One photo from a hiking trip shouldn’t set the internet on fire, but that’s exactly what happened when Florida Georgia Line members Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley started appearing together again. After a 2022 split driven by creative differences over balancing the duo with solo careers, the pair have been quietly spending more time together—hiking, hanging out at award shows, and apparently planning something that has both of them genuinely excited.
Speaking at the ACM Awards on Sunday, Hubbard gave fans the update they’ve been waiting for without overpromising anything. He and Kelley have been“toying around, flirting with the idea of playing a handful of shows next year,”he told Entertainment Tonight. Translation: it’s happening, but they’re moving at their own pace. The duo behind massive hits like“Cruise,”“H.O.L.Y.,”and“This Is How We Roll”aren’t rushing back into anything—they’re calling it their“honeymoon phase”right now, soaking up the healing that’s happened since things fell apart.
What’s striking here is the maturity of the approach. Hubbard was clear that there’s no new Florida Georgia Line music in development, and he’s still focused on his solo work. The shows would be separate from any creative rebrand or reinvention; they’d exist purely as a celebration of what these guys built together and the ground they’ve covered individually since. During this year’s Country Radio Seminar, they briefly reunited onstage to perform“You Make It Easy,”a Jason Aldean track they co-wrote with Morgan Wallen and Jordan Schmidt, which felt less like a reunion announcement and more like a natural moment between collaborators.
Hubbard also framed the whole thing in terms bigger than just music—he called it a“powerful testimony to grace and forgiveness, healing and all those things.”That’s not industry talk; that’s a guy genuinely moved by the fact that audiences are responding to the story itself, not just the nostalgia. He’s flying from Las Vegas to hang with Kelley and his family after the ACM Awards, which says everything about where their heads are right now.
So here’s what we know: a few shows in 2027, no new music, and two guys taking their time to get it right. In an era where reunion tours feel obligatory and calculated, this feels refreshingly different. They’re not chasing a narrative—they’re living one.
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