Cross Canadian Ragweed to Reunite, Play Show in Oklahoma
This story has been updated.
The rumors are true. Legendary Red Dirt band Cross Canadian Ragweed is reuniting, and will be playing a show with fellow Oklahoma legends the Turnpike Troubadours at T Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, OK on April 12th, 2025. This information was leaked out via a show poster on Tik-Tok Monday afternoon/evening (9-30) before spreading like wildfire across the internet. It comes as Cross Canadian Ragweed has been teasing a revelation in recent weeks.
The Great Divide, Jason Boland and the Stragglers, and Stoney LaRue will also play the stadium show titled “The Boys From Oklahoma.” Pre-sale will start October 7th, with public on-sale starting October 11th. To sign up for the presale, go to theboysfromoklahoma.com.
The original source of the leak appears to be the Tik-Tok handle @geoffinok. After they posted an image of the poster on Tik-Tok, it was screen grabbed and spread pervasively on Facebook. At the time of this post, one Facebook user had over 800 shares on Facebook of the poster. Saving Country Music was then able to confirm the authenticity of the information.
There is no confirmation at the moment if the show will lead to more shows or new music. However, Saving Country Music has learned through sources that more shows could be in the offing for the reunited version of the band.
“The thing that sticks out the most to me about Ragweed was all the people that we met,” Cody Canada said in a press release Tuesday morning, confirming the concert. “People that I’m still friends with, from Portland, Oregon, to Ybor City, Florida, and from New York to San Diego. That’s why there’s a part of me that never wants to quit doing this. I’m nostalgic for that. I think that everybody should have a little nostalgia in their life. So, let’s get together, and let’s make sure that we sound really good, and let’s make people smile. Let’s make ourselves smile, and let’s make McClure and Jason and Stoney and the Turnpike boys smile too.”
Earlier in September, Cross Canadian Ragweed began making cryptic posts on their website and social media that appeared to be their logo wrapped in red cloth and “2025.” It was the first sign of life we’d seen from the band after they officially disbanded in 2010. The most legendary lineup of the band included Cody Canada (lead guitar/vocals), Randy Ragsdale (drums), and Grady Cross (guitar), and Jeremy Plato (bass)—all of whom will return for the show.
Cody Canada currently fronts the band Cody Canada and the Departed with Jeremy Plato, which has been adding more Cross Canadian Ragweed songs to their repertoire over time. Canada says The Departed will continue even amid the Cross Canadian Ragweed reunification.
More information on the reunified Cross Canadian Ragweed when it becomes available.
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Editor’s Note: Saving Country Music generally does not like to spoil surprises. But similar to the leaks involving the Turnpike Troubadours, if the information becomes pervasive on the internet and is already a matter of public record, it will be shared here as well.
October 1, 2024 @ 12:02 am
prediction: playing Salt Shed after Thanksgiving
October 1, 2024 @ 9:06 am
Modifying this in the light of day:
Prediction is for Cross Canadian Ragweed only.
Turnpike already played the Salt Shed earlier this year.
October 1, 2024 @ 1:25 am
I’m gonna have a stroke. I’ve never felt a genuine “I have to be there” till this one. Many of the largest musical influences on my life in the town and stadium that’s been such a large part of my life? I’ll regret it if I miss this.
October 1, 2024 @ 3:36 am
I saw a poster with their name on it for the Dirty Myrtle music fest that was promptly taken down. I have a screenshot of that.
October 1, 2024 @ 4:15 am
Jenny come back from California
With a sparkle in her eye
Something hit me deep down in my soul
Lord I know it’s just rock n roll
October 1, 2024 @ 4:34 am
It’s happening….it’s happening!!
October 1, 2024 @ 5:36 am
I’m glad this is happening it great for the fans and great for the band. I’m hoping this leads to a run of shows.
October 1, 2024 @ 5:50 am
I saw CCR play to 200 people in a half-filled club in the band’s prime. Football stadium? Our music is certainly having its day.
October 1, 2024 @ 6:49 pm
It’s quite odd. Having seen TPT play a handful of times and tiny venues here over the years, even into 2022, it was super weird to see them play an arena show with Cody Jinks. Didn’t feel right.
October 1, 2024 @ 6:07 am
Couldn’t let the band announce it first, huh, Kyle? You just had to be the one who officially posted it first?
Geez, what a tool.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:02 am
I’m probably going to have an entire article on this soon. But here’s a few things:
First, this information was widespread and pervasive long before I ever got a hold of it. I’m not the source of the leak. I’m not even the biggest spreader of the leak. And by far. This information was out there six hours before I posted anything about it, and was widespread on Tik-Tok and Facebook four hours before I posted anything about it. The cat was well out of the bag, and I purposely waited until October 1st to post anything about it. I wish I could have waited longer, and until the band announced whatever they’re going to announce. But the information was already revealed. If anything, I was in arrears with this story.
