# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/161 "2026-02-09T01:39:51Z")
I don’t know if she’s able, but I was kinda hoping Lady Gaga would do her part in Spanish. ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/162 "2026-02-09T01:43:42Z")
Don’t they do counting other ways, too? Still the impact of half the world watching it might be good optics. Trump won’t like it. (ETA. I see you answered it already) ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/163 "2026-02-09T01:45:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Don’t they do counting other ways, too? Nielsen? Not really, as I understand it, and they are really the only game in town, as far as television ratings in the U.S. Regardless, the answer is still, very likely: unless you have been recruited to participate in a viewership panel (and you would know it if you were), what you watch isn’t going to be captured in the ratings. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/164 "2026-02-09T01:46:42Z")
Did anybody see the show? ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/165 "2026-02-09T01:46:54Z")
Thx. I watched anyway. ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/166 "2026-02-09T01:47:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I couldn’t tell you any of Bad Bunny’s songs, but I know that he’s popular among my students (mostly-suburban high-school-aged girls). > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > I predict it will be very straightforward. It’s not like these things are improvised. The NFL had to approve it. > > What the NFL approves and what actually happens on the stage aren’t always the same. They probably tightened the controls after Janet Jackson, but you can’t completely control what people do and say. > > Also remember that the NFL is first and foremost a business. Money is more important than message, and a certain level of controversy is probably good for business. I think I was right but I also have no idea what was being said. They did seem to bleep out one bit of Green Day’s song. ---
**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 9, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/167 "2026-02-09T01:50:22Z")
Anybody wonder about the electric lineman and it’s significance? I wanted him to throw paper towel so bad. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/168 "2026-02-09T01:50:23Z")
I watched the official halftime show, and I can only guess that what has Republicans so flustered is the Español. Too fucking bad. Learn Spanish if you want to understand it. You’re superior, aren’t you? Should be a walk in the park. ---
**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 9, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/169 "2026-02-09T02:14:06Z")
Did anyone watch Kid Rock? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/170 "2026-02-09T02:25:12Z")
Funny you should mention that: > “UPDATE: Due to licensing restrictions, we are unable to stream The All-American Halftime Show on X,” the organization said of its MAGA alternative to Bad Bunny’s main event. > **[MAGA's Halftime Show Gets Knee-Capped Before It Airs](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/magas-halftime-show-gets-knee-capped-before-it-airs/)** > > The Kid Rock-led show got cut in half just hours before it was set to begin. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/171 "2026-02-09T02:34:36Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is the TPUSA show on any actual broadcast or cable channels? One of my coworkers posted on the Book of Faces that the TPUSA would broadcast their show on one of the Xfinity channels in the local area. But I do not know if that even happened. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/172 "2026-02-09T02:54:56Z")
I just saw that the viewers peaked at 250,000. Of course, The Onion has tossed in their two cents. > **[Turning Point USA Halftime Show Opens With Snake-Handling Preacher](https://theonion.com/turning-point-usa-halftime-show-opens-with-snake-handling-preacher/)** > > Est. reading time: 1 minute ---
**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 9, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/173 "2026-02-09T03:14:23Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Funny you should mention that: You got ninja’d way back. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/174 "2026-02-09T03:15:15Z")
The Onion is on fire today: > Conservatives Outraged Super Bowl Happening In Foreign City Of Santa Clara > **[The Onion](https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1320058890152084&id=100064439573705&rdid=LlAA5xWkdqVlKrtJ&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fp%2F1GdJkroM5x%2F)** > > Conservatives Outraged Super Bowl Happening In Foreign City Of Santa Clara https://theonion.com/conservatives-outraged-super-bowl-happening-in-foreign-city-of-santa-clara/ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/175 "2026-02-09T03:59:54Z")
Hey Bad Bunny, don’t you be lumping Canada in as Americans! Not Americans, never will be, and doing that is carrying water for Trump. ---
**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 9, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/176 "2026-02-09T04:13:16Z")
He was listing all the countries in the Americas (maybe he missed a few of the smaller ones, I’m not too sure), not lumping Canada in with the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/177 "2026-02-09T04:20:21Z")
Are there any reviews of the show mentioned in the title of this thread? ---
**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 9, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/178 "2026-02-09T04:21:39Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Anybody wonder about the electric lineman and it’s significance? > > I wanted him to throw paper towel so bad. Related, really. The knockdown of the entire power grid after Hurricane Maria was of epic scale and 8 and a half years later that’s still getting felt thus the track “Apagón” (Blackout) was written, and was included in the set today as one of his hits. A very “insider” thing for we the hometown audience. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/179 "2026-02-09T04:30:45Z")
I finally found a review that compared the two shows…and the TPUSA show does not look good at all: [Kid Rock Falls Flat In A Really Long Turning Point Super Bowl Halftime Show | HuffPost Entertainment](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/turning-point-super-bowl-halftime_n_698732f6e4b0dfac87443dfd?ref=bffbhuffpost&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_main&fbclid=IwY2xjawP2QW5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTRDdHdXZYUmkyQUt6SnM4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiIfgnqyiSD8xf3-jNRM_TCoaOI4Wfwn_VJx2ClumwsYCzRuqGlpkZrQzmOW_aem_Uvfxz-ZhHEFrx0OQZFE-eA) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422/180 "2026-02-09T04:48:29Z")
Here’s another recap: [Kid Rock Headlines TPUSA’s MAGA Halftime Show: Recap](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/kid-rock-turning-point-halftime-show-1236497694/) > Rock finally came out in the last few minutes, sporting a black shirt and shorts, starting a two song set with “Bawitdaba.” He didn’t sing much of the song himself, though, as the recording played in the background. After an extended performance from a string duo, Rock, introduced again as Robert Ritchie and now wearing slacks, came out again, performing a cover of Cody Johnson’s “Til You Can’t.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tpusa-halftime-show-featuring-kid-rock/1027422.md?page=10)