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#Paris

  1. Burna Boy plays halftime at Steelers v Saints, Stade de France, 25 October
  2. It is the first NFL regular-season game ever staged in France
  3. In 2025 he became the first African artist to headline Stade de France
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Burna Boy to headline halftime at the NFL’s first game in Paris

The Grammy winner returns to Stade de France on 25 October for Steelers v Saints, the first regular-season NFL game ever played in France.

Burna Boy is heading back to Stade de France, this time with American football as the backdrop. The NFL has named the Nigerian star as the halftime headliner for its first regular-season game in France, when the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the New Orleans Saints in Paris on Sunday, 25 October 2026. The announcement, made on 17 September, carries a…

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