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Florida Georgia Line is backmost — astatine slightest for 1 night.
Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley shocked fans Thursday nighttime erstwhile nan duo reunited onstage for nan first clip since they divided successful 2022.
The astonishment infinitesimal went down astatine Broken Bow Records’ yearly late-night bash during Country Radio Seminar successful Nashville.
The brace performed “You Make It Easy,” nan deed they co-wrote pinch Morgan Wallen and Jordan Schmidt that Jason Aldean took each nan measurement to No. 1 successful 2018. Aldean was being honored astatine nan event.
At 1 constituent onstage, Hubbard referred to Kelley arsenic his “brother,” a telling motion that nan duo whitethorn yet beryllium connected amended position aft years of speculation astir their relationship.
The Grammy-nominated brace announced their plans for an indefinite hiatus successful February 2022 earlier calling it quits aft their last show that August.
Despite rumors of bad blood, Hubbard precocious insisted nan divided was ne'er arsenic dramatic arsenic fans believed.
“This only became large and melodramatic connected nan internet,” he said connected a December 2025 section of nan “Human School” podcast. “There’s not a bully guy, bad feline successful this equation. There’s not a correct aliases a wrong. Everyone wants to do that connected nan Internet. They want to say, ‘right, wrong, bully guy, bad guy. Team BK, Team T-Hub.’ It’s not moreover for illustration that.”
The vocalist explained nan breakup yet came down to imaginative differences, pinch Kelley allegedly wanting to prosecute a solo profession while still keeping nan group going — thing Hubbard said he wasn’t connected committee with.
“BK stuck to his convictions and led pinch his gut and decided to make a determination based connected his passion,” Hubbard said. “I group a bound that I wasn’t consenting to transverse and it is what it is. We some accepted it measurement earlier nan net accepted it.”
Still, nan region took a toll.
“I hadn’t spoken to BK a batch successful nan past mates years,” Hubbard went connected to admit. “But we’re going connected a hike … I miss nan feline that I was partners pinch for 10 years. I miss my aged roommate, my champion man connected my wedding.”
On March 3, Hubbard and Kelley had reunited offstage for a family skis travel successful Idaho — alongside their wives Hayley and Brittney.
“Proof that God’s timing is ever amended than ours,” Brittney Kelley wrote connected Instagram. “This week was astir healing, laughter, and remembering nan “why” that brought america together successful nan first place.
“We near pinch bid astir nan past and a reminder that redemption is existent and nan early is bright.”
On Thursday night, Aldean had shown up expecting to play a opus and leave, but was blindsided erstwhile a backdrop dropped to uncover much than 2 twelve No. 1 plaques, celebrating his milestone of 31 chart-topping hits.
Artists including Travis Tritt took nan shape to grant Aldean, pinch Tritt performing “Night Train,” while others joined successful passim nan night.
