Super group Rascal Flatts and Big Machine Records will release a brand new single, titled “Banjo”, to Country radio today for airplay impact beginning January 17. The song will serve as the first single off the band’s forthcoming album due out this spring.

Some lucky fans got hear a sneak peak of the song yesterday afternoon on their radio stations. The feedback has been AMAZING already!  If you didn’t catch it yesterday you can hear it here.

Jay DeMarcus reveals. “It’s about getting away from the hustle and bustle of every day life, finding a spot way out in the country and driving until you go so far, you start to hear a banjo.” Joe Don Rooney adds, “It’s so much fun, and it’s one of those things that we’ve never really tapped into. It’s going to be a great live song.”

Fans will get the chance to hear their favorite band live as the guys hit the road this week on their winter tour, “Thaw Out 2012,” which kicks off in Charleston, West Virginia, at the Charleston Civic Center Coliseum with Sara Evans and Hunter Hayes.

Rascal Flatts debuted their last studio album, Nothing Like This, on Big Machine Records in the fall of 2010 at #1 on the Country album sales chart and became one of only four country acts to debut six consecutive studio albums at #1. Since their musical debut in 2000, the band has sold over 20 million albums and 25 million digital downloads and delivered 13 #1 singles to the top of the charts.

Rascal Flatts is the most awarded country group of the past decade with over 40 trophies from the American Country Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, American Music Awards, Country Music Association Awards, People’s Choice Awards and more. As one of the hottest selling acts on tour in any genre, they’ve sold over 6 million concert tickets, and counting. For additional information on Rascal Flatts go to www.rascalflatts.com .