Jelly Roll has begun a planned break from touring that he says will last a year or two, Country Now and Taste of Country reported August 3 and 5. The country singer closed out his run with a headlining set in Colorado Springs on July 30, just days after telling a Salt Lake City crowd during Post Malone's Big Ass Stadium Tour that he planned to step away from the road to heal. "I'm fixing to take some time off and heal," he told the crowd, according to Country Now.
Jelly Roll has not detailed what the time off will involve beyond saying he needs to heal, and he has not tied the decision directly to his divorce. The break comes weeks after he and Bunnie Xo finalized the end of their ten-year marriage, with court documents describing a confidential settlement that includes a lump-sum payment to Bunnie Xo, a division of shared assets and no future alimony.
Jelly Roll, born Jason DeFord, filed for divorce from Bunnie Xo, whose legal name is Alisa DeFord, in Tennessee's Williamson County on May 18, citing irreconcilable differences, the LA Times reported. The filing surprised fans who had followed the couple through years of joint podcast appearances and award-show speeches that painted a close relationship; Bunnie Xo's recently published memoir, "Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic," had also revisited a 2018 affair the two had previously discussed in public.
In the weeks before the announcement, Jelly Roll's own headlining run, the Little Ass Shed Tour, wrapped in Colorado after two months of shows, on top of the stadium dates he co-headlined with Post Malone. He also released the single "Hands Up" on June 24, followed on July 17 by a music video filmed at California's San Quentin Rehabilitation Center that featured inmates from the facility.
The country singer has kept a relentless schedule in recent years, balancing headlining tours, festival dates, television appearances and the Post Malone stadium run. For now, Taste of Country reports, he appears ready to trade life on the road for time away before returning to the stage, though he has not said when that will be.
The facts
- Jelly Roll plans to be off the road for a year or two
- He said he needs the time to heal
- He closed the break with a show in Colorado Springs on July 30
- The break follows his divorce from Bunnie Xo after ten years of marriage
- He has not linked the touring break directly to the divorce
- He filed for divorce in Williamson County, Tennessee, on May 18
- He released the single Hands Up on June 24, days before the break
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