Rascal Flatts just wrapped up their second string of dates at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and Jay DeMarcus says they truly enjoyed the experience of the smaller venue. “We learned how to tailor our show for that venue there. You know, it’s a smaller crowd, there’s like 4,000 people, I think, that fits in there, and it’s a more intimate setting,” says Jay DeMarcus. “It was fun for us to sort of reign it in a little bit, pull our band guys a little closer to us and do a more intimate show where we felt like we were connecting more with the people in the room.”
Jay says the thing about playing larger arenas like they usually do with their tours these days, is that “Everything has to be a little bigger and the movements have to be bigger, the lights have to be bigger, the music has to be bigger.”
The guys have enjoyed incorporating some of the more intimate qualities of their smaller shows into their arena shows, like setting up the band in closer proximity, as opposed to having them spread out across the stage. You can see their new stage set up when they kick off their new tour on March 17th, as their latest single, “I Like the Sound of That,” moves into the top ten on the charts.
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Jay DeMarcus – “We learned how to tailor our show for that venue there. You know, it’s a smaller crowd, there’s like 4,000 people, I think, that fits in there, and it’s a more intimate setting, and we’re used to, over the years, playin’ amphitheaters and arenas that have 15,000+, and so everything has to be a little bigger and the movements have to be bigger, the lights have to be bigger, the music has to be bigger and it was fun for us to sort of reign it in a little bit, pull our band guys a little closer to us and do a more intimate show where we felt like we were connecting more with the people in the room.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – MARCH 7, 2016 – MONDAY
- Rascal Flatts’ latest single “I Like The Sound of That” sits in the top 10 on the charts this week.
- The trio play a show in Palm Harbor, Florida on Thursday (3/10).
2016 ACM NOMINEE – RASCAL FLATTS
- Vocal Group of the Year – Rascal Flatts
The 51st Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:00 PM.
RASCAL FLATTS – JUST THE FACTS
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.rascalflatts.com
FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/rascalflatts
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/rascalflatts
RECENT TWEETS:
Rascal Flatts @rascalflatts Mar 4
#FlashbackFriday “Prayin’ for Daylight”https://youtu.be/L8GucowJgV4
Rascal Flatts @rascalflatts Mar 3
Flattheads, mark your calendars. We’re playing the @opry on March 22nd! Get tickets today or stream it live: http://www.opry.com
Rascal Flatts @rascalflatts Mar 2
Rewatch @TODAYshow @SheinelleJones & @DylanDreyerNBC intern for Rascal Flatts @TheJointLV: http://bit.ly/1oZZDGY
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/demarcusflatt/
MEMBERS: Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney
BIRTH DATES: Gary – July 10, 1970 (He’s 45) Jay – April 26, 1971 (He’s 44) Joe Don – September 13, 1975 (He’s 40)
HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Columbus, Ohio (Gary and Jay) Picher, Oklahoma (Joe Don)
WIVES: Gary’s wife’s name is Tara. Jay’s wife’s name is Allison. Joe Don’s wife’s name is Tiffany.
CHILDREN: Gary has two daughters, Jay has a daughter and a son and Joe Don has two girls (one baby girl born September 2014) and a boy.
- CURRENT SINGLE: “I Like The Sound of That” sits at number 8 this week on the Media Base country charts.
- DEBUT SINGLE: “Prayin For Daylight” in 2000.
NUMBER ONE SONGS – BILLBOARD’S HOT COUNTRY SONGS CHART
Here Comes Goodbye – Rascal Flatts – Unstoppable – April 2009
Here – Rascal Flatts – Still Feels Good – January 2009
Stand – Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang – May 2007
My Wish – Rascal Flatts – Me and My Gang – December 2006
Fast Cars And Freedom – Rascal Flatts – Feels Like Today – July 2005
Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts – Feels Like Today – February 2005
Mayberry – Rascal Flatts – Live DVD – May 2004
- DEBUT ALBUM: Rascal Flatts
- CURRENT ALBUM: Rewind RELEASED: March 4, 2014
THE STUDIO ALBUMS
Rewind – March 2014
Changed – April 2012
Nothing Like This – November 2010
Unstoppable – April 2009
Still Feels Good – September 2007
Me and My Gang – April 2006
Feels Like Today – September 2004
Melt – October 2002
Rascal Flatts – June 2000
- GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: In 2000. They were made members of the Grand Ole Opry on October 8, 2011.
- LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2015 – “I Like The Sound of That” You can see it
RASCAL FLATTS – AWARD WINS
2000 – Academy of Country Music – Top New Vocal Duo Or Group (presented 2001)
2002 – Country Music Association – Horizon Award
2002 – Academy of Country Music – Song of the Year (“I’m Movin’ On”) (presented 2003)
2002 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2003)
2003 – CMT Flameworthy – Video Music Award for Group/Duo of the Year (“These Days”)
2003 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year
2003 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2004)
2004 – CMT Flameworthy – Music Video Award for Group/Duo of the Year (“I Melt”)
2004 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group
2004 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2005)
2005 – CMT Music Award – Group/Duo of the Year (“Feels Like Today”)
2005 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year
2005 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2006)
2005 – Radio Music Award – Song of the Year/Country Radio (“Bless The Broken Road”)
2005 – Billboard – Roadworks ’05 Touring Awards for Breakthrough Act[56]
2006 – CMT Music Award – Group/Duo of the Year (“Skin (Sarabeth)”)[57]
2006 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year
2006 – American Music Award – Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group
2006 – American Music Award – T-Mobile Text-In Award
2006 – People’s Choice Award – Favorite Song from a Movie (“Life Is A Highway”)
2006 – People’s Choice Award – Favorite Song Remake (“Life Is A Highway”)
2006 – CMT Loaded Awards – Number One Digitally Active Group/Duo
2006 – CMT Loaded Awards – Number One Streamed Music Video (“What Hurts the Most”)
2006 – Grammy Award – Best Country Song (“Bless the Broken Road”); songwriter award
2007 – CMT Music Award – Group Video of the Year (“What Hurts the Most”)
2007 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2008)
2007 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year
2007 – American Music Award – Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group
2007 – BMI – Song of The Year (“What Hurts The Most”)
2008 – People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Country Song (“Stand”)
2008 – CMT Music Award – Group Video of the Year (“Take Me There”)
2008 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2009)
2008 – Academy of Country Music – Humanitarian Award
2008 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year
2008 – American Music Award – Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group
2009 – People’s Choice Award – Favorite Group
2009 – CMT Music Award – Group Video of the Year (“Every Day”)
2010 – Star on the Music City Walk of Fame
2010 – American Country Award – Decade Artist award
2011 – Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award
2011 – CMT Music Award – for Collaborative Video of the Year (“That Should Be Me”)
2011 – Member of the Grand Ole Opry
2012 – CRS 2012 – Artist Humanitarian Award
2012 – Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2013 – Academy of Country Music – Jim Reeves International Award (presented 2014)