Jelly Roll will be performing at Riverbend Music Center on Sept. 28. Photo: BadApple19, Wikimedia Commons

Born and raised in Nashville’s Antioch neighborhood, Jelly Roll, a former addict and drug dealer, released his latest chart-topping album, Ballads of the Broken, in 2021.

Now, in advance of a forthcoming new album, the singer/songwriter/rapper has just announced the dates of his “Backroad Baptism” tour. It lands at Cincinnati’s Riverbend Music Center on Sept. 28. Elle King, Struggle Jennings and Josh Adam Meyers open the show.

Tickets to the Jelly Roll concert at Riverbend go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Feb. 24.

Listen to “Son of a Sinner” by Jelly Roll:

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This article appears in Feb 8-21, 2023.