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The Biggest Thing Missing from TPUSA’s Halftime Show: Joy

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10.02.2026

Bad Bunny concludes his Super Bowl LX halftime show.Kevin Mazur/Getty for Roc Nation

Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show,” an event created to compete with Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance, was an all-around bummer. So down on its own purpose, in fact, that it appears not even President Donald Trump tuned in, opting instead to complain about Bad Bunny’s performance on social media.

But what exactly took place at MAGA’s halftime show? Outside of Kid Rock, the lineup was unlikely to be familiar to many Americans. It included third-place American Idol winner Gabby Barrett, a country singer named Lee Brice, and Brantley Gilbert, whose biggest claim........

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