Turning Level USA, the conservative Christian group based by slain activist Charlie Kirk, has confirmed it’s transferring full steam forward with plans for its personal halftime present to compete with Dangerous Bunny’s Tremendous Bowl efficiency.
Nonetheless, the main points on who’s performing gained’t be clear till Feb. 8 when the massive recreation is performed, TPUSA public relations supervisor Aubrey Laitsch instructed TMZ.
Whereas Laitsch claims a number of performers have already signed on, she declined to announce the lineup or any extra info on the place the present will happen. As a substitute, viewers should tune in to the “The All-American Halftime Show” web site to see who takes the stage.
The location presently contains a type for guests to fill out to be “the first to receive information and updates” relating to the present. It asks followers who’re to pick from a number of genres of music they’d like to listen to, together with Americana, nation, worship and “anything in English.”
Tremendous Bowl organizers confronted a backlash from many non secular conservatives when it was confirmed in September that Dangerous Bunny — a Puerto Rican performer who sings in Spanish, advocates for the LGBTQ group and has publicly criticized the Trump administration’s ICE raids — would headline the most important occasion in U.S. sports activities, making historical past as the primary male Latin artist to guide the halftime present.
Simply days after President Trump trashed the NFL for its resolution, Turning Level USA — now led by Kirk’s widow, Erika — introduced its plans for a rival efficiency, however remained tight-lipped on any particulars.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, listens to Lee Greenwood at a marketing campaign rally, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci, File)
When buzz a couple of TPUSA halftime present started making the rounds final 12 months, Republican Home Speaker Mike Johnson provided 83-year-old nation singer Lee Greenwood as somebody he’d want to see, claiming he has “a broader audience.” Greenwood has beforehand carried out at Republican marketing campaign rallies and for Trump’s inauguration final January.
TMZ instructed that TPUSA’s lineup may function larger names than some would possibly anticipate, pointing to rapper Nicki Minaj, who appeared onstage at a TPUSA occasion alongside Erika Kirk final month.
Nonetheless, Minaj’s resolution was met with pushback from greater than 91,000 critics who signed a petition to deport the 43-year-old performer to Trinidad and Tobago, the place she was born and raised earlier than relocating to the Bronx.
