{"id":574151,"date":"2026-02-08T01:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/574151\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T01:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:48:10","slug":"magas-favorite-rockers-quietly-removed-from-kid-rocks-tour-as-he-faces-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/574151\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA\u2019s favorite rockers \u2018quietly removed\u2019 from Kid Rock\u2019s tour as he faces controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O7SSFKBE4FC3ZPE75UZK3RPVXY\">Kid Rock\u2019s \u201cRock the Country\u201d tour has been in the headlines plenty recently with acts dropping out as the singer faces criticism ahead of headlining Turning Point USA\u2019s Super Bowl LX All-American Halftime Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"65YNSOV72FDARICTDD5MHXKWHM\">And it now appears that one of MAGA\u2019s favorite bands \u2014 Creed \u2014 has dipped out on Rock, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XCMNP2JPMNCBRG6T3LRKHZADFM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/creed-kid-rock-festival-website-line-up-shinedown-turning-point-usa-11482934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/creed-kid-rock-festival-website-line-up-shinedown-turning-point-usa-11482934\"><b>Newsweek reported <\/b><\/a>that the band has been \u201cquietly removed\u201d from the lineup as other artists such as Shinedown and Morgan Wade have more publicly dropped out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KJT7NLAVIFEFNDU4ZBHCHU7UPM\">The band has yet to address why it is no longer listed on the lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"F2NDAZSBHRF5RHNE5RS2SOHSTI\">The loss of the band is likely a bummer for folks planning to attend the tour because it wasn\u2019t long ago that the band was being pushed by the MAGA world for the same spot \u2014 the TPUSA halftime show \u2014 that Rock eventually landed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"POCKQ4FUJJFXJLUZK7B3KNHCKY\">Jack Posobiec first floated the late Charlie Kirk\u2019s Turning Point USA hosting Creed for a \u201ccounter-Super Bowl halftime show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LEQFVGSAYFFXHKBXPSXJRQWQBU\">\u201cBy every measure Creed has earned the Super Bowl halftime gig,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/maga-proposes-creed-as-super-bowl-replacement-for-bad-bunny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/maga-proposes-creed-as-super-bowl-replacement-for-bad-bunny\/\"><b>Posobiec said.<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>\u201cIt is time for them to take us Higher. To a place with golden streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6AHBBKZ525FVZKEIHN3OLVLVT4\">He even recently appeared on \u201cThe Charlie Kirk Show,\u201d along with conservative podcaster Tim Pool, who was also not a fan of Bad Bunny getting the gig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QJZAVJKVYFANJAV5N5C2DHBTZY\">\u201cWe need Creed,\u201d Posbiec said. \u201cWe need (Creed frontman) Scott Stapp flying down from the rafters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SRQDHFTQERFDBMLCEDFLT7QYEM\">Meanwhile, Rock\u2019s tour has been hit with multiple performers pulling out as he has come under fire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O222LAWC2BBXBOHAKZKRFF6LSM\">TPUSA and the MAGA world have been marketing its Super Bowl LX show as the family friendly, Christian alternative to the NFL\u2019s show with Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2DYOZ5GUZVHBBGS3E65GQNWU4M\">The biggest issue with that marketing though has been Rock\u2019s history and the fact that recordings exist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O3UBBBPQQNAE7HIOOZBVWS3EEE\">The latest problem for the singer and the show being kicked around social media is an appearance by Rock on Saturday Night Live in 2001. During that appearance, Rock reportedly opined about the Olsen Twins, who were born in 1986, and were around 14 or 15 years old at that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"THBO3IWF45ABRB3DFCM7YURQUQ\">\u201cWhy is every guy in America waiting on these chicks to turn 18?\u201d the singer reportedly said on the show. \u201cI mean, you know what I\u2019m saying? If there\u2019s grass on the field, play ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RKRRP2EDVVFJ7APZ4MD7PCB3IU\">The resurfaced appearance comes after the singer was already trending on social media for his 2001 song \u201cCool, Daddy Cool,\u201d which was included on the soundtrack of the movie, \u201cOsmosis Jones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4ZKUKWASS5FTLERPMLODLNT3J4\">JD Vance shared a TPUSA post on X about the show and wrote, \u201cFantastic lineup for the TPUSA halftime show, including the great Bob Ritchie AKA KID ROCK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KYKVRFWHFBDVRH3F5CH34OHYQU\">The lineup for the show \u2014 Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice and Gabby Barrett are scheduled to join Rock on the bill \u2014 has been widely trolled outside of the MAGA world, but things went to another level after folks remembered the controversial song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CNVXEF5TSFH3BD7NTR3FXNUGPE\">What\u2019s the issue with \u201cCool, Daddy Cool\u201d?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2EQS6UYJSBD6JDPHU4OPWCD66E\">Well, the lyrics are something else, but Verse 3 is the real problem for Rock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"T7UZFZQ24ZGIBGDK5XHUAGKAGU\">\u201cYoung ladies, young ladies, I like \u2018em underage,\u201d Rock sings on the track. \u201cSee some say that\u2019s statutory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YSL2BXQCI5FFHAWPHQRFYBKDH4\">His sidekick at the time, the late Joe-C then chimes in, \u201cBut I say it\u2019s mandatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QVMC6TAOSFC4TPV3FNL5MTO2YE\">It has not been pretty for Rock since Parker Molloy reshared Vance\u2019s post and shared the lyrics to X and wrote, \u201cMaybe he\u2019ll play this one!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XUDGMPHCDBGTHIUW4KCGUUWMFU\">Rock\u2019s response? Well, he didn\u2019t directly address the controversy, but he did post a meme on X claiming to show a Kobe Bryant quote that was titled, \u201cMamba Mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2FIHAFHBUNGGZJ2GIXHIPVWHWU\">\u201cLearn to love the hate,\u201d it read. \u201cEmbrace it. Enjoy it. You earned it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and everyone should have one about you. Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kid Rock\u2019s \u201cRock the Country\u201d tour has been in the headlines plenty recently with acts dropping out as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":574152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[29],"tags":[194746,21200,225452,249375,171,26251,12353,249376,249377,975,249378,62,4695,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-574151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-all-cny","tag-concert","tag-creed","tag-daughtry","tag-entertainment","tag-high-school","tag-lakeview","tag-liverpool-high-school","tag-monnoth","tag-music","tag-onondaga-lake","tag-sports","tag-syracuse","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116032497541419037","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}