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The NHL finally got fans to agree on something…Kid Rock performing at the 2018 All-Star Game is bad

By Elyse Bailey (@elysebee) on January 16, 2018 | 0 Comment

On Tuesday evening, the NHL announced that Kid Rock will be performing at the 2018 NHL All-Star Game. This year’s All-Star Weekend will be held at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.

I know you were probably hoping for Nickelback, or heck, even a hologram of Hinder (sorry to any Hinder fans)…but nope. Instead, the NHL most likely had a bunch of people in business suits sit around a boring conference table, look at each other confused, and pick a top act from the late 90s.

Someone probably asked, “Who should we get to sing at THE 2018 ASG?” And some dope said, “Kid Rock.” And they WENT WITH IT (which is exactly what I said about Simple Plan for the 2016 Winter Classic, but now I wish for Simple Plan and simpler times).

In case you will be watching the event and need to know when the performance will occur, Rock is slated to “rock” during the second intermission.

Kid Rock has sold over 25 million albums worldwide and has been nominated for five Grammys. Recently, he made news not just for his pro-Trump views, but for his campaign to run for Senate…but not actually run for Senate. Apparently, it was a hoax even though he owns the website kidrockforsenate.com and he alluded to the idea multiple times. But sure, we’ll go with “hoax”.

I don’t want to exaggerate, but this is one of the most terrible ideas the NHL has ever come up with. The majority of Twitter thinks so too. By the time I began writing this post, the ratio of the NHL’s original tweet announcing the performance was 896 likes to 1.2k replies. Yikes.

Here are some excellent reactions to the not so excellent news:

Read more about Kid Rock’s performance. Actually don’t.

Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP

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