Kid Rock hears Turning Point Super Bowl alternative to Bad Bunny
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) announced Monday that Kid Rock will headline the Super Bowl halftime show it is 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.”
The far-right Christian organization now led by Erika Kirk, the widow of slain activist Charlie Kirk, hinted after the NFL announced Bad Bunny as its halftime act in September that it would do its own show. The organization’s website conducted a survey asking its supporters what kind of performers they would like to see for its “All-American Halftime Show.”
Options included Americana, country and worship music – and “anything in English”.
Bad Bunny, originally from Puerto Rico and performing in Spanish, addressed the Trump administration’s aggressive stance toward foreigners and immigrants at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, where his “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” was named Album of the Year.
“We are not savages, we are not animals, we are not aliens,” he said in English. “We are humans and we are Americans.”
He also called for ICE to cease its activities in American cities.
TPUSA said Monday its halftime show would air on social media platforms YouTube, Rumble and X as well as right-wing cable networks including OAN.
The organization’s public relations manager, Aubrey Laitsch, told TMZ last month that several artists had signed on to participate in TPUSA’s musical performance during the NFL championship game, but said fans would have to wait until the time of the game to find out the lineup. It is unclear whether more names will be added.
