Tickets to George Strait\u2019s Lubbock concert go on sale Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. at georgestrait.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n George Strait and Bruce Springsteen arrive onstage during the Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 2023 tour at the Moody Center on February 16, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Suzanne Cordeiro \/ Special to American-Statesman)<\/p>\n Petition calls for Strait to replace Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX<\/p>\n More than 100,000 people have signed a Change.org petition<\/a> calling for George Strait to replace Bad Bunny<\/a> as the Super Bowl LX halftime show performer on Feb. 8, 2026. This comes after conservative commentators and right-wing activist organizations voiced opposition to the Puerto Rican singer\u2019s selection, proposing an \u201call-American\u201d substitute instead of the global reggaeton star. (Reminder: Puerto Rico is part of the United States.)<\/p>\n \u201cThe Super Bowl halftime show should unite our country, honor American culture and remain family-friendly, not be turned into a political stunt,” reads the petition. “Bad Bunny represents none of these values; his drag performances and style are the opposite of what families expect on football\u2019s biggest stage.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge Strait embodies unity, tradition and the timeless American music that truly deserves the 2026 Super Bowl spotlight,\u201d it continues.<\/p>\n George Strait has not commented on the selection of Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime show performer or responded to those wanting to replace the artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Strait famously sang \u201cAll My Ex\u2019s Live in Texas,\u201d and the country music icon is bringing his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[24817,132,134,133,24816,24814,12437,4056,24462,24815,27,297],"class_list":{"0":"post-40434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-american-statesman","9":"tag-austin","10":"tag-austin-headlines","11":"tag-austin-news","12":"tag-bruce-springsteen","13":"tag-frank-erwin-center","14":"tag-george-strait","15":"tag-kyle-field","16":"tag-miranda-lambert","17":"tag-suzanne-cordeiro","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-texas-am-university"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"George](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/82cdc426e6686f6027e0e0aa2be99ad8.jpeg\"\/)
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