Ayra Starr to headline the NFL London halftime show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Ayra Starr will headline the halftime show at the 2026 NFL London Game, the league has confirmed. The Nigerian singer performs at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 11, during the Philadelphia Eagles' meeting with the Jacksonville Jaguars, in front of a crowd measured in tens of thousands and a television audience beyond it.

Starr called the booking a dream, saying London is one of her favourite places in the world and that taking her Starrgirl material to an NFL stage was something she had wanted. The performance will air live in the UK on 5 and Sky Sports.

The timing sits close to her third studio album. Starrgirl arrived earlier in August, a 16 track record carrying guest turns from ZAYN, Wizkid, Rema and Leon Thomas among others, and the halftime slot gives that material one of its largest audiences yet. She is 24.

London has become a regular stop for her this year rather than a one-off. She played All Points East 2026 alongside Tems and Jorja Smith, and turned up unannounced at Moxy London on August 20 for a surprise appearance in front of fans days after the album came out.

Her run of high-profile bookings has extended to film as well: Ayra Starr was among the artists Gina Prince-Bythewood lined up for her new film's soundtrack, alongside Tems and Burna Boy. The stadium sits at the centre of London's live calendar this autumn, with All Points East programming its own afterparties across the same season.

Halftime bookings at the London games have become a route for artists outside American pop to reach a US broadcast audience without a US date, and Starr is the latest to take it. Other stage and site announcements are tracked on the festival tracker.