The Buffalo Bills are bringing a hometown act to Highmark Stadium for Thanksgiving, with the Goo Goo Dolls set to play halftime when the Bills face the Kansas City Chiefs.
The team made the announcement on Friday, Oct. 30, and leaned all the way into the local angle with this line: “The most Buffalo halftime show is happening at Highmark Stadium on Thanksgiving.”
For the band, the timing lines up well. The Goo Goo Dolls will already be in Buffalo the weekend before for their benefit shows for FeedMoreWNY on Nov. 20 and 21, then they’ll have some breathing room before their co-headlining tour with Def Leppard begins in March 2027.
The most Buffalo halftime show is happening at Highmark Stadium on Thanksgiving. 🤩
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) October 30, 2026
See you on November 26, @googoodolls!
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This also gives Buffalo fans the halftime show they wanted back on Thursday, Sep. 17, when OneRepublic handled the entertainment for the first game at the new Highmark Stadium. The Goo Goo Dolls were the obvious wish for many, but the schedule made that opener a tough fit.
They had a tour date in Las Vegas the next night, and while it wasn’t impossible to make it work, it would have been a stretch. Their calendar also had them back on the East Coast the following weekend for Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, before Ocean’s Calling in Ocean City, Maryland, the weekend after that.
The game itself has its own heavyweight feel. Buffalo hosts Kansas City on Thanksgiving in the latest installment of the Josh Allen-Patrick Mahomes rivalry. The Chiefs are 5-1 and coming off their first loss of the season against the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, while the Bills are also 5-1 and sitting first in the AFC East.
Thanksgiving week will be packed around the league. The NFL has Green Bay and the Los Angeles Rams playing the night before the holiday, then a triple-header on Thursday that finishes with Bills-Chiefs.
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