"Only God knows why."
That appeared to be the consensus on Twitter following the NHL's announcement that "Multiplatinum-selling singer/songwriter Kid Rock will headline the entertainment for the 2018 Honda All-Star Game in Tampa."
The 2018 @Honda #NHLAllStar Game will feature @KidRock as the headlining entertainment! pic.twitter.com/rhwYqjr4Em
— NHL (@NHL) January 17, 2018
The responses ranged from humorous to poignnant.
When you find out Kid Rock is playing the Alll-Star Game pic.twitter.com/vMDqnK4x8R
— Yahoo Sports NHL (@YahooSportsNHL) January 17, 2018
NHL announces that future US President Kid Rock will perform at this year's All-Star Game in Tampa
— Mike Halford (@HalfordTSN) January 17, 2018
Did the NHL get turned down by 10,000 more prominent musicians of was Kid Rock a first choice? Either way, amazing.
— Travis Yost (@travisyost) January 16, 2018
If SNL parodied the NHL All Star Game, the skit would have Kid Rock as the headlining act. https://t.co/0lHaREaz1d
— Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) January 17, 2018
The NHL going from Nick Jonas and Carly Rae Jensen to Kid Rock for All-Star Game entertainment is like going from, uhh, nope, this is a new bar without proper analogy.
— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) January 17, 2018
I guess 20 years after the NHL asked him to play the All-Star Game, Kid Rock finally accepted and they felt bad telling him they were no longer interested.
— Luke DeCock (@LukeDeCock) January 17, 2018
Minorities, people of color and women already feel like the NHL doesn't gaf about them. Having Kid Rock as the All-Star game entertainment just underlies that point.
— Hemal Jhaveri (@hemjhaveri) January 17, 2018
As it stands, Kid Rock is scheduled to perform during the second intermission of the All-Star Game on Jan. 28.
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