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Kid Rock Delivers Half-Assed Lip-Synch at TPUSA Anti-Halftime Show

Elisabeth Garber-Paul

created: Feb. 9, 2026, 4:48 a.m. | updated: Feb. 10, 2026, 2:30 a.m.

The Super Bowl alternative halftime show hosted by Turning Point USA delivered exactly what it promised: an overwrought, pyrotechnic-heavy interpretation of what right-wingers believe a “real American” event should look like. The “All-American Halftime Show” — featuring MAGA favorite Kid Rock, and a supporting cast of lesser-known conservative musicians (and one vampiric cellist) — ran concurrently to the Super Bowl halftime show, which was headlined by Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny. Trending Stories Kid Rock Delivers Half-Assed Lip-Synch at TPUSA Anti-Halftime Show All the Celebrities Who Hung Out in La Casita During Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show All of the Hidden Symbols and Meanings You May Have Missed in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Set Trump Got Bad Bunny’s Message — And He Didn’t Like ItIn reality, it was the artists billed below Kid Rock who carried most of the event. Funnily enough, a bonus recording of the song features Charlie Puth, who sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl the event was protesting. As Grammy-winning country artist Kacey Musgraves put it to her fans on X, Benito put on a show that “made me feel more proudly American than anything Kid Rock has ever done.”

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