Rascal Flatts just released their new album, Back To Us, featuring their latest single, “Yours If You Want It,” and while they don’t usually add a lot of new music to their touring set lists because they have so many hits to fit in, because of the way they’re touring this year, anything is possible. Jay says, “We’ll probably only be able to fit the singles in, sadly, which has been that way for the last several years of our career.”
But Gary and Joe Don points out, “There might be some nights though when we sit there, because we’re kind of touring differently this year and doing kind of ‘A Night With Rascal Flatts,’ so we might just … sneak something in there. Who knows what the lucky crowd is and Jay just may go, ‘Hey, you guys want to hear something new tonight?’”
While Rascal Flatts isn’t doing a full blown, full production tour this year, instead opting to visit some of the medium markets they don’t often get to on major tours, they do plan to roll out a brand new tour in 2018 and Joe Don is excited because he says, “When everybody lives with this album throughout the rest of the year, next year when we do tour heavily it will be cool that everybody’s lived with it and the fans have lived with it and maybe get some feedback by then on what songs we want to do live.”
You can let the guys know what your favorite songs are on Back To Us on social media because they will be looking at the feedback and taking it into consideration when putting together the new tour.
Rascal Flatts – adding new songs to set list :42
Jay DeMarcus – “Well, it’s hard to put all the songs in a show because if we don’t do a certain amount of songs that people are familiar with, they’re pissed at us, so we’ll probably only be able to fit the singles in, sadly, which has been that way for the last several years of our career because …”
Gary LeVox – “There might be some nights though when we sit there, because we’re kind of touring differently this year and doing kind of ‘A Night With Rascal Flatts,’ so we might just get a …”
Joe Don Rooney – “We might sneak something in there.”
Gary – “Who knows what the lucky crowd is and Jay just may go, ‘Hey, you guys want to hear something new tonight?’”
Joe Don – “Yeah, it’s cool too cause when everybody lives with this album throughout the rest of the year, next year when we do tour heavily it will be cool that everybody’s lived with it and the fans have lived with it and maybe get some feedback by then on what songs we want to do live.”
Gary – “See if they have favorites, you know.”