{"id":221736,"date":"2026-02-09T14:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/kid-rock-roasted-for-lackluster-halftime-show-as-creed-and-others-exit-his-rock-the-country-tour\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:25:45","slug":"kid-rock-roasted-for-lackluster-halftime-show-as-creed-and-others-exit-his-rock-the-country-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/kid-rock-roasted-for-lackluster-halftime-show-as-creed-and-others-exit-his-rock-the-country-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock Roasted For Lackluster Halftime Show as Creed and Others Exit His &#8216;Rock the Country&#8217; Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well, he tried.<\/p>\n<p>Kid Rock had to know the odds were against him when he headlined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/erika-kirk-halftime-show-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA\u2019s \u201calternative\u201d Super Bowl halftime show<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And the early numbers indicate that the move was about as unpopular as media analysts predicted.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit native made a valiant effort to upstage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/bad-bunny-previews-super-bowl-halftime-show-its-gonna-be-a-huge-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bad Bunny and the <em>actual<\/em> Super Bowl broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump signs an executive order alongside US singer Kid Rock in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-547811 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2207381297-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US President Donald Trump signs an executive order alongside US singer Kid Rock in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2025. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did it work? Of course not!<\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/erika-kirk-says-turning-point-usa-super-bowl-halftime-show-will-draw-larger-audience-than-bad-bunny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirk predicted that her show would draw a \u201clarger audience\u201d<\/a> than Bad Bunny\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, that didn\u2019t turn out to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/08\/kid-rock-alternate-super-bowl-halftime-show\/#continued\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, viewership for the show \u201cappeared to top out at under 6 million,\u201d which, as the site notes, is \u201ca fraction of the 100 million viewers expected to have tuned in to the official SB Halftime Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the response to the show from \u2014 which also featured Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett, and Lee Brice, all of whom are reportedly musicians \u2014 was not much more encouraging.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kid Rock attends Kentucky Derby 144 on May 5, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky.  \" class=\"wp-image-547813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kid Rock attends Kentucky Derby 144 on May 5, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky.  \" class=\"wp-image-547813 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-955082846-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kid Rock attends Kentucky Derby 144 on May 5, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images for Chruchill Downs)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taking the stage in jean shorts and a fedora, Mr. Rock lip-synced his way through a medley of his best-known hits for what appeared to be a live audience of roughly 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like comparing a Broadway show to a backyard party where someone plays guitar really loud whilst feeding beer to their dog,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/warmhostage\/status\/2020763933184086196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote one user<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c25:1 viewership difference, Kid Rock barely earned himself a participation trophy in an entirely different race,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnarchNomad\/status\/2020698156271583655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKid Rock is a joke, and a barely has been. Bad Bunny crushed the halftime show,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/Kid%20Rock%20is%20a%20joke,%20and%20a%20barely%20has%20been.%20%20Bad%20Bunny%20crushed%20the%20half%20time%20show.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a third chimed in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator Kim Iversen noted that \u201ca couple legally got married during Bad Bunny\u2019s show, \u201cpromoting to the largest possible audience the most conservative value of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Kid Rock introduces U.S. Vice President JD Vance to speak in front of members of the US Military on November 26, 2025 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. \" class=\"wp-image-547812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Kid Rock introduces U.S. Vice President JD Vance to speak in front of members of the US Military on November 26, 2025 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. \" class=\"wp-image-547812 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2248013055-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Musician Kid Rock introduces U.S. Vice President JD Vance to speak in front of members of the US Military on November 26, 2025 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Brett Carlsen\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile Kid Rock opens his TPUSA halftime show with a song about strippers, hookers, crackheads, gangsters and porn,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KimIversenShow\/status\/2020790662296400279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">she wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Kid Rock and the \u201cAll-American Halftime Show\u201d didn\u2019t exactly draw rave reviews. And the rap-rocker is experiencing career troubles on another front, as well.<\/p>\n<p>At least three major acts, including Creed, Ludacris, and Shinedown have now dropped out of Kid\u2019s Rock the Country Tour, scheduled for this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur band\u2019s purpose is to unite, not divide. With that in mind, we have made the decision that we will not be playing the Rock the Country Festival,\u201d members of Shinedown wrote in a press release, adding: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know this decision will create differences of opinion. But we do not want to participate in something we believe will create further division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Creed and Ludacris didn\u2019t comment on their decision to back away from the tour, but both have been praised by fans for dropping out.<\/p>\n<p>Something tells us Bad Bunny isn\u2019t having any trouble convincing acts to tour with him. Just saying!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/kid-rock-roasted-for-lackluster-halftime-show-as-creed-and-others-exit-rock-the-country-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Well, he tried. Kid Rock had to know the odds were against him when he headlined Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA\u2019s \u201calternative\u201d Super Bowl halftime show. And the early numbers indicate that the move was about as unpopular as media analysts predicted. The Detroit native made a valiant effort to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-221736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}