# TPUSA Halftime show featuring Kid Rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422 "2026-02-06T06:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/361 "2026-02-16T21:51:54Z")
It’s not intuitive and depending on the band (which may have a little bit of name) it could vary. It’s possible that ticket sales were already pretty low and a mid group leaving would have cratered future ticket sales and it would cost more to keep the lights on. There could be weird contractual stuff that would force it one way or the other. There may be PR reasons why it was prudent to cancel. It’s a crazy business. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/362 "2026-02-16T22:09:43Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It’s a crazy business. And that’s before 2026-era politics gets into it. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/363 "2026-02-16T22:25:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’d foolishly assumed the tour was effectively “Kid Rock plus some no-name opening band”. Such that swapping in a replacement no-name band when the first one got cold feet didn’t arise to a need to cancel the tour nor offer widespread refunds. I’m a dummy. This was supposed to be in 8 cities (now 7). I posted above what the Anderson lineup was supposed to be; here’s the overall lineup for the whole tour [![](https://rockthecountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RTC26-Lineup-New-2.6-1536x1233.webp) ](https://rockthecountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RTC26-Lineup-New-2.6-1536x1233.webp) So it is different bands for each location. The Anderson leg was cancelled when the Sunday headliner Shinedown bailed. > **[Rock the Country festival: Artists dropping out amid Kid Rock controversy](https://www.newsweek.com/kid-rock-country-festival-2026-controversy-shinedown-ludacris-11479762)** > > Shinedown is the latest musical act to drop out of Kid Rock’s 2026 Rock the Country tour, joining several acts, amid controversy. And now Creed has also pulled out. They were supposed to be the Saturday headliner in Anderson. My knowledge/interest in this is that it is local news, and has been for days. I live around 10 miles from the venue as the Freebird flies (but have never had the slightest interest in attending any of the concerts or even heard of at least half of the acts). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/364 "2026-02-16T22:45:50Z")
Wow, talk about a who’s who of bands I actively try to avoid! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/365 "2026-02-16T23:09:41Z")
As I mentioned, I go to a ridiculous amount of live music and have seen many hundreds of bands live. It almost never happens that there’s a bill with that many bands where I’ve never seen any of them but that’s one of them. Marshall Tucker Band played a local theater recently and I almost went so that would have been it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/366 "2026-02-16T23:31:28Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Wow, talk about a who’s who of bands I actively try to avoid! Right? I’m glad to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s full of assholes. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/367 "2026-02-17T02:11:37Z")
Not too shocking though. > [@hajario](#): > > Marshall Tucker Band That is about the only one I would see, but only if they were grouped with other more interesting bands. On their own, nope. I feel like that huge lineup of stuff I don’t want to see is a good illustration of how the political divide extends to entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/368 "2026-02-17T02:51:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Right? I’m glad to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd’s full of assholes. I literally double-taked when I read their name on that bill. Lynyrd fucking Skynyrd? Not a single original member left and somehow it looks like they are still all a little older than me. It’s honestly a bit shocking to me they’re still dragging themselves around. It’s a living, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Clipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@Clipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clipper)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/369 "2026-02-17T02:52:51Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Colour this Canadian extremely confused about this entire chain of discussion. Señor Bunny was simply saying, “God bless America. All of it.” Canada is part of the Americas. Nothing more complicated. As a Canadian I am proud to be part of the Americas. I have always thought of the USA as just that. The United States of AMERICA and generally call them the US. North America and South America make AMERICA. Sorry, some of the people north of Canada believe they are ALL of America. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/370 "2026-02-17T03:18:27Z")
They sort of have an original member. Rickey Medlocke played with them before they made their first record and then came back into the fold decades later for the reunion stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/371 "2026-02-17T03:29:59Z")
Uncle Kracker? Now that’s a class act, right there.😳 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/372 "2026-02-17T06:13:36Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > It’s honestly a bit shocking to me they’re still dragging themselves around. There are a whole lot of bands from the '70s that still tour, even though many of them now have few (if any) of the original and/or “classic” lineup members. There’s money to be made from performing for fans of a certain age. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/373 "2026-02-17T10:41:33Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Another interesting thing is “when is a band no longer a band?” You’ll often see the name of an act awkwardly announced. Like it will be The Jones Band featuring BIll Green and Lisa Hacker. If Bill or Lisa get ill or something and are replaced it’s no longer The Jones Band. You can ask for a refund even if the show goes on with someone else. If the touring keyboard player drops out even if they’ve been in the band for years, it’s still The Jones Band. The Band of Theseus. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/374 "2026-02-17T11:20:54Z")
“New in 2026 | The raised rowdy stage” So… the opposite of a mosh pit? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/375 "2026-02-17T12:52:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The Band of Theseus. Better than what happened to the Band of Odysseus, at any rate ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/376 "2026-02-17T12:59:14Z")
> [@Clipper](#): > > Sorry, some of the people north of Canada believe they are ALL of America. Santa and his elves? Arrogant assholes! ---
**Author:** ![Clipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@Clipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clipper)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/377 "2026-02-17T18:54:45Z")
South, I meant south. I am too late to edit my post. Thank you for my laugh of the day.❤ ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/378 "2026-02-17T18:56:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > > [@Clipper](#): > > > > Sorry, some of the people north of Canada believe they are ALL of America. > > Santa and his elves? Arrogant assholes! Maybe some of the people in Utquiagvik, Alaska? Other than a Canadian military base, that’s the northernmost inhabited place in the Americas. 😜 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422.md?page=18)