Rascal Flatts returning to the X

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Musicians Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts

The Nashville hitmakers will make it to St. Paul three years in a row, this time on their "Unstoppable" tour.

Last update: July 13, 2009 - 11:04 PM

In what now seems to be an annual tradition, Nashville's most well-coiffed male mega-stars, Rascal Flatts, will follow up their usual regional stop on the summer festival circuit with an early fall date at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center on Sept. 19. Rocker-turned-twanger Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish fame will open the show. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for $51.75 and $67.

Rascal Flatts headlined last month's Country Splash festival in Somerset, Wis., and can often be heard up at We Fest, but not this year. The group is on its American Living Unstoppable Tour, a title derived from the J.C. Penney line for which it shills, and its latest album, "Unstoppable." The album lived up to its name when it debuted at No. 1 in Billboard in April, and the band remains a hot ticket in concert. This is the band's third year in a row performing at the X, and its fifth appearance there since 2002.

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