When Rascal Flatts embarks on their long-awaited Life Is A Highway Tour in 2025, it will be a much different experience for Joe Don Rooney than any of the group’s previous tours. Rooney, who just celebrated three years of sobriety, will no longer be drinking on the road, and for that, he is very, very thankful. “It’ll be the…
Joe Don Rooney is celebrating an important milestone. The former Rascal Flatts‘ member reveals on social media he is celebrating three years of sobriety. The anniversary date, September 13, was also Rooney’s 49th birthday. The multi-instrumentalist spoke out about both occasions on social media. “Thank y’all for the birthday wishes,” Rooney writes. “I’m humbled and blown away at all…
Rascal Flatts‘ Joe Don Rooney is a much different man than the one he was a couple of years ago. The singer and guitarist spoke out on social media, after being mostly quiet for the last couple of years, to address the changes he has made in his life, including becoming sober after being charged with a DUI, when…
Jay DeMarcus just teased something pretty big on social media. The singer-songwriter posted a photo of himself with his former Rascal Flatts bandmate, Joe Don Rooney, on social media, revealing the two had been in the studio together. “Hung out with this guy in the studio today!!” DeMarcus captioned the photo. “So good seeing !!!” Hung out…
Joe Don Rooney is apologizing for comments he made earlier in the week, calling the violence on the United States Capitol a hoax. As a mob descended on the United States Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, while Congress was officially counting the Electoral College votes, to determine whether Joe Biden would become the next President of the United States,…
Rascal Flatts‘ Joe Don Rooney wasn’t meant to be a teacher. The 44-year-old has been off the road instead of on the trio’s farewell Life Is a Highway Tour, where he has been spending time with his three children: 12-year-old Jagger, 9-year-old Raquel and 5-year-old Devon — and gaining an entirely new appreciation for the teachers who typically spend…
Fans have apparently been waiting for Rascal Flatts to reunite for a long, long time. Only a week after Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus, announced they were reuniting for their Life Is A Highway Tour, the trio has sold more than 140,000 tickets, selling out two-thirds of their shows. “We are humbled and blown away by…
Country music has a lot of songs about drinking and partying, but for numerous artists, they might sing about alcohol, but they choose not to imbibe. We found 17 country music artists who, due to former addictions, health issues or just personal beliefs, are completely sober. 1. Tim McGraw Tim McGraw gave up drinking thanks in large part to…
Rascal Flatts are back together! The trio, made up of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney, announce they are reuniting to embark on their Life Is A Highway Tour in 2025, celebrating 25 years since the group began. Lauren Alaina and Chris Lane will serve as the opening acts. The Life Is A Highway Tour was originally…
Sad news for Rascal Flatts fans. Jay DeMarcus says the trio he was in with Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney, which disbanded in 2020, unable to do their farewell tour because of the pandemic, will likely never reunite again, now that so much time has passed. “I would want to say never say never,” DeMarcus says on the…
