Lady A Postpones Tour Amid Bandmember's Sobriety Journey

Charles Kelley is sharing his goodbye missive to alcohol.

On Dec. 23, the Lady A vocalist released a caller opus detailing his conflict with addiction. Titled "As Far As You Could," the idiosyncratic way is simply a ballad astir the state singer's nationalist determination to halt drinking and statesman treatment.

"For me, the biggest connection I've been holding connected to is gratitude, not pride," Charles said successful a property release. "I'm grateful. I yet spot the airy and americium connecting with what beingness is each about."

"Some days are hard, but the bully truthful outweighs those atrocious moments," the 41-year-old Georgia autochthonal continued. "There's immoderate quality successful each this and I've had clip to reflect, clip to get healthy, clip to write. I've astir apt written 50 songs this fall, and I consciousness similar each of it was starring to this 1 song." 

Co-written and produced alongside Lady A bandmate Dave Haywood and Jimmy Robbin, the opus includes a reflective chorus wherever Charles sings astir putting an extremity to a not-so-healthy habit.

According to Charles, the song—like his travel to sobriety—has the afloat enactment of Lady A.

"We were astir acrophobic that if we enactment a clump of vocals connected it, that mightiness instrumentality distant from the symptom and authenticity of that singular vocal," helium said. "Hillary [Scott] particularly felt it was important for maine to archer my story…With their blessing, I'm putting this out, but it volition unrecorded close alongside everything other we do."

Back successful August, Lady A announced they were postponing their Request Line Tour truthful Charles tin absorption connected his sobriety.