The NFL has confirmed that The Warning will headline the halftime show at the 2026 Mexico City Game, when the Minnesota Vikings play the San Francisco 49ers at Estadio Banorte on Sunday, November 22, 2026. Kickoff is 7:20 p.m. Mexico City time, 8:20 p.m. Eastern, in Week 11.
Update, October 17, 2026: two things have been announced since this article ran. On September 23 the NFL named the anthem singers: Majo Aguilar sings Mexico’s and MXKA the United States’, per NFL.com. And in the U.S. this is a Week 11 Sunday Night Football game, NBC’s Sunday-night package, as the 49ers announced. Whether the halftime show itself is part of the U.S. telecast has not been announced.
For a band from Monterrey that spent a decade building this audience one tour at a time, it is the largest single-night audience of their career, and it arrives in the same season as their first Billboard No. 1 and their first stadium headline. Below is everything the league actually announced, the context that makes the booking land, and — because it matters as much — the parts nobody has announced yet.
The confirmed facts, in six lines
- Game: Minnesota Vikings vs. San Francisco 49ers, Week 11
- Date: Sunday, November 22, 2026
- Kickoff: 7:20 p.m. Mexico City time / 8:20 p.m. ET
- Venue: Estadio Banorte, Mexico City
- Halftime: The Warning, presented by American Express
- Broadcast: TelevisaUnivision’s Canal 5 and ESPN in Mexico
All six come from the NFL’s own announcement. Tickets and event information are at the league’s Mexico City Game hub.
One thing to notice in that list: the halftime release named its Mexican broadcasters and no U.S. network. The game itself has since been announced as NBC’s Sunday Night Football; see the update at the top.
What the band said
The Warning’s statement, given to Billboard, is worth reading in full rather than in fragments:
“We are beyond thrilled to be part of this NFL event in our home country and at such an iconic stadium. We love the NFL, and every time we work together, we cannot wait to do it again. Playing the halftime show during an international Sunday night game is an incredible privilege, and we cannot wait to show fans what Mexico and its people have to offer. It will be a night to remember — we’ll do what we do best and amp up the excitement of the game. You have been warned!”
I want to flag one line rather than glide past it. “Every time we work together” implies a history with the league. I could not find one. Neither the NFL’s release nor any coverage I read describes a previous Warning performance at an NFL event. It may refer to promotional work that was never written up, or to something I simply did not find. I am not going to invent a backstory to make the sentence tidy — it is quoted here as they said it, and the prior work is undocumented as far as I can tell.
From the league’s side, Tim Tubito, senior director of global game presentation at the NFL, said the group “brings the energy, authenticity and local connection” the league looks for in these performances.
Why Estadio Banorte is not a neutral detail
If the venue name is unfamiliar, that is because it is new. Estadio Banorte is the Estadio Azteca. Grupo Financiero Banorte took the naming rights in March 2025 as part of financing the stadium’s renovation, and the old name is the one most of the world still uses.
This matters for three reasons.
First, the building just reopened. The Azteca closed in May 2024 for a multi-year overhaul ahead of the 2026 World Cup and came back in 2026. The Warning will play one of the first NFL halftimes in the renovated stadium.
Second, the NFL has been away. The last regular-season NFL game in Mexico was in November 2022 — also Week 11, also against the 49ers, with the Arizona Cardinals. The renovation then forced a pause through the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons. This game is the league’s return to Mexico City after a three-year gap, and the NFL has committed to Mexico City games for three seasons starting with this one.
Third, the 49ers keep showing up. San Francisco played in the NFL’s first-ever regular-season game outside the United States, at the Azteca on October 2, 2005, against the Cardinals. They played the 2022 Mexico City game. They are here again in 2026. If you want a thread running through the NFL’s entire history in Mexico, it is that jersey.
The stadium seats roughly 87,500. Whatever the final configuration is on the night, this is a different order of magnitude from anything the band has played.
The chart record that set this up
The halftime booking did not arrive in a vacuum. Three days before the NFL announcement, “Kerosene” went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, on the chart dated September 5, 2026.
The record inside that record is the part worth stating precisely, because it is easy to garble. Per Billboard’s Kevin Rutherford, The Warning are the first Mexican band and the first all-women band as a lead act to top Mainstream Rock Airplay in the chart’s 45-year history. That is not “the first in 45 years,” which would imply someone did it before. It is the first, full stop, on a chart that has existed since 1981.
Their chart history before this makes the jump legible:
| Song | Peak | Year |
|---|---|---|
| “Money” | No. 31 | 2022 |
| “S!ck” | No. 8 | 2024 |
| “Hurt” (with Dead Poet Society) | No. 8 | 2025 |
| “Kerosene” | No. 1 | 2026 |
“Kerosene” closes Everything’s Falling, the band’s fifth album, released August 28, 2026. The NFL’s release also notes career streams past 785 million and a 2024 Latin Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song.
Where this sits in the NFL’s international slate
The Mexico City halftime is one of a record seven halftime shows the league is staging across its 2026 international games, spanning seven countries and four continents, all presented by American Express. The other announced acts are the Jonas Brothers in Melbourne, Pedro Sampaio and Ricky Martin in Rio de Janeiro, and Ayra Starr in London.
Read that lineup and the shape of the booking becomes clear: the league is pairing each host country with an act that belongs to it. The Warning are the Mexico slot, playing in Mexico, in the country’s most storied stadium.
What has NOT been announced
This is the section I would want if I were reading someone else’s write-up, so here it is plainly.
- No setlist, and no set length. International halftime sets are short — far shorter than a Super Bowl — but the NFL has published no runtime for this one.
- Whether the halftime show is part of the U.S. telecast. The game itself is NBC’s Sunday Night Football (see the update at the top).
- No word on guests, no staging details, no confirmation of whether the performance will be carried live in every market.
- No connection announced between this and the February concert. They are separate events with separate promoters.
If any of that changes, it will change on the NFL’s own channels first.
If you are deciding whether to travel
Two very different Warning shows are now on the Mexican calendar within eleven weeks of each other, and they are not interchangeable.
November 22 is a football game. You are buying an NFL ticket, the band plays a short set in the middle of it, and the event belongs to the league. February 5, 2027 is their own stadium headline at Estadio GNP Seguros, with The Linda Lindas supporting — a full concert, promoted by OCESA, covered here in full with the ticket detail.
If you want to see the band play a set, February is the show. If you want to watch a Mexican band take the halftime of an NFL game in the Azteca, November is a thing that has not happened before and may not happen again soon.
FAQ
When is The Warning’s NFL halftime show?
Sunday, November 22, 2026, at halftime of the Vikings–49ers game. Kickoff is 7:20 p.m. Mexico City time, 8:20 p.m. ET, so halftime falls roughly an hour and a half later depending on the pace of the first half.
Where is it?
Estadio Banorte in Mexico City — the stadium known for decades as the Estadio Azteca, renamed in March 2025 under a Banorte naming-rights deal.
Who is playing?
The Minnesota Vikings and the San Francisco 49ers, in Week 11 of the 2026 season.
How do I get tickets?
Through the NFL’s Mexico City Game hub. The Warning Pit does not sell tickets and does not link resale sites.
Where can I watch it?
In Mexico, on TelevisaUnivision’s Canal 5 and ESPN. In the U.S., the game is NBC’s Sunday Night Football, per the 49ers; whether the halftime show is part of that telecast has not been announced.
Is this the band’s only Mexican date?
No. They headline Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on February 5, 2027, with The Linda Lindas — a separate, ticketed concert of their own.
How long will they play?
Not announced. International halftime sets are short by design, but the NFL has not published a runtime.
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