Jelly Roll headlined one of the three nights of Nashville’s recent rodeo, which he says will be the last time fans can see him perform in Music City for two years. During his performance, Jelly Roll says he doesn’t want to play in Nashville again until the new Nashville stadium opens, with him becoming the venue’s first headliner.
“I shouldn’t say this, I’m gonna get in trouble. But I have to say it out loud,” Jelly Roll says, in a video shared on social media. “This will be my last Nashville show until 2027, y’all. Hear me out, though. This is why, because I need y’all’s help. I want to be the first act to play Nissan Stadium when it opens in the spring of 2027. I never thought I would make it here. I never thought we would sell Bridgestone out. We’ve sold Bridgestone out three times now, two times in the last five months.
“In 2027, Nissan Stadium, please let the local boy live a dream and open up the new stadium,” he continues. “Let me be the first to play it, baby! Let the local boy do it, baby! I’ve been a life-long Titans fan. Let me play Nissan Stadium, y’all! Sorry, that’s crazy, but I gotta speak it into existence. I believe in Nashville. If all of y’all brought a friend, we could do it. If you brought a friend, we could do it!”
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Jelly Roll is expecting big things in the future, and not just with his music. The 40-year-old could soon receive a pardon for his former crimes, after the pardon was unanimously approved by the Tennessee Board of Parole.
“I want to be an inspiration for people who are now where I used to be — to let them know that change is truly possible,” Jelly Roll told the board (via the Associated Press). “One of the reasons I’m asking for your recommendation for this pardon is because I’m looking to take my message of redemption through the power of music and faith through the rest of the world.”
Jelly Roll wants to be absolved of his felony conviction largely because it prohibits him from traveling internationally, something he desperately wants to do, but not just for his music career.
“I’ll still be using this same pardon, God willing, to go do missionary work in my 50s and 60s,” he says.
Jelly Roll has been open about his Christian faith, even recording “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” with Brandon Lake. For Jelly Roll, nothing is as important to him as his spiritual beliefs.
“I’m called to be shameless about it,” Jelly Roll says on The Jennifer Hudson Show. “He’s done so much for me, even when I didn’t deserve it. I’ve actually done the opposite of being deserving of His grace. I’ve done everything I could to spit in His face, and not get His grace. And He continued to just pour it on me and love on me. At times where I felt unlovable, He taught me to love myself. My faith is nothing short of everything in my life.”
Find all of Jelly Roll’s music and tour dates at JellyRoll615.com.