The Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show promises to celebrate “faith, family and freedom” via performances by Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett.  

The TPUSA website doesn’t feature information about the show until fairly far down on its homepage. Instead, it’s soliciting donations through promoting the late founder Charlie Kirk’s last book, Stop, in the Name of God, and his vision, which includes recruiting high school and college students to raise the next generation to support his movement “rooted in faith, freedom and love of country.”

The TPUSA quartet is counterprogramming to the Super Bowl LX halftime, featuring another famous American, Bad Bunny. Kid Rock, promoting the show on Fox (which, interestingly, is not streaming the TPUSA halftime show) on Friday (Feb. 6) promised a “classic rock, in your face” opener, but then pledged to perform “one of the best written songs in a long time.” He didn’t give away the title, but elaborated that it’s a “pretty current, last few years country song. It’s one of the greatest written songs I’ve heard in a long time.”

Not one to miss an opportunity and being the good capitalist he says he is, Kid Rock will then release that song at midnight. (He does not mention whether he’s donating the proceeds to TPUSA). His hints eliminate the song being “Cool Daddy Cool,” his 2001 collaboration with Joe-C that has resurfaced for its the notable lyrics about “hoes” and the couplet, “Young ladies, young ladies, I like ’em underage/ Some say that’s statutory (But I say it’s mandatory)” — lyrics that are much more in line with the Epstein files than supposed family values.

Rock declared the TPUSA halftime is for people “who love America, love football, love Jesus.” He also stressed that neither he nor any of the other performers are “approaching this with any hate in our hearts.” (A sentiment that Gilbert also stressed in a social media post he made on Friday, though President Trump went out of his way to add that he felt both Bad Bunny and Green Day, who played a rousing opening slot, were not his cup of tea. “I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice,” Trump told Page Six. “All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.”

Rock also said that if the NFL wanted to take care of its fanbase, it would have picked local performers from the Bay Area such as Metallica (he’s not alone in that thought), given the game is taking place in Santa Clara, Calif. (But Green Day — who is from the Bay Area — did perform during the pre-show opening ceremony.)

Below, Billboard recaps TPUSA’s halftime show in real time.

4:49 p.m. PT: The seven-minute countdown to the halftime starts with a salute to Charlie Kirk, which is also a promo for conservative Christian Hillsdale College in Michigan, before returning to a countdown and a scroll to text for TPUSA merch and to text “freedom” to the same number to get “involved in the movement.”

4:53 p.m. PT: A commercial plugging adoption as an option, a key conservative pro-life message, is abruptly cut off for a commercial for tickets to the Olympics in Los Angeles and AI transcription service Otter.

4:55 p.m. PT: With less than a minute left, Dept. of Defense Pete Hegseth comes on to say “God bless our warriors and God bless our republic,” before tossing a football toward the camera.

Class is in session — vibes class, that is. In a chaotic Super Bowl commercial for poppi, Charli xcx and Rachel Sennott crash a college classroom and transform it into a club.

In the 30-second spot — which poppi unveiled Sunday (Feb. 8) shortly ahead of its airtime during the Super Bowl — a sleepy group of students watches an elderly professor write complex math equations on a chalkboard. When one student cracks open a can of poppi, the professor rips off his clothes, revealing himself to be the British dance-pop star, and the I Love LA actress falls through the ceiling.

“What is this?” Sennott asks, to which Professor Charli responds, “I think it’s just a vibes thing.”

With that, the entire classroom breaks out into a rave, complete with flashing lights, a flame thrower and a horse with light-up neon reins.

The commercial was directed by Aiden Zamiri, Charli’s frequent collaborator who also helmed her The Moment mockumentary, which also stars Sennott. The spot is one of several celebrity Super Bowl ads this year, with Sabrina Carpenter starring in a Pringles campaign, Benson Boone doing flips with Ben Stiller for Instacart and KATSEYE partnering with State Farm, to name a few.

It’s also not Charli’s first Super Bowl commercial. Last year, the three-time Grammy winner and Martha Stewart starred alongside each other in an Uber Eats campaign.

The 2026 Super Bowl kicked off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, taking place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Before the game began between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, Coco Jones performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” Brandi Carlile sang “America the Beautiful,” and Charlie Puth delivered the national anthem.

Watch Charli and Sennott teach a lesson in Vibes 101 in Poppi’s Super Bowl commercial above.

As Bad Bunny prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, Cardi B says she’s proud to see him step onto the world’s biggest stage, praising his cultural impact and willingness to speak out during heightened immigration arrests.

“I’m proud of everything that he’s been standing up for against ICE and everything,” Cardi B told The Associated Press ahead of her performance at Michael Rubin’s star-studded Fanatics Super Bowl Party on Saturday (Feb. 7), which featured performances by SZA, Don Toliver and Travis Scott.

The Grammy winner spoke with admiration and unity about Bad Bunny, who appeared with J Balvin on her chart-topping hit “I Like It.” The collaboration helped propel Latin music further into the global mainstream.

Bad Bunny is set to take the Super Bowl stage on Sunday (Feb. 8), one week after winning album of the year at the 2026 Grammys for Debí Tirar Más Fotos. It is the first time an all-Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize.

At the Grammys, the Puerto Rican superstar said “ICE out” while accepting an award, criticizing President Donald Trump’s administration for its dramatic expansion of immigration arrests.

