The hometown hero isn’t playing the hometown anymore?

Well, at least not for a while… but he has a reason.

Jelly Roll is in the middle of touring with Post Malone on the Big A** Stadium Tour, but he took a break from that tour to headline the Music City Rodeo this past weekend at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. With Jelly Roll being a Nashville native, it’s always  a special show for him when he’s performing at home, especially since he most of his young adult life in and out of jail in the area. From the corrections center to headlining one of the biggest arenas in the state is nothing short of an incredible accomplishment.

But according to Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, the Music City Rodeo show was the last one he’s going to hold in Nashville until… 2027. And the reason why is that he wants to be the first to play the new Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans, when it is expected to open ahead of the 2027 NFL season.

In his signature Pentecostal preacher style, he paused the music and told the crowd:

“I shouldn’t say this… 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 the Bridgestone out. We’ve sold the 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, let me be the first to play it, baby! Let the local boy do it, baby! I’ve got a f***** life-long Titans fan. Let me play Nissan Stadium, y’all!

Woooo 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! Thank y’all for everything.”

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Jelly is currently on tour with Post Malone right now, and that will run through the rest of the summer, wrapping up with a series of international dates in Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain and Portugal.

Post Malone & Jelly Roll Tour Dates:
Mon Jun 02 – Washington, DC – Northwest Stadium
Wed Jun 04 – New York, NY – Citi Field
Sun Jun 08 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium*
Tue Jun 10 – Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium
Fri Jun 13 – Ridgedale, MO – Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
Sun Jun 15 – Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High
Sat Jun 21 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium*
Tue Jun 24 – Boise, ID – Albertsons Stadium
Thu Jun 26 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park
Sat Jun 28 – Portland, OR – Providence Park
Tue Jul 01 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park
*Without Jelly Roll
^With Sierra Ferrell

Post Malone 2025 World Tour Dates:
Fri Aug 08- Cluj-Napoca, Romania*
Sat Aug 10- Budapest, Hungary*
Tues Aug 12- Prague, Czechia^
Wed Aug 13- St. Pölten, Austria*
Fri Aug 15- Poznań, Poland*
Sat Aug 16- Bratislava, Slovakia*
Mon Aug 18- Berlin, Germany
Thurs Aug 21- Kaunas, Lithuania^
Sat Aug 23- Horsens, Denmark^
Wed Aug 27- Milan, Italy*
Fri Aug 29- Zürich, Switzerland*
Sat Aug 30- Munich, Germany*
Wed Sept 03- Paris, France
Fr Sept 05- Hannover, Germany
Sun Sept 07- London, United Kingdom^
Tues Sept 09- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fri Sept 12- Barcelona, Spain
Sun Sept 14- Lisbon, Portugal

*Festivals
^ No Jelly Roll