Rascal Flatts is taking a second to replicate on what led them to reunite and hit the street once more on their Life Is A Freeway Tour, which celebrates 25 years of creating music collectively. The reunion was sparked by a dialog between Jay DeMarcus and Gary LeVox, the place they reminisced about previous instances and shared some laughs. As Jay recalled, “Gary and I began textin’ and simply kinda checkin’ in with one another, and we had a pair laughs about some reminiscences and reminisced about how we missed taking part in exhibits in entrance of our followers. And that is form of what acquired the dialogue began slightly bit.”
It wasn’t till Jay’s spouse stepped in that issues actually began to maneuver ahead. She jokingly informed Gary, “You have to get Jay out of the home. He is driving me berserk,” which Gary remembered as, “She mentioned, ‘Please take him to Put-in-Bay (of their house state of Ohio), wherever. Simply get him out of right here.'” Jay added, “And drop him within the bay.” Gary continued, “Yeah. ‘Take him. I do not know, if you wish to carry him again, that is as much as you. However he is acquired to rise up out of right here.'” This lighthearted push from Jay’s spouse proved to be simply what the band wanted to get again collectively.
The reunion led to the launch of their Life Is A Freeway Tour, in addition to a collaboration with the Jonas Brothers on the music “I Dare You.” In accordance with Gary, this collaboration was the right alternative for the band to reconnect and create one thing new collectively. “Yeah, with ‘I Dare You,’ you realize, since we had been going again via our catalog, and initially it was gonna be like 10 of our quantity ones or one thing like that,” he defined. “However then when this music took place, you realize, it gave us an opportunity to be again within the studio collectively and cuttin’ some new music.” Jay famous that this was the primary time they’d been within the studio collectively for the reason that launch of their 2020 undertaking, How They Keep in mind You.
Gary additionally loved kicking off their reunion with a fellow trio, saying, “Yeah, after which to have a collab with Jo Bros, it was enjoyable and …” Joe Don Rooney added, “And that music, I simply suppose it is actually particular.” The primary leg of their tour was an enormous success, and attributable to widespread demand, they’ve introduced that they’re going to be extending it into 2026. The brand new dates begin on January 15 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and can make stops in Nashville, Chicago, Tampa, and extra earlier than wrapping up on February 28 in Buffalo, New York.
The 2026 Life Is A Freeway Tour official dates are:
1/15 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Middle
1/16 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Area at Meals Metropolis Middle
1/17 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Middle
1/22 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Discussion board
1/23 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Vitality Middle
1/24 – Omaha, NE – CHI Well being Middle
1/29 – Elmont, NY – UBS Area
1/30 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Middle
1/31 – Albany, NY – MVP Area
2/5 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Area
2/6 – Chicago, IL – United Middle
2/7 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2/12 – Duluth, GA – Fuel South Area
2/13 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Area
2/14 – Hollywood, FL – Onerous Rock Reside
2/19 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
2/20 – Bossier Metropolis, LA – Brookshire Grocery Area
2/21 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK – Paycom Middle
2/26 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Area at Central Financial institution Middle
2/27 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Area
2/28 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Middle
Observe that the February 12 present in Duluth, GA will characteristic help by Chris Lane and a to-be-determined opening act.
