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Rascal Flatts to bow out after 20 years with Farewell: Life is a Highway Tour

Rascal Flatts, one of the most successful Country groups of all-time, will bow out with their Farewell: Life is a Highway Tour.

The most-awarded group of the genre’s last decade will mark their 20th anniversary with a farewell tour across the US, kicking off this summer. The group – Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney – made the announcement on CBS This Morning today.

“When we started out 20 years ago, we could not imagine all of the people, places and gifts we would encounter,ā€ said Gary LeVox. “The greatest feeling ever, is being told that our music has been the soundtrack to their lives. What greater gift can an artist receive than to be told ‘I got married to ā€œBless The Broken Road,ā€ā€™ or ‘We played ā€œMy Wish” at my graduation.ā€™ That ‘ā€œWhat Hurts The Most” is the song that made me love country music for the first time,’ or ‘ā€œIā€™m Movin’ On” helped me get soberā€™ or even that ā€˜ā€œChanged” made me call my family again after not talking to them for years.’ Thatā€™s why we create music and the reason we canā€™t wait to celebrate this incredible 20 year journey all year, with our fans who we love dearly. I donā€™t know what God has in store for the future, but I am excited to see what He has planned!ā€

ā€œWeā€™re really looking forward to getting to spend this entire year loving on our fans, and thanking them for allowing us to have the most amazing career over the last 20 years,ā€ shared Jay DeMarcus. “While it is of course bittersweet, it is so important to us to celebrate what our music has meant to their lives, as well as what the fans have meant to us. There is no sadness here, just new chapters, new journeys, and new beginnings. Rascal Flattsā€™ music will live on forever, because of our fans, and this year is all about them!ā€

ā€œDreams do come true…and we are three walking examples of this truth,ā€ said Joe Don Rooney. “Iā€™m most proud of the fact that weā€™ve pursued our dreams together and with courage, hard-work and dedication weā€™ve been able to cultivate our dreams into reality; itā€™s simply incredible! Thereā€™s no doubt we have been blessed way beyond belief and we canā€™t wait to spend the rest of 2020 expressing our love and appreciation to all of our devoted fans, music industry friends and our families for believing in us and playing a major role in our path to here. And, I personally canā€™t wait to shine a light on my brothers Jay and Gary this year, and make another mountain of new memories with them.ā€

The Farewell Tour will kick off on 11th June in Indianapolis. You can catch the band at the following dates:

6/11 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center
6/12 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
6/13 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
6/25 – Chicago, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
6/27 – Pittsburgh, PA – S&T Bank Music Park
7/18 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
7/23 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
9/3 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
9/4 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
9/5 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
9/10 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
9/11 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
9/12 – Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live
9/17 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
9/18 – Boston, MA – Xfinity Center
9/19 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
10/1 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
10/2 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
10/3 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
10/7 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
10/9 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
10/10 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
10/15 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
10/16 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
10/17 – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre

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