Turning Point USA unveils alternative Super Bowl halftime show lineup with Kid Rock

February 02, 2026 Administrator
Turning Point USA unveils alternative Super Bowl halftime show lineup with Kid Rock

Thelineup for Turning Point USA's "All-American Halftime Show"is finally here.

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The show, put on by the conservative organization to compete withBad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance, will feature performances byKid Rock,Brantley GilbertandLee Brice. Gabby Barrett,2021 winner of new female artist of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards,will also perform.

Kid Rock is a close ally of President Donald Trump, becoming more outspoken in his conservative beliefs in recent years. Both Gilbert and Brice are mid-level stars in the country music space; Gilbert is known for hits like "Dirt Road Anthem" and "Bottoms Up" while Brice is known for tracks like "One of Them Girls" and "Rumor." Barrett is the only female performer so far announced, breaking through with her hit single "I Hope."

Musician Kid Rock arrives to a subcommittee hearing with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Russell Senate Office Building on Jan. 28, 2026, in Washington, DC.

"We're approaching this show like David and Goliath. Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible … or is it?" Kid Rock said in a release announcing the lineup.

Kid Rock continued, taking jabs atBad Bunny: "He's said he's having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America."

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What is the alternative halftime show?

Turning Point, founded by late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk,announced in Octoberthat it would put on an alternative Super Bowl halftime performance after theNFL's choice of Bad Bunnyas aheadlining artist sparked controversy.

Who is Bad Bunny?

