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\n\tWith their comeback year in the books, Cross Canadian Ragweed<\/a> are ready to embrace a once unlikely frontier: simply being a band again. \u201cI told everybody, let\u2019s take advantage of our second chance, because we probably don\u2019t get a third one,\u201d frontman Cody Canada says.<\/p>\n \n\tRagweed\u2019s run of sold-out stadium shows last year enabled Canada to cross off a bucket-list item this morning. Rolling Stone has confirmed the band will play its first headlining concert at the venerable Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre outside of Denver on July 24, with an official announcement set for this morning. Tickets will go on sale Friday to the public, and the band will share pre-sale information on its website<\/a> and via social media.<\/p>\n \n\tWhen Canada and bandmates Jeremy Plato, Randy Ragsdale, and Grady Cross returned to the stage in 2025 following a 15-year hiatus, Red Rocks was not just a goal for Canada, it was the<\/em> goal. \u201cWe have to play Red Rocks\u201d was the first thing he recalls telling his agent, Jon Folk, when they discussed a possible reunion.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe first time I went, we opened for Dierks Bentley, and it was supposed to be us and Dierks doing High Times and Hangovers,\u201d Canada recalls of Ragweed\u2019s first and only time at the venue on a 2005 tour with Bentley. \u201cThen, they put a guy in the middle \u2014 we don\u2019t have to say his name \u2014\u00a0because he had a song on the radio. We got bumped to the first set, which was about 30 minutes, and man, I was pretty sore about it. I don\u2019t want to be a jerk, but it was kind of bullshit. I always kind of wanted to come back and do a full set just to redeem that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe concert marks the third date in 2026 with Ragweed alone atop the bill. The band will headline the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for the first time on March 16<\/a> and played the opening night of January\u2019s annual Mile 0 Fest in Key West, Florida, capping off a block party on Duval Street.<\/p>\n \n\tRagweed and the Turnpike Troubadours will co-headline at least four Boys From Oklahoma<\/a> concerts this year, following last year\u2019s sold-out shows in Stillwater, Oklahoma<\/a>, and Waco, Texas<\/a>. The bands will play back-to-back evenings at Akins Ford Arena in Athens, Georgia, on Feb. 27 and 28 (they added a second night after announcing one and selling it out). The Castellows and Shelby Stone will open nights one and two, respectively.<\/p>\n