Ayra Starr will headline the halftime show at the NFL London Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars on 11 October at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. She will be the first Afrobeats artist to lead an NFL International Game halftime performance, marking a prominent appearance for African music on the league’s global stage.

The match is scheduled to begin at 2.30pm BST, with Starr’s performance shown free-to-air on Channel 5 and on Sky Sports. It is one of a record seven halftime shows planned for this season’s international games; Starr’s recently released third album, *Starrgirl*, reached number four on Billboard’s World Albums Chart.