Bad Bunny, a Latin superstar who hails from Puerto Rico, sings primarily in Spanish and has been critical of Trump's deportation efforts in the past. When he was announced as the Super Bowl's lead performer, several conservative pundits, and Trump himself, criticized the choice, alleging he wasn't a popular enough artist and that he was a divisive pick. Bad Bunny was Spotify's most-streamed artist globally in 2025.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny thanked his fans for "letting me sing in my home in front of my friends, my family and my people" on what was the final night of his residency in September 2025. "Thank you for that," he said. "I love you, thank you for being a part of this."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=On top of his Puerto Rico residency, Bad Bunny was also juggling life as a Hollywood actor attending the premiere of "Caught Stealing" on Aug. 26, 2025, in New York City.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny at the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025. Bad Bunny gave a playful Puerto Rican twist to the Black dandy theme with a crisp espresso brown suit. He paired the custom-made Prada ensemble with a brimmed hat resembling a pava, a traditional straw hat made from leaves of the Puerto Rican hat palm.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=In February 2025, Bad Bunny attended "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny performs during his Most Wanted Tour at the Kaseya Center in Miami on May 24, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny attends the Dior Homme Menswear spring/summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> <p style=Bad Bunny performs at the Crypto.com Arena during his Most Wanted tour in Los Angeles, March 13, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny poses in the press room during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Bad Bunny performs the first stop of his Most Wanted Tour in Salt Lake City, Utah, at Delta Center on Feb. 21, 2024. For his first show of the Most Wanted Tour, Bad Bunny didn't hold back on performing all but three songs ( Bad Bunny split the show into three acts, performing first his Bad Bunny rode into the Delta Center venue on a horse on Feb. 21, 2024. Performing a total of 37 songs, not including the orchestra that introduced him at the top of the night before segueing into Bad Bunny arrives for the Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Watsco Center in Miami, Florida, on Oct. 5, 2023. Bad Bunny in his high fashion era, seen at Gucci Ancora during Milan Fashion week on September 22, 2023 in Milan, Italy. Bad Bunny turned heads at the 2023 Met Gala in a white suit and rosette-covered cape by fashion designer Jacquemus. Bad Bunny performs onstage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 21, 2023. Bad Bunny rocks out next to a pair of neon blue bunny ears during Weekend 2 at Coachella 2023. During his Coachella performance on April 14, 2023, Bad Bunny led his fans through a gamut of emotions, dances, ballads about heartbreak and tales of bouncing back from lost love. With set designs, multiple outfits and song choices centered on the streets of Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny's set was an allusion to his journey from an austere Puerto Rican neighborhood to the highest echelons of California celebrity. In March 2023, Bad Bunny, left, was honored with the Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards by Ricky Martin.  "I don't do anything expecting an award … I do everything because of how I feel and that's all I have done," Bad Bunny said during his speech in Spanish. "I believe that when you have a good heart and you give love, that's what you get back. That's the only thing I've wanted to do this whole time with my music, with what I represent, with my shows, and with everything I do. That's all I want, to give and receive love. That's fundamental."  Bad Bunny put Puerto Rico front and center during his 65th Grammy Awards performance on Feb. 5, 2023.  Bad Bunny was also nominated for album of the year at the 2023 Grammys.  While Harry Styles took AOTY at the Grammys, Bad Bunny accepted the award for best música urbana album for "Un Verano Sin Ti." To commemorate Bad Bunny's end-of-year Spotify Wrapped numbers and 3-peat title of the most streamed artist on the platform, the Puerto Rican superstar was presented with three championship-style rings designed by Jason of Beverly Hills on Dec. 10, 2022 in Mexico City.  Bad Bunny concluded the U.S. leg of his "World's Hottest Tour" at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, with back-to-back shows on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2022. The concerts featured musical guests Arcángel, Bomba Estéreo,<a href= Cardi B, Chencho Corleone, Ivy Queen and reggaeton duo Jowell y Randy." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny, left, brought out rapper Cardi B on Oct. 1, where the two performed their hit song "I Like It." For his Sept. 30 show, Bad Bunny invited Li Saumet of Bomba Estéreo to perform "Ojitos Lindos." Bad Bunny and Dominican American reggaeton star Arcángel hit the stage during his Oct. 1 show.  Bad Bunny, left, blessed fans with a surprise performance from Puerto Rican rapper-singer Ivy Queen. She took the stage at both Inglewood shows in September and October 2022.  Bad Bunny closed out Los Angeles on a historic note. The City of Los Angeles honored the megastar for his "immense cultural impact to the Latino community across the City of L.A." by <a href=declaring Oct. 1 as the official Bad Bunny Day. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny put on a fiery performance at the Yankee Stadium in New York City during the 2022 MTV VMAs.  He also shared a kiss with one of his backup dancers during the August 2022 performance.  "From my heart, I don't have words to describe what I feel and the pride of receiving this at the Yankee Stadium," Bad Bunny said that night. "I always knew that I could become a huge artist without changing my culture, my slang, and my language."  That night he made history by becoming the first Latin artist to win artist of the year at the 2022  MTV Video Music Awards.  Bad Bunny poses for a portrait on August 1, 2022 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Bad Bunny strikes a pose for USA TODAY. Bad Bunny, in his Hollywood era, strikes a pose for USA TODAY. In the action comedy Bad Bunny is the gift that keeps on giving. For three nights, from July 28-30, the Puerto Rican superstar kicked off his 2022 "Un Verano Sin Ti" stadium tour in San Juan, Puerto, and outdid himself. Performing at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, Bad Bunny brought out a slew of guest performers.  Fans were blessed with Bad Bunny performing the entirety of his new album and also got a chance to see special guests like Rauw Alejandro, Young Miko, RaiNao, Bomba Estéreo, Jhay Cortez, Chencho Corleone and María Zardoya from The Marías. Many of the artists were also featured in his latest album "Un Verano Sin Ti."  The Puerto Rican superstar revealed <a href=two new wax figures at Orlando and New York's Madame Tussauds on April 19, 2022. The figure at Madame Tussauds New York is wearing the iconic all-silver look from the Grammy-winner's 2020 Super Bowl performance alongside Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and J Balvin, complete with the same silver jacket he wore. The wax figure in Orlando is wearing an outfit originally from his WWE Royal Rumble performance and is featured in his "Booker T" music video. For the figure, Bad Bunny donated his trenchcoat, vest, trousers, and pants. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sony Pictures announced during April 2022's CinemaCon that <a href=Bad Bunny is set to portray the title role in "El Muerto," making history as Marvel's first Latino lead in a live-action film. He calls the film the "perfect role" for him.

