It’s the official end of an era for Florida Georgia Line. The duo, made up of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley , performed their final show at the Minnesota State Fair this week, wrapping up 12 years together as a duo, while both men now pursue solo careers.
“I just want to take a second because I don’t want this moment to get lost tonight,” Hubbard said from the stage (via Country Now). “I want to express our gratitude, from BK and myself, from the bottom of our heart, for the last 12 years of our life that you guys have allowed us to do what we love. You’ve enabled us to chase this crazy dream of writing songs and playing shows and hoping somebody will show up to listen, so thank you guys. It really, really means the world to us.”
Hubbard also said he was in a reflective mood ahead of the final Florida Georgia Line show, as he thought about how much they had accomplished so far, while also hopeful for their solo careers moving forward.
“I spent a lot of this afternoon thinking about the last ten years and what this night means to us as the closing of an incredible, incredible chapter for us,” Hubbard said. “It’s very exciting for us to look at what’s ahead and see what’s next and the next chapter is very exciting, but we wanna celebrate this chapter with you guys.
“So tonight, before we move on to the next song, can we sing this chorus one more time together?” he asked, before launching into the final chorus of “H.O.L.Y.”
Florida Georgia Line formed in 2010, after Hubbard and Kelley met when they were both worship leaders while attending Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Their last album, Life Rolls On, was released in 2021. In February, Hubbard and Kelley announced they were splitting up to work on their own music as solo artists.
“We’re not going our separate ways,” Kelley told People at the time. “We’re taking a break from recording our music. We’re being artists. We love creating. And so a couple years back, we started writing without each other and trying different writers, and now we’re both doing that with our music.”
While fans were hopeful that there would be an FGL reunion eventually, that idea seems unlikely now, at least according to Hubbard.
“That was a question that we talked about prior, actually, because at the beginning he really wanted to do both,” Hubbard said. “And I thought about it and slept on it. We talked to life coaches. It wasn’t just an overnight decision, but I came to the conclusion that for me, whatever it was that I was doing, I wanted to give it 100 percent. And I felt like it was only fair for BK. to give himself 100 percent if he was going to do this, step out and do the solo thing.”
While Hubbard didn’t completely rule out the idea of more Florida Georgia Line music down the road, he did say that it wasn’t something either of them were planning on.
“Right now it’s hard to say if there is a world where they can both co-exist,” Hubbard acknowledged. “But I naturally tend to just want to go all-in on whatever it is I’m doing. We all know how much work goes into making a career work. And for me to try to manage and successfully execute two careers simultaneously just seems — I’m not going to say impossible, but not very realistic, and I could see it getting real sticky and really confusing, at least at the beginning.”
Hubbard’s Dancin’ In the Country EP is out now, ahead of his full-length debut album, out on January 27. Kelley signed a solo deal with Big Machine Records earlier this year. His latest record, Sunshine State of Mind, came out in 2021.
