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demmiblue

(39,488 posts)
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:00 PM Feb 2

Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:

Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:

Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett

Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:

Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T18:31:36.286Z

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Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show: (Original Post) demmiblue Feb 2 OP
Who? niyad Feb 2 #1
Who? Other than that Kid Rock character, I have never heard of these folks. LoisB Feb 2 #2
Gabby Barrett imagine a blender full of rocks, just worse durablend Feb 2 #3
Right? Me, either biophile Feb 2 #4
Amen. LoisB Feb 2 #25
Me either. Aristus Feb 2 #12
Same here. hamsterjill Feb 2 #28
Actually, niyad said it first. I didn't see it before I posted my "who?". LoisB Feb 2 #64
Me neither. Dulcinea Feb 2 #39
Same here! ShazzieB Feb 2 #44
Add me to this list. Who? Pacifist Patriot Feb 2 #50
"real america's voice" MagickMuffin Feb 2 #5
I love how no major network is airing this garbage. Initech Feb 2 #7
The good news is BaronChocula Feb 2 #57
Oh yeah? I'll start my own halftime show! With blackjack and hookers. Initech Feb 2 #6
Is that you, Bender? cloudbase Feb 2 #10
On second thought, forget about the halftime show! Initech Feb 2 #23
Let's kiss his shiny metal ass! Dave Bowman Feb 2 #52
You'd probably get better ratings than this crap. nt Dulcinea Feb 2 #40
I think this would get better ratings! Initech Feb 2 #43
Are you serious? People would SO watch that! jmowreader Feb 2 #68
I recognize one name-- the guy who brags he enjoys underage girls Torchlight Feb 2 #8
Who cares? LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2 #9
It's hilarious that this isn't being broadcast on any major outlet. Initech Feb 2 #24
I'm commenting just to say... pandr32 Feb 2 #11
Did they forget to invite Ted Nugent?? madinmaryland Feb 2 #14
He's probably shitting his pants for real now. pandr32 Feb 2 #16
and that Vanilla Ice guy and Lara Trump LoisB Feb 2 #27
Felt Exactly The Same ProfessorGAC Feb 2 #48
Who, or should I say what, the fuck is this mess? flvegan Feb 2 #13
PRobably like a telethon with numbers on screen throughout durablend Feb 2 #34
Erika doing her best Tammy Faye Bakker imitation flvegan Feb 2 #35
You mean they are not bamagal62 Feb 2 #15
Thank goodness for small favors. Ritabert Feb 2 #33
This is so petty............... Lovie777 Feb 2 #17
As petty as "freedom fries"? MorbidButterflyTat Feb 2 #32
The real question... durablend Feb 2 #18
Chudfest 2026 Klarkashton Feb 2 #19
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! hibbing Feb 2 #42
I must be of a certain age. reACTIONary Feb 2 #54
AT ATCO DRAGWAY .....(NT) Hobo Feb 2 #62
... Faux pas Feb 2 #20
You mean, Scott Baio wasn't available? synni Feb 2 #21
. . . CousinIT Feb 2 #22
How does that work? RussBLib Feb 2 #26
I, unfortunately, know who Kid Rock is, but 3catwoman3 Feb 2 #29
Same here. I know that someone named Kid Rock does exist. calimary Feb 2 #41
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Coventina Feb 2 #30
Who? Ritabert Feb 2 #31
Well, I've heard of 'Kid' Rock, Conjuay Feb 2 #36
... SheltieLover Feb 2 #37
No Lara Trump? Norrrm Feb 2 #38
Hahahahahahahaha relayerbob Feb 2 #45
Only their moms will watch that BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2 #46
Baio, Cameron & Sorbo must be busy that day Orrex Feb 2 #47
Televised? AverageOldGuy Feb 2 #49
A- and B-list celebs said "hard pass", so they kept going down the alphabet JHB Feb 2 #51
Ted Nugent was busy? Dave Bowman Feb 2 #53
Other than Skid Rock, his fellow racist rednecks don't ring a bell wolfie001 Feb 2 #55
I heard of Kid Rock but that's it Norbert Feb 2 #56
Turning Stomach USA 2na fisherman Feb 2 #58
🤣🤪😂🤪🤣👍👍👍🍷🍷 QueerDuck Feb 2 #67
Coalition of the Wilting oasis Feb 2 #59
Not much of an alternative. North Coast Lawyer Feb 2 #60
Maybe this is the reason otchmoson Feb 2 #61
Dang, no Pat Boone? That's it, I'm out. tanyev Feb 2 #63
Barf, Who? Who? and Who? hatrack Feb 2 #65
Who these people are jmowreader Feb 2 #66
Kid Rock is probably going to say.... Crowman2009 Feb 3 #69

hamsterjill

(17,207 posts)
28. Same here.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:43 PM
Feb 2

I was about to post the same, but you said it first!

