Who is performing on the Super Bowl halftime show alternative stage this year?
Executive summary
The NFL officially tapped Bad Bunny as the Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime headliner for Feb. 8, 2026, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara [1] [2], and conservative group Turning Point USA announced it would stage an “All American Halftime Show” as counterprogramming to that performance but—based on available reporting—had not published a confirmed performer lineup when that announcement was first reported [3] [4] [5].
1. The official halftime show: Bad Bunny at center stage
The NFL and its partners publicly announced Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny as the Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime performer in September 2025, a decision the league framed as its official halftime lineup for the Feb. 8, 2026, broadcast [1] [2] [6], and mainstream outlets have repeatedly listed Bad Bunny as the headliner amid the event’s promotional rollout [7] [8].
2. The “alternative” show: Turning Point USA’s counterprogramming announcement
Shortly after Bad Bunny’s selection, Turning Point USA—identified in reporting as a conservative nonprofit founded by Charlie Kirk—announced it would host an alternative program called “The All American Halftime Show” timed to run during the Super Bowl halftime slot, positioning the event explicitly as a values-based counterprogram to the NFL’s choice [3] [4] [5].
3. Who is performing on the alternative stage? The reporting’s limits
Contemporary fact-checking and news stories cite Turning Point USA’s announcement and promotional website but note that the group did not disclose a confirmed roster of performers at the time of publication, meaning no verifiable list of acts performing on the Turning Point stage exists in the cited coverage [3] [5] [9].
4. Rumors, speculation and early candidate names—and how they spread
After the counterprogramming announcement, social and partisan media amplified speculation—and occasional named suggestions such as George Strait, Creed or other country/family-friendly acts—even as outlets and fact-checkers cautioned many of those claims remained unconfirmed or were driven by unofficial endorsements and rumor rather than an authoritative Turning Point roster release [9] [3] [10].
5. Motives, messaging and why this matters beyond music
Turning Point USA framed the rival show as celebrating “faith, family, and freedom,” an explicitly political framing reported by multiple outlets that signals the event is intended as both cultural programming and political messaging in response to the NFL’s artist choice, a tactic consistent with modern counterprogramming where cultural platforms are used to mobilize and signal to constituencies [5] [4] [3].
6. Bottom line and where reporting is uncertain
The verifiable bottom line from the available sources is straightforward: Bad Bunny is the official Apple Music Super Bowl LX halftime headliner [1] [2], and Turning Point USA announced an alternative “All American Halftime Show” but, in the reporting provided, did not release a confirmed performer lineup—so any claim naming specific acts for that alternative stage goes beyond the corroborated record and should be treated as unverified unless Turning Point or another credible source publishes a definitive roster [3] [5] [9].