{"id":1770,"date":"2026-02-09T16:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:51:37","slug":"update-about-turning-point-usas-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=1770","title":{"rendered":"Update about Turning Point USA\u2019s halftime show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"347\">For the 2026 Super Bowl, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) created an alternative \u201cAll-American Halftime Show\u201d to compete with Bad Bunny\u2019s official performance. TPUSA, founded by the late Charlie Kirk and now led by his widow Erika Kirk, framed the event as celebrating \u201cfaith, family, and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"540\">The lineup included Kid Rock as the main act, along with Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett. TPUSA criticized Bad Bunny\u2019s halftime performance on political and cultural grounds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"824\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">However, TPUSA announced on X that, due to licensing restrictions, the show could not be streamed there and directed viewers to YouTube at 8 PM ET instead. The announcement drew criticism for lack of planning, with some calling it \u201camateur hour\u201d and others asking for a direct link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>For the 2026 Super Bowl, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) created an alternative \u201cAll-American Halftime Show\u201d to compete with Bad Bunny\u2019s official performance. TPUSA, founded by <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/?p=1770\" title=\"Update about Turning Point USA\u2019s halftime show\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1772,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1770\/revisions\/1772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viralspotlight26.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}