The alternative programming was announced after Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny was named as the headliner at the 2026 Super Bowl

Kid Rock appeared on Fox News the next day, on Feb. 9, and said he had prerecorded the performance and the syncing was off.

The singer also flipped off "the haters and the trolls" who accused him of faking his vocals.

Kid Rock says he did not lip-sync his Turning Point USA Super Bowl performance this past Sunday and is explaining what actually happened to the haters accusing him of doing so. Rock headlined the show by first performing a portion of “Bawitdaba” before singing a cover of Cody Johnson’s “Til You Can’t,” which was released as a single.

Kid Rock denied that he was lip-syncing at the "All-American Halftime Show" but revealed that the show was prerecorded.

The musician chalked up the clunky footage to difficulties in the editing booth as the production team struggled to pair the audio and video of his performance

Kid Rock's Rock The Country festival canceled Anderson stop after Shinedown and multiple other artists withdrew over political division concerns.

Rock band Shinedown announced that it would be parting ways with the tour because "we do not want to participate in something we believe will create further division.”