Ayra Starr plays the NFL London halftime show tonight, with Starrgirl two months old

Ayra Starr takes the halftime stage at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London today, Sunday 11 October 2026, when the Philadelphia Eagles meet the Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL's London game. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. BST, which is 7:00 p.m. in India and 2:30 p.m. in Lagos, so halftime lands roughly an hour and a half after that.

The league announced the booking in August. In the UK the performance is free to air on Channel 5 and also on Sky Sports. It is one of a record seven halftime shows the NFL is staging across its 2026 international games, in seven countries on four continents. Earlier ones included the Jonas Brothers in Melbourne on 10 September and Ricky Martin with Pedro Sampaio in Rio de Janeiro on 27 September.

Who she is, if you are new to her

Ayra Starr is a Beninese-Nigerian singer who broke out in 2021 and has become one of Afrobeats' most visible young voices. The NFL's own profile credits her with more than 7 billion streams worldwide, two Grammy nominations for Best African Music Performance, a BET Award for Best International Act and a Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury.

The record behind the show

Her third album, Starrgirl, came out on 14 August through Mavin Records and Republic Records, with guest spots from ZAYN, Leon Thomas and Wizkid. Expect the stadium set to lean on it, though the league has not published a setlist and we will not guess at one.

In the league's announcement she said she was excited to perform in London, one of her favourite cities, and called the NFL's global audience a dream come true. Tim Tubito, the NFL's senior director of global game presentation, music and entertainment, called London one of the most influential music cities in the world and described her as a generational talent with a real connection to fans there.

London is a natural home for the moment. Afrobeats has had a long run through the city's clubs, radio and arenas, and a halftime slot in front of a sports crowd is another step in that story. We will have more once the show is done.