Florida Georgia Line Say Goodbye To The Fans
On Wednesday night, Florida Georgia Line said goodbye to their fans for (maybe) the last time, as they closed their tour with a show at the Minnesota State Fair. Gossip…
ORO STATION, ONTARIO – AUGUST 06: (L-R) Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line perform during day 3 of the 2022 Boots And Hearts Music Festival at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds on August 06, 2022 in Oro Station, Ontario.
(Photo by Jeremy Chan/Getty Images)On Wednesday night, Florida Georgia Line said goodbye to their fans for (maybe) the last time, as they closed their tour with a show at the Minnesota State Fair. Gossip site TMZ has a video of Tyler Hubbard addressing the audience, followed by the duo's last moments on stage.
"You've enabled us to chase this crazy dream, writing songs and playing shows, and hoping somebody would show up and listen. So thank you, guys. It really, really means the world to us." Hubbard said to the fans. "We spent a lot of this afternoon thinking about the last ten years, and what this night means to us as we close an incredible, incredible chapter for us. It's exciting to us to look at what's ahead, see what's next. The next chapter ahead's very exciting, but we want to celebrate this chapter with you guys." He then led the fans through the chorus of "H.O.L.Y." The video then cuts to the final moments of the show where Hubbard and Brian Kelley embrace warmly.
It's worth mentioning, of course, that Hubbard told People that "I think 'taking a break' is the proper term, as opposed to breaking up," in regards to their future together. Kelley said "We're not going our separate ways. We're taking a break from recording our music. We're being artists. We love creating. And so a couple of years back, we started writing without each other and trying different writers, and now we're both doing that with our music."
As far back as January of 2021, there
have been rumors that the duo would go their separate ways. Kelley and Hubbard's differing political beliefs have come between them, and many fans are aware of this. And they've been working on separate projects for a while. In March of 2021, Kelley announced that he was starting a record label. Meanwhile, in May of this year, Hubbard signed a solo record deal with EMI Nashville.
10 of Country Music’s Best Duos of All Time
Country music has had its fair share of country music duos, from the 1970s to today's country music. To honor Dan Smyers' 35th birthday today (8/16), we look at ten of the most popular country duos in country music history.
We are not counting solo artists like Tim McGraw and Faith Hill or Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty, who teamed together for a series of duets, but true blue country duos.
Dan + Shay
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThese friends who met at a party in 2012 are award show darlings who have won five Grammy Awards.
Brooks & Dunn
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesPut together by their record label after years of both of them in solo careers, the pairing of Ronnie and Kix was genius and scored the guys' superstar status. In 2019, they became members of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Sugarland
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThis group started as a trio but then was whittled down to a duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. They scored many hit songs and awards before breaking up in 2011 when their stage collapsed during a storm before a show in Indiana and killed seven people.
Montgomery Gentry
Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesThis award-winning duo was together since 1999 until Troy Gentry's tragic death in a helicopter crash in 2017. Eddie Montgomery still plays solo.
The Bellamy Brothers
Scott Gries/Getty ImagesThese guys were huge in the 1970s and even had pop chart success. These two brothers from Florida still play shows as a duo.
Maddie & Tae
Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesThese two best friends just won their first CMT Award in 2022. The duo is embarking as the headliners this fall for the 2022 CMT Next Women Of Country tour.
Florida Georgia Line
Rick Diamond/Getty ImagesThese two guys had amazing success with their songs and pop-style collaborations through the last decade. This year (2022), the guys have gone their separate ways to embark on solo careers with two different record labels.
The Judds
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesTragedy struck this legendary mother/daughter duo as Naomi Judd took her own life in April of 2022, just before they were to go on their final tour as The Judds and one day before they were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Wynonna is currently on The Judds' last tour without her mother but with support from several country stars, including Faith Hill and Trisha Yearwood.
Brothers Osborne
Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesThese two brothers have made a significant mark in country music in the last five years and finally won a Grammy for their work after seven Grammy nominations. They are currently touring and made a massive splash to a sold-out crowd of 60,000 at the 2022 CMA Fest in Nashville.
Big & Rich
Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesThis country duo started a movement dubbed the MuzikMafia (an abbreviation for Musically Artistic Friends in Alliance) in the early 2000s. Their hit "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" was huge for them, and the accompanying video quickly became CMT's most requested video for four weeks straight.
