Florida Georgia Line Ends Hiatus With CMA Fest Performance

Florida Georgia Line performed together Thursday night at Nissan Stadium, closing a three-year hiatus that began in 2022. Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard entered separately through the audience, singing the 2013 track “Round Here” as they made their way toward the stage. The crowd took over the chorus when the two met center stage, introduced by Bruce Buffer.

The appearance followed a week of coordinated teasing. The duo updated their social profiles with a new image and the caption “FGL LFG,” then put up a billboard in downtown Nashville with a phone number. Texting it returns a message: “Turns out, some things are just better together. Much more to come. FGL LFG.”

Kelley and Hubbard stepped back from the project in 2022, each launching solo careers. They never confirmed a reason for the break, though much of the fan conversation circled a perceived political divide. The reunion does not resolve that narrative, but it puts the focus back on the catalog.

Their commercial reach still matters. “Cruise” spent nearly 30 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and pulled country radio into a new crossover era. The Bebe Rexha collaboration “Meant to Be” holds the record for the longest run on the Hot Country chart and logged 50 weeks on the Hot 100. Country music’s current mainstream scale owes something to the infrastructure those singles built. The CMA Fest set gave no new details on future releases, but the exchange with the billboard number suggests the reunion is not a one-night gesture.