Turning Point USA announced Monday that Kid Rock will headline the Super Bowl halftime show it’s offering as an alternative to Bad Bunny’s live performance during the Feb. 8 game.
Country artists Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett and Lee Brice will share the stage with the MAGA rocker, whose hits include “We the People” and “Redneck Paradise.”
Turning Point, the right-wing organization founded by slain conservative political activist Charlie Kirk and now headed by his widow Erika Kirk, hinted after the NFL announced Bad Bunny as its halftime act in September that it would do a show of its own. The organization’s website ran a poll asking supporters what kind of entertainers they’d like to see for its “All-American Halftime Show.”
Options included Americana, country and worship music — and “anything in English.”
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Bad Bunny, who is from Puerto Rico and performs in Spanish, addressed the Trump administration’s aggressive stance on foreigners and immigrants at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards ceremony, where his “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” was named album of the year.
“We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens,” he said in English. “We are humans and we are Americans.”
He also called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to cease operations in U.S. cities.
TPUSA said Monday that its halftime show will air on social media platforms YouTube, Rumble and X, as well as conservative cable networks including OAN.
The organization’s public relations manager Aubrey Laitsch told TMZ last month that several performers had committed to TPUSA’s musical performance during the NFL’s championship matchup, but said fans would have to wait until gametime to learn the lineup. It’s not clear if more names will be added.
Contributing: Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News; Associated Press
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