CURRENT SINGLE: “Long Live”
Just before the CMA Awards earlier this month, Tyler Hubbard from Florida Georgia Line tested positive for Covid-19, which meant he had to quarantine away from his family by parking his tour bus in his driveway and living in it by himself for almost two weeks. This was on top of him still recovering from rupturing his Achilles tendon and breaking a bone in his ankle while riding his dirt bike back in August. Tyler just got cleared to move back into his house last week, and when we asked how he was doing, he said, “I’m good. Honestly, I feel really fortunate. I was able to have 13 days of alone time on the bus, which was bittersweet. I missed my family like crazy but I didn’t feel terrible so I got to make the most of it.”
During his time of living on the bus, Tyler posted multiple videos of new songs he had written in quarantine, including a precious song he wrote for this 3-year-old daughter Liv, called “Thank God for Girls.” Tyler says, “I wrote a bunch of songs and made the most of the time, you know. And it kind of flew by but I feel great.”
As for his foot, he says getting it fully healed is a process, but he also admits, “I haven’t been doing my physical therapy the way I should in quarantine, so I’m gettin’ back on that and gettin’ this old thing workin’ again.”
All things considered, Tyler is in great spirits, after eight months of a pandemic, blowing out his ankle and contracting Covid-19. “I’m feeling really grateful and really blessed and excited,” he says. “I feel like we’re at the end of a crazy season and the beginning of an awesome one, for sure. It may be another crazy one but I believe it’s gonna be awesome.”
2021 is shaping up to be a great season of life for FGL who plan to release their fifth studio album early next year and who just signed a multi-year touring agreement with Live Nation, which will keep them out on the road playing live shows for years to come.
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Tyler Hubbard – “I’m good. Honestly, I feel really fortunate. I was able to have 13 days of alone time on the bus, which was bittersweet. I missed my family like crazy but I didn’t feel terrible so I got to make the most of it. I wrote a bunch of songs and made the most of the time, you know. And it kind of flew by but I feel great. My foot is … it’s a process. I haven’t been doing my physical therapy the way I should in quarantine, so I’m gettin’ back on that and gettin’ this old thing workin’ again. But yeah, I’m feeling really grateful and really blessed and excited. And I feel like we’re at the end of a crazy season and the beginning of an awesome one, for sure. It may be another crazy one but I believe it’s gonna be awesome.”