Before suiting up as the super-powered wrestler, the Puerto Rican rapper will make his big-screen acting debut in the neon-drenched "Bullet Train" (in theaters July 29), doing battle with Brad Pitt. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> He's got <em>range</em>. Bad Bunny made his debut as a professional wrestler in <a href=April 2021 at WWE's WrestleMania 37. In this photo, taken Jan. 29, 2022, Bad Bunny jumped into the ring again during the Royal Rumble match at The Dome at America's Center. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> After making history with "El Último Tour del Mundo," the first all-Spanish language to top the Billboard 200, and after not having performed in over two years since his X100Pre Tour, Bad Bunny went back to his home of Puerto Rico for a two-day "P FKN R" concert at San Juan's Estadio Hiram Bithorn in December 2021.  Bad Bunny is no stranger to breaking records. He was also named Spotify's most-streamed artist in the world for two consecutive years. During his "P FKN R" shows, Bad Bunny treated fans to guest appearances from Jhay Cortez, J Balvin, Nio Garcia, Myke Towers, Romeo Santos, Arcangel and many more.  During his "P FKN R" shows in December, he also debuted a museum named after him that included two huge Bad Bunny inflatables and displayed actual belongings of his, such as his Bugatti car and many awards.  Days prior, Bad Bunny hit the stage at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Nov. 18, 2021, to perform during the <a href=22nd Latin Grammy Awards. That night he took home the award for best rap/hip hop song for "Booker T" and best urban music album for "El Último Tour del Mundo." " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny attends the American Music Awards on Nov. 21, 2021, rocking a monochromatic look with black and silver shades on the red carpet.  Bad Bunny decked out in all leather at the Billboard Music Awards broadcast in May 2021.  Bad Bunny made his debut as a professional wrestler in April 2021 at WWE's WrestleMania 37. Pictured here, he and Damian Priest face The Mix and John Morrison during a tag team match.  That same night, Bad Bunny takes flight at WrestleMania.  Earlier that month, Bad Bunny performed onstage during Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2.  Amid the peak of the pandemic in 2020, Bad Bunny gave fans a treat. That September, he performed a concert on a moving flatbed truck in New York, stopping traffic all throughout the city. His one-of-its-kind concert began at Yankee Stadium and made its way to Harlem Hospital where Bad Bunny honored front-line workers.  <em>History in the making. </em>In June 2020, Bad Bunny became the first Latin urban musician to pose for the cover of Rolling Stone (his then-girlfriend, Gabriela Berlingeri, became the first Latina to shoot a Rolling Stone cover photo and Latin music editor Suzy Exposito was the first Latina to write a cover story for the magazine). Bad Bunny at the 20th annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in November 2019.  That same night, he accepted the award for best urban album at the Latin Grammys. In July 2019, Bad Bunny participated in a series of demonstrations in Puerto Rican demanding then-Gov. Ricardo Rosello's resignation. Around that time, Bad Bunny also took to social media to voice is concerns and support of the people of his hometown.  Wearing a rainbow Louis Vuitton ensemble and visor-like sunglasses, Bad Bunny gave it his all at his first solo Coachella set.  That same night, Bad Bunny joined Will Smith and Marc Anthony to perform "Está Rico." Pictured here, Bad Bunny rocks his signature third eye at the 2018 American Music Awards. 2018 was a big year for Bad Bunny. The young Puerto Rican star also attended the Latin Grammy Awards that year in November at the MGM Grand Garden Area in Las Vegas. Bad Bunny made his first Coachella appearance in April 2018, when Cardi B brought him out along with J Balvin to perform their single "I Like It." 

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Bad Bunny accepts the album of the year award for "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" onstage during the 68th Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles

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How to watch the Turning Point USA alternative Super Bowl halftime show

In protest, Turning Point will stream their "All-American Half-time Show" celebrating "faith, family, and freedom" on theirsocialchannels, as well as several conservative networks, including Real America's Voice and OAN.

"The All-American Halftime Show is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom," Turning Point spokesman Andrew Kolvet said in the release. "We set out to provide an entertainment option that will be fun, excellent, and exciting for the entire family while millions are gathered together for the big game. These performers will deliver exactly that, and we can't wait to watch the incredible show they're about to put on. We know millions around the country will be watching too."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Super Bowl – Turning Point USA unveils its halftime show lineup

 

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