# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/81 "2026-02-06T23:36:35Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I know who Bad Bunny is - he played the Mexican assassin on _Bullet Train_. I completely forgot about that. Yes he did! It’s been a couple of years since I saw that film. [![](https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/621fd20d0b49591b6e497f3d/16:9/w_5328,h_2997,c_limit/Bad-Bunny-Bullet-Train.jpg) ](https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/621fd20d0b49591b6e497f3d/16:9/w_5328,h_2997,c_limit/Bad-Bunny-Bullet-Train.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/82 "2026-02-07T00:29:31Z")
Oh, so I HAVE seen him in something. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/83 "2026-02-07T00:35:09Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I’ll watch Bad Bunny. He’s great. I just wish I could understand Spanish so I could enjoy his music more. chances are, you’d be very dissappointed … the lyrics are about as intelligent as from similar anglo-speaking artists. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/84 "2026-02-07T04:17:10Z")
I don’t think TBN has advertising. It’s viewer-supported. ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/85 "2026-02-07T05:37:48Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I looked it up. For my taste, 2002 through 2010 were pretty good. U2, The Stones, Paul Macartney, Bruce Springsteen. I don’t recall any of their performances, but a good line up for sure. And Prince’s kick-ass show, in a rainstorm, at SB XLI in 2007, which is considered by many to be the best Super Bowl halftime show yet. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/86 "2026-02-07T06:07:20Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > U2, The Stones, Paul Macartney, Well, this can’t be right. None of those performers are American. I’ve been assured that the Superbowl halftime show is for American acts. ---
**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 7, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/87 "2026-02-07T06:09:17Z")
Yes. TBN has advertising. It’s aimed at their demographic. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/88 "2026-02-07T06:47:28Z")
I remember Lady Gaga put on a very good show. It was just so brazen and athletic. I didn’t even have to be a huge fan of her music to enjoy. And, yeah, @Beckdawrek, I’m not surprised at all they would have added commercials based on how far they seem to have strayed from what they were back in the day. Paul died, and so did his idea of thinking “if I can just preach the gospel to every person on Earth, the rapture will happen.” ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/89 "2026-02-07T07:03:58Z")
I never watched it on purpose. But I googled it. ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/90 "2026-02-07T07:46:15Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I have no idea what TPUSA is. Gee, you’re lucky. A reasonably moderate Republican on the Mesa city council faced a TPUSA-paid recall election and was replaced. Now, the city-run natural history museum where I volunteer cannot bring up topics like evolution, climate change, or that slavery was bad – and the last is Spanish-era slavery of the indigenous population circa 1730. Now they’ve endorsed positions on the Salt River Project board. SRP provides water and power to parts of Phoenix-metro so I’m not sure what the game is with that. To DOGE it, I suspect. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/91 "2026-02-07T13:06:53Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Michael Jackson and one of the most iconic performances of all time. Paul McCartney, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake (the famous wardrobe malfuction), Taylor Swift, Prince. That’s just off the top of my head and I’m not much of an NFL fan at all and have never paid attention to the halftime show in the years that I have even watched the SB. You’re not even trying. You are right, I’m not even trying, and I don’t intend to. That’s the point. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/92 "2026-02-07T15:52:39Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Bad Bunny is…played the Mexican assassin on _Bullet Train_. No kidding? (goes to imdb) No shit! TIL > [@DesertDog](#): > > A reasonably moderate Republican on the Mesa city council faced a TPUSA-paid recall election and was replaced She was our councilwoman. Stupid brain dead Toilet Paper USA. I hate those fuckers. > [@DesertDog](#): > > Now they’ve endorsed positions on the Salt River Project board. …I’m not sure what the game is with that. To get rid of woke solar and wind power. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/93 "2026-02-07T17:21:08Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > No kidding? (goes to imdb) No shit! > > TIL He was a **Very** Bad Bunny in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/94 "2026-02-07T17:46:50Z")
The performers at halftime have never been my favorite. Some I’ve actively hated. I’m also not a snowflake so I understand I’m not the demographic they care about and even when I was my tastes are far from any kind of pop. And I’m ok with that. Benito will be on my tv screen. Maybe I’ll pay attention maybe I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/95 "2026-02-07T18:52:09Z")
I find it amusing (?) that Kid Rock isn’t a US Citizen but Bad Bunny is. Plenty of non US performers at Super Bowl: Paul McCartney, U2, Coldplay, The Who, Rihanna, etc Brian ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/96 "2026-02-07T18:57:36Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Kid Rock isn’t a US Citizen Yes he is, he was born in Michigan, and his music career started in Detroit. ---
**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 7, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/97 "2026-02-07T18:58:55Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > that Kid Rock isn’t a US Citizen Um, what? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/98 "2026-02-07T19:08:04Z")
Some facebookers apparently have been propagating that he’s Canadian ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/99 "2026-02-07T19:19:02Z")
His ex-wife is Canadian. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/100 "2026-02-07T19:24:56Z")
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