I only know Kid Rock from the song he did with Sheryl Crow way back when.

Initech

(108,043 posts)
7. I love how no major network is airing this garbage.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:10 PM
Feb 2

It's only right wing propaganda sites and for some reason the religious channel.

Torchlight

(6,529 posts)
8. I recognize one name-- the guy who brags he enjoys underage girls
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:11 PM
Feb 2

and once ripped a hole in an American flag to wear as a poncho. So yeah... I can see why he'd fit their target audience. I'm presupposing the others carry around boxes of degenerate crazy just as big.

Initech

(108,043 posts)
24. It's hilarious that this isn't being broadcast on any major outlet.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:38 PM
Feb 2

It's only Sinclair streaming sites and the religious channel that are broadcasting this shit.

pandr32

(13,988 posts)
11. I'm commenting just to say...
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:13 PM
Feb 2

I really like the gif underneath. That reflects my reaction exactly, complete with mug of coffee.

flvegan

(66,000 posts)
13. Who, or should I say what, the fuck is this mess?
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:15 PM
Feb 2

Continuation of the "Erika Kirk (not) Grieving Muh Dead Husband Tour" I assume.

RussBLib

(10,467 posts)
26. How does that work?
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 02:40 PM
Feb 2

Are they sitting around until halftime at the football game, waiting to perform only within the parameters of the halftime?

This is just a barrel of stupid.

otchmoson

(300 posts)
61. Maybe this is the reason
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 05:17 PM
Feb 2

the Melania ticket sales was so low . . . MAGAts were saving their bucks for the alt. Super Bowl halftime.

jmowreader

(53,007 posts)
66. Who these people are
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 07:07 PM
Feb 2

Kid Rock you already know.

Gabby Barrett is a country singer. She was a third-place finisher on American Idol. I don't remember where I saw this one, but somebody wrote something that's way too true: "Nothing says 'rock and roll!' like winning a karaoke contest." And nothing says "country!" like coming in third in one. I went to YouTube and watched a couple of her videos. One of them sucked so bad it drew eleven inches of mercury on my vacuum gauge. The other one drew twenty-five. If I would have known about Gabby beforehand I wouldn't have had to spend $45,000 of my company's money on a new vacuum pump when the old one went out.

Lee Brice is another country singer. One of his songs is "I Drive Your Truck." Sorry guys, this isn't nearly as much fun as "I Drink Your Milkshake." "I Drive Your Truck" is about a guy who honors his brother, a soldier who died in battle, by driving his old pickup - because as everyone knows, if you don't need to down a fistful of antidepressants after listening to a country song the singer wasn't trying hard enough.

Brantley Gilbert seems to be the answer to the question, "why don't y'all have any gospel singers in your halftime show?" He has six albums in print: A Modern Day Prodigal Son, Halfway to Heaven, Just As I Am, The Devil Don't Sleep, Fire and Brimstone, and So Help Me God.

My recommendation is to put the Charliefest on your computer screen but mute the audio, then put a copy of Ghost's "Ceremony and Devotion" on your CD player and crank it the fuck up. (If you've never heard it, every song on that album is satanic and they're not even slightly subtle about it.)

Yeah...I'll be watchin' Bad Bunny. And since it'll probably take them until Saturday to plow out Bowman Gray Stadium to the point they can run the Clash and the Seahawks are going to stomp the Patriots worse than they stomped the Broncos in Super Bowl 48, it's going to be an awesome sports weekend.

Crowman2009

(3,450 posts)
69. Kid Rock is probably going to say....
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:59 AM
Feb 3

....f***in' TPUSA has the love of Christ up in this b****!

or something really stupid to that effect.

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