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Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show Controversy Explained
Turning Point USA will stream its patriotic halftime show with Kid Rock and country artists as a family-friendly alternative to Bad Bunny, Spotify's top artist in 2025.
- On Monday, Turning Point USA announced its All-American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock, Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert and Gabby Barrett, airing on Feb. 8, 2026, via TPUSA's YouTube, X, Rumble and conservative networks.
- Turning Point USA says the show was conceived as a response to mainstream halftime choices, framing it as a family-friendly, patriotic alternative amid backlash to the NFL's halftime selection of Bad Bunny.
- Kolvet described the show's production as immersive and high-energy with close-up staging, praising performers as `brave` while noting some declined; he said, `I think he would be marveling at the reaction to his death and the revival and the growth across the country.`
- Turning Point USA connects the event to its wider political and voter-registration work, focusing on building a 'red wall' in New Hampshire, Nevada, and Arizona through family-friendly cultural outreach.
- Critics and supporters cast the matchup as a cultural contest rather than just a concert, framing it as a 'light versus dark' battle with Kid Rock, a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, facing Bad Bunny, Spotify’s most-streamed artist in 2025, on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
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Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show Controversy Explained
Turning Point USA, the conservative and right-wing organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk, is hosting its own Super Bowl LX halftime show. “It’s true, Turning Point USA is thrilled to announce The All-American Halftime Show,” an October 2025 X statement read, noting the concert will celebrate “faith, family and freedom.” The All-American Halftime Show is set to feature performances from Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barr…
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