TOGETHER AGAIN –
Feb. 7, 2025 – After taking a four-year break, Rascal Flatts are getting ready to hit the stage again. Their return comes as guitarist Joe Don Rooney reaches three years of sobriety this September 2024. “Sober Joe Don is incredible. I have to say I’m so proud of him for what he’s been through and what he’s been able to overcome.” DeMarcus added that Rooney “is so zoned in now, and so lucid and intentional about everything he does, and I’m so proud to see him in such a healthy space. It’s really, really cool. I’ve seen him turn into a completely different person, it’s an unbelievable metamorphosis.”
Rooney’s journey to sobriety began after a DUI arrest in September 2021. That reality check sent him to rehab for four months, with support from his family and medical professionals.
Before this October, the three bandmates hadn’t been in the same room for years. Their planned 2020 goodbye tour fell apart when COVID hit. During COVID, the band members say they barely talked.
