Turning Point halftime show latest: NFL legend says he’ll be watching Kid Rock instead of Bad Bunny

MAGA is preparing to hold The All-American Halftime Show in protest of the NFL’s 2026 Super Bowl music acts.

Artists Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett will perform at the Turning Point USA event, the organization announced Monday.

TPUSA, the right-wing political organization founded by late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, announced last October that it would host an alternative show February 8 — the same night as the NFL’s Super Bowl, which will see the New England Patriots face off against the Seattle Seahawks.

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More Americans are interested in watching Bad Bunny perform in Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show than Turning Point USA’s MAGA fest.

The “All-American Halftime Show” was born out of conservatives’ frustrations with Puerto-Rican-born singer Bad Bunny being named the Super Bowl’s halftime performer this year.

However, a new YouGov America survey released Friday found that 35 percent of respondents prefer Bad Bunny’s show compared to 28 percent who said they were more interested in the Kid Rock-headlined event.

The split in viewership was cut across party lines, with 55 percent of Republican respondents saying they would prefer the Turning Point program, while only 13 percent of Republicans said they would watch Bad Bunny’s performance.

Meanwhile, 63 percent of Democratic respondents said they would prefer Bad Bunny’s performance compared to only 7 percent of Democrats who said they’d prefer the MAGA-backed alternative.

Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show” will hit airwaves at the same time as the NFL Super Bowl LX halftime show.

The event is free to view and is intended to rival Apple Music’s Halftime Show, which will be headlined by Spanish-speaking singer and rapper, Bad Bunny.

TPUSA’s answer to Republican skepticism of the Puerto-Rican-born singer’s performance is the “All American Halftime Show,” which will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST.

The performance, headlined by Kid Rock, will stream its own event on its social channels, including its YouTube, Rumble and X channels.

Television viewers can also tune in to several conservative networks, including Real America’s Voice and OAN.

The event’s website says it will celebrate “faith, family and freedom.”

Kid Rock’s performance at Turning Point USA’s halftime show comes a day after his country music festival’s stop in South Carolina was unexpectedly canceled.

Rock the Country, Kid Rock’s country music festival that critics have labeled a “MAGA fest,” saw a string of artists drop out on Saturday.

The multi-city festival was scheduled to run for two days per venue in eight U.S. states from May 1 to September 21.

The festival’s stop in Anderson, South Carolina — which was scheduled for July 25 and 26 — will no longer take place, county administrator Rusty Burns told Fox Carolina.

The Anderson lineup originally featured Kid Rock and Jason Aldean as headliners, plus Creed, Shinedown, Brantley Gilbert, Ludacris, Gretchen Wilson, Parmalee, Morgan Wade, Chase Matthew, Lakeview, Fox N’ Vead, and more.

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he’ll be tuning in for the MAGA-run All-American Halftime show featuring Kid Rock

“Not familiar with Bad Bunny so don’t know if his music is good or bad. I’m just going to watch what I know Lee Brice, Kid Rock, All-American Halftime Show,” Favre wrote on X.

Favre, a Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers quarterback, has also been a longtime fan of President Donald Trump.