests.
In a social media post earlier this week responding to Macklemore’s post, Sheeran said the decision to drop Macklemore from the tour was his promoter’s decision.
“Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter’s decision, it was not mine,” Sheeran said. “Macklemore’s contract for the tour was with the promoter, not me.”
Sheeran also said he was “appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine” and said after his New Jersey shows that upcoming venues “communicated that they would pull the shows” if Macklemore remained as the supporting act.
In a statement to ABC News earlier this week, Messina Touring Group, the tour’s U.S. promoter, said, “As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop Tour, we have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans. After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates.”
ABC News’ Mason Leib and Brianna Sanchez contributed to this report.
Brad Pitt attends Paramount Pictures’ ‘Heart of the Beast’ global premiere at FirstBank Amphitheater on Sept. 16, 2026, in Franklin, Tennessee. (Mickey Bernal/WireImage via Getty Images)
The official trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth has arrived.
Netflix released the new trailer for the upcoming film from director David Fincher. The movie stars Brad Pitt back in the Oscar-winning role he first portrayed in Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.
Fincher directs the movie from a screenplay written by Tarantino. Netflix describes it as a return to the world of Cliff Booth, “only this time it’s 1977 and it’s a very different Hollywood.”
Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Corey Fogelmanis and Karren Karagulian also star in the upcoming movie. Pitt is producing the film alongside Ceán Chaffin.
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood was written and directed by Tarantino. It was released by Sony Pictures in 2019. At the time, Tarantino negotiated a deal to return him ownership of the film’s underlying copyright after a certain number of years.
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth will arrive in IMAX theaters for an exclusive two-week run beginning Thanksgiving weekend before it debuts to Netflix in December. The movie will be available to watch on IMAX screens starting on Nov. 25. Netflix subscribers will be able to stream the film on Dec. 23.
Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.’ (Aidan Monaghan/HBO)
The boy who lived is back for a brand-new era.
HBO has released a new official teaser trailer for the first season of its upcoming Harry Potter series, titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
“There is nothing special about Harry Potter — at least that’s what his Aunt Petunia always says. On his 11th birthday, a letter of admittance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry opens up a hidden world for Harry: one of fun, friendship and magic,” its official logline reads. “But with this new adventure comes great risk as Harry is forced to face a dangerous enemy from his past.”
Dominic McLaughlin leads the cast as Harry Potter. He stars alongside Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton, who play Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The series is described as a faithful adaptation of the books by J.K. Rowling, who serves as an executive producer.
The new teaser shows off the new crop of Hogwarts students arriving for the first day of the new school year. We see Harry, Ron and Hermione arrive on the Hogwarts Express, before Harry is sorted into Gryffindor by the sorting hat.
“Everyone thinks I’m this great wizard, but I really don’t know anything,” Harry says to Professor McGonagall, played by Janet McTeer.
We also see Severus Snape, as portrayed by Paapa Essiedu, signal Harry out during potions class.
“Let’s hope you show some talent on the Quidditch pitch, Potter,” Snape says. “You’ve certainly not exhibited any in here.”
The series was renewed for season 2 on May 6, months ahead of its first season premiere. Succession‘s Jon Brown, who was a writer on season 1, has been promoted to co-showrunner for season 2. He will serve in the role alongside Francesca Gardiner, the showrunner of season 1.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone debuts to HBO and HBO Max on Dec. 25.