“It just feels like everything is aligned right now,” said Cardi B, who is of Afro-Caribbean descent with roots in Trinidad and the Dominican Republic. “It just shows how Hispanics, Latinos. … We standing. They standing. We all standing.”

With Super Bowl buzz swirling around “I Like It” and the possibility of surprise guests, Cardi B was asked what it would mean to share the stage with Bad Bunny on such a massive platform.

“That’d be exciting,” she said.

As Bad Bunny readies for his halftime moment, Cardi B is preparing for the launch of her highly anticipated tour, which opens Feb. 11 in Palm Desert, Calif. The run marks her first headlining arena tour, and her first tour in six years.

The tour arrives on the heels of her sophomore album, Am I the Drama, just four months after the birth of her first child with New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs, her fourth child overall.

Her preparation has centered on long rehearsal days that double as physical training, building momentum and confidence ahead of life on the road, Cardi B said.

“The rehearsing is my workout,” she said. “I’m just doing my job.”

With her recent project connecting strongly with fans and plans to work on her new album while on tour, Cardi B said the momentum has sharpened her excitement for returning to the stage.

“I feel really confident,” she said. “Knowing the fans are going to be there and know the music. It’s exciting.”

Before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots kicked off Super Bowl LX on Sunday (Feb. 8) at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., musicians from an assortment of genres took the field to celebrate America — including Coco Jones, who opened the Super Bowl 2026 preshow with a stunning performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Often referred to as the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a hymn that dates back to the year 1900 and is a prayer for freedom for all in America.

Dressed in a white gown augmented by the colors of the Pan-African flag (red, black, green) rendered in shimmering sequins, Jones delivered a technically assured version of the song. Backed by an orchestral octet, Jones demonstrated the vocal command and flair that helped her net a Grammy for best R&B performance category in 2024. Her debut album, Why Not More?, dropped in 2025, following the success of her Billboard Hot 100 hit “ICU.”

Coco Jones kicks off Super Bowl LX with a beautiful rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing@TheRealCocoJ #SuperBowlLX pic.twitter.com/EwsAobac28

— NFL (@NFL) February 8, 2026

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was added to Super Bowl celebrations in 2020, when Black Lives Matters protests were taking place across the United States and the NFL was under fire for taking disciplinary measures against NFL players who “took a knee” during the National Anthem during the late 2010s to protest police brutality and racial inequality.

Later during the preshow, Green Day performed a medley of their punk-pop hits, Brandi Carlile sang “America the Beautiful” and Charlie Puth performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” (aka the National Anthem). During the Big Game’s halftime, Bad Bunny will take the stage to perform the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show.

You know where they’d be found: Bay Area natives Green Day took the stage at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 8) to help celebrate the Big Game’s 60th anniversary with a hit-filled set during the opening ceremony, ahead of the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots taking the field to duke it out for the Lombardi Trophy.

The six-minute, four-song set started subtly, with several violinists playing the gorgeous strains of “Good Riddance” as Super Bowl MVPs of decades past made their way onto the field to celebrate the Big Game’s six-decade milestone. As greats such as the Manning brothers, Tom Brady, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice finished walking out to the field, the cameras panned to the stage, and Green Day took over the rest of the song, then kicked into the rest of the medley.

As fans on the field waved red foam heart-grenades (the image on the cover of the band’s 2004 album American Idiot) instead of foam fingers, the band transitioned into Billboard Hot 100 hits “Holiday” (No. 19), then “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (No. 2) before closing with a rollicking “American Idiot” (No. 61), not once mentioning the state of American politics, as the band is wont to do.

As the final song wrapped, the cameras panned out to show the football greats lined up along both sides of the stairs leading up to the stage. With the set ending, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong yelled excitedly to kick off the rest of the festivities: “Welcome to the Baaaaay! It’s Super Bowl 60!”

The Grammy-winning rockers were first announced as performers on Jan. 18. “We are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!” Armstrong said in a statement at the time. “We are honored to welcome the MVPs who’ve shaped the game and open the night for fans all over the world.”

Though Green Day avoided making any political statements during its set at the pre-show ceremony, the band did not hold back leading up to the Big Game, making headlines not only for the announcement of its performance before the game’s start, but also for speaking out against the Trump administration, which the rockers have not been shy about doing over the years. During the band’s performance at Spotify’s The FanDuel Party held at San Francisco’s Pier 69 on Friday (Feb. 6), Armstrong had a strong message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

“Quit your s—ty ass job. Quit that s—ty job you have,” the frontman said bluntly, according to videos captured by attendees. “Because when this is over, and it will be over at some point of time, Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Donald Trump — they’re gonna drop you like a bad f—king habit. Come on to this side of the line.”

And as he has done at many previous shows, Armstrong tweaked the lyrics of hit song “American Idiot.” Instead of the usual “I’m not part of a redneck agenda” lyric, the rocker declared, “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda.” He also made a pointed reference to the recent headlines surrounding the release of a batch of the Epstein files during “Holiday,” singing “the representative from Epstein Island has the floor” rather than “the representative from California.”

The president also made his distaste for Green Day and Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner Bad Bunny apparent before the game. “I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice,” Trump told the New York Post of the performers in January. “All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.” 

The 2026 Super Bowl kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock.