What time is Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show at the Super Bowl 2025? How to watch or stream the Chiefs v Eagles
For the second time in three seasons, Philadelphia and Kansas City will face each other for the championship.
Here’s what to know about kickoff time, the host city, the half-time show with Kendrick Lamar and more.
What time is the Super Bowl?
Super Bowl LIX will air on Sunday 9 February, with kickoff at 6.30pm ET (11.30pm GMT, 10.30am Monday AEDT).
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Who is performing the half-time show?
Kendrick Lamar will headline the half-time show, with special guest SZA. He appeared during the 2022 half-time show, alongside a supergroup of hip-hop and R&B legends.
Here are the half-time performers for the last decade:
2025: Kendrick Lamar (with SZA)
2024: Usher
2023: Rihanna
2022: Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J Blige
2021: The Weeknd
2020: Shakira and Jennifer Lopez (with Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Emme Muñiz)
2018: Justin Timberlake (with the Tennessee Kids)
2017: Lady Gaga
2016: Coldplay (with Beyoncé and Bruno Mars)
2015: Katy Perry (with Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott)
What time will Kendrick Lamar perform the half-time show?
The Grammy-winning rapper will headline the half-time show, which will kick off sometime between 8 and 8.30pm.
He is likely to bring the controversial Drake diss track Not Like Us to US’s biggest TV audience of the year
Where is the Super Bowl held this year?
The Super Bowl will be played at the indoor Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The stadium, which opened in 1975, is the fifth-oldest stadium in the NFL, and has a capacity of about 75,000. Super Bowl LIX will be the 11th time New Orleans has played host, tying with Miami for the most hosted championship games.
How to watch the Super Bowl
Fox will carry the Super Bowl live in the US. The game will also be available to stream on the Fox Sports website and app, along with the NFL+ app.
The Guardian has live blog coverage of the Super Bowl.
In the UK, the Super Bowl is free to air on ITV1 and ITVX. It is also available on Sky Sports and the NFL Game Pass on DAZN, among other channels. Sports fans can listen to the audio stream on BBC Radio 5 Live.
In Australia, the game is available on Channel 7, 7mate and 7plus starting at 9.30am AEDT on 10 February. The game will also be available to stream on Kayo Sports and Foxtel Now.
How to stream the Super Bowl without cable
Streamers Hulu, FuboTV, Sling TV and YouTube TV will also carry the game live.
SiriusXM and Fox+ will also carry an audio broadcast of the game.
What about the commercials?
It’s expected that more than 120 million US viewers will tune in to Sunday’s match, with ad spots reportedly selling for $8m-plus for 30 seconds. Fox wouldn’t confirm final pricing for ad spots, which sold out in November; however, last year, a 30-second spot went for around a reported $7m.
The Guardian will cover the half-time show in our Everything but the Football live blog.
Several ad spots, including a Squarespace ad featuring Barry Keoghan (and a donkey), Glen Powell for Ram Trucks, and Catherine O’Hara and Willem Dafoe for Michelob Ultra, are already available to stream. Andy Reid, head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, stars in an ad for Skechers as well.
Who performed the national anthem?
Grammy award-winning musician Jon Batiste performed the national anthem before the game.
In 2024, country singer Reba McEntire sang the Star-Spangled Banner.
