Reuni Epic! Jason Isbell dan Drive-By Truckers Pecah Panggung Colbert Setelah 20 Tahun!

Buat yang belum tau, sebelum jadi frontman 400 Unit, Jason Isbell dulunya adalah bagian dari Drive-By Truckers, band legendaris abis! Nah, baru-baru ini mereka reunian di The Late Show With Stephen Colbert dan membawakan lagu "Hell No, I Ain’t Happy" dengan energi yang pecah banget! Penasaran? Tonton nih performanya di bawah ini!

Reuni ini juga bertepatan dengan perilisan ulang album Decoration Day (2003) dari Drive-By Truckers. Album yang sekarang diberi judul The Definitive Decoration Day ini di-remix ulang oleh produser aslinya, David Barbe, dan di-remaster oleh Greg Calbi. Makin spesial karena ada tambahan lagu live yang direkam tahun 2002 di Flicker Bar, Athens.

Patterson Hood, vokalis Drive-By Truckers, bilang kalo dia dan Jason tetep sahabatan baik. Bahkan, sekarang hubungan mereka makin deket! Hood juga nganggep Decoration Day itu mahakarya mereka, dan Jason adalah bagian penting dari album itu. Makanya, dia seneng banget Jason bisa ikut ngerayain perilisan ulang ini.

Jason Isbell gabung sama Drive-By Truckers dari tahun 2001 sampe 2007. Dia juga muncul di album The Dirty South (2004) dan A Blessing and a Curse (2006). Sebelum cabut, dia sempet nyumbang dua lagu yang akhirnya masuk ke album The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities and Rarities (2009). Dulu, keluarnya Isbell dibilang "baik-baik," dan dia langsung fokus bangun karir solonya. Beberapa minggu kemudian, Spooner Oldham gabung ke band.

Meskipun Isbell dan Truckers pernah beberapa kali satu panggung selama bertahun-tahun, penampilan mereka di Colbert ini diiklankan sebagai penampilan pertama mereka bareng dalam 20 tahun terakhir!

Reuni ini terjadi setelah Isbell ngabisin banyak waktu di tahun 2025 buat promo album akustik solonya, Foxes in the Snow. Di tahun 2026, dia dan The 400 Unit bakal tur keliling Amerika Serikat. Cek tanggalnya di bawah ini ya!

Jadwal Tur Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 2026 di AS:
01/14 – Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center +
01/15 – Manassas, VA @ Hylton Performing Arts Center +
01/16 – Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium +
01/17 – Athens, GA @ The Classic Center +
01/23 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
01/24 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
01/26 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24
01/28 – Santa Rosa, CA @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
01/29 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
01/30 – Temecula, CA @ Pechanga Theater
01/31 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
02/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark
02/20 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall +%
02/21 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall @
02/22 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
02/24 – Cleveland, OH @ KeyBank State Theatre at Playhouse Square
02/25 – Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre
02/27 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
02/28 – Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
03/01 – Niagara Falls, ON @ OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
03/02 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
03/04 – Iowa City, IA @ Hancher Auditorium
03/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
03/06 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
03/07 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
03/13-20 – Miami, FL @ Cayamo Cruise
03/25 – Bowling Green, KY @ SkyPAC (Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center) +
03/26 – Little Rock, AR @ Robinson Center +
03/27 – Memphis, TN @ Orpheum Theatre +
03/28 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre +
04/24 – Miramar Beach, FL @ Sun, Sand, and Soul ^
04/26 – Orlando, FL @ Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
04/29 – St. Louis, MO @ The Fabulous Fox Theatre
05/01 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
05/02 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
05/03 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
05/20 – Dallas, TX @ Winspear Opera House – AT&T PAC +
05/21 – Dallas, TX @ Winspear Opera House – AT&T PAC +
05/22 – Austin, TX @ Long Center for the Performing Arts +
05/23 – San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theatre +
07/16 – Richmond, KY @ EKU Center for the Arts +
07/17 – Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre +
07/18 – Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre +
07/19 – Brevard, NC @ Brevard Music Center +
07/23 – Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA
07/24 – Interlochen, MI @ TBA
07/25 – Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center at The Heights
07/26 – Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion
07/28 – Lenox, MA @ Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood ~
07/30 – Washington, DC @ Wolf Trap ~

+ = Jason Isbell Solo
* = w/ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
~ = w/ Patty Griffin
% = w/ Shelby Lynne
@ = w/ Alejandro Escovedo
^ = w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers, and Elles Bailey