Second, isn’t it interesting that whenever information is supposed to come out “exclusively” through one journalist, that information always seems to leak. It happened with the Turnpike Troubadours. Then it happened with the Turnpike Troubadours again. Now it’s happened with Cross Canadian Ragweed.
Third, exclusives are where viral events go to die. That is why I don’t do them, and actively speak out against them. They’re great for outlets and journalists. They’re terrible for artists and bands. Once again, we saw this with the Turnpike Troubadours, and the bungled rollout of “A Cat in the Rain.” In my opinion, this is likely what resulted in the lackluster debut sales for the album after all the energy was swirling after their reunification. The best way to reveal information is via press release or a band posting on their social media properties, so that ALL outlets can help spread that information so it permeates the public consciousness. This is especially a problem when this information is revealed behind a paywall, like this information was, and the Turnpike information was.
If one particular outlet wants to do an interview or something, awesome. But thinking that you’re only going to reveal information in one place has now failed three times in a row for this particular outlet. Not only are exclusives terrible for artists and bands, they’re unrealistic in 2024 with how quickly things spread on social media.
Cross Canadian Ragweed will be fine. This event is likely to sell out. But if someone’s ox needs to be gored, it ain’t me. My job is to report the news. There were multiple sources for this leak. That’s who I would be turning my ire towards. I’d also be asking questions of how this happened a third straight time.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:19 am
They love the paywall. I just switched to chrome and read it for free. Not paying to read an article
October 1, 2024 @ 7:27 am
Justify yourself all you want, but you were the only “official” news source to post about it publicly. Point me to one other actual news source (not a social media post, not a TikTok video) that *confirmed* it before you did (not posted rumors, not speculated based on the updated website and social media posts, but actually *confirmed* it) and I’ll eat my words.
You can claim “well it was widespread already” and that you were in arrears on the story, but the fact is that you decided to post it as official before the band had officially announced anything and you did it because you’ve got an ego the size of Texas.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:45 am
“you were the only “official” news source to post about it publicly.”
You’re damn right I was. Because to stay independent, I have to work nights and weekends. I have to burn midnight oil. I don’t have the multi billion dollar resources of Penske Media. I don’t stick my tongue up the asshole of artists to get on their good sides. And I never make fans pay to read what I post, or bombard them with ads.
“you did it because you’ve got an ego the size of Texas.”
lol. There is one person in this situation who is the linchpin of this entire mess with a massive ego who thinks it’s all about him. And trust me hoss, it ain’t me.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:59 am
And there it is, you freely admit that you did it to be ahead of everyone else. And now, you’ll probably threaten to shut down the comments because I’m not “sticking to the topic of the article,” when you’re the one who made it all about you by shoving the band out of the way to get to the front of the line.
Geez, what a fucking dick you are.
October 1, 2024 @ 8:32 am
“And there it is, you freely admit that you did it to be ahead of everyone else.”
Well, yeah. That’s because I monitor social media, pound pavement, keep my ear to the ground, and have developed deep contacts throughout the industry. I always try to be ahead of everyone else. Do you think you have me in some sort of “gotcha” moment?
And why would I shut down the comments section?
October 1, 2024 @ 10:22 am
Funny that literally everything that Interstate (wrongly) accused you of probably does apply to the unnamed person I think you are referring to. Funny, I have not seen you hosting a stage at a festival and announcing the bands or selling overpriced books at a merch table. I have, however, met you and you seemed to me to be a very kind, nice, and humble person.
October 1, 2024 @ 11:00 am
Kyle basically shoved the band out of the way to make the announcement himself. That is a dick move and you’re defending him.
And you know what…the person you’re referring to: I’ve met him and he is a genuine, nice, and humble person. Whether you or Kyle like it or not, he is the person the band chose to work with on the announcement and Kyle just decided to shove him and CCR out of the way to satisfy his own inflated ego.
October 4, 2024 @ 7:29 am
“I don’t have the multi billion dollar resources of Penske Media. I don’t stick my tongue up the asshole of artists to get on their good sides.”
The only asshole you lick is your own, that’s been clear for years. If you don’t like Crutchmer just say it, but he’s done as much as anyone to document the Red Dirt movement.
October 1, 2024 @ 10:12 am
Dude. Chill. Gallywinter posted about it and linked to the rolling stone article.
October 1, 2024 @ 12:11 pm
This is like reading an article in Rolling Stone about a confrontation between two country music stars written by a certain actor. Just name the name or at least tell us what it rhymes with.
October 1, 2024 @ 9:29 am
That’s your whole take away from this article? Not that the group is getting back together but to cry about someone posting it first.
This is good publicity, it can only help the band. Besides, it was all over twitter yesterday.
October 1, 2024 @ 11:08 am
The band chose to work with someone to officially announce the news. Kyle decided that it was his place to elbow everyone out of the way and satisfy his ego and post about it first. That’s dick behavior and I’m going to call it dick behavior.
October 1, 2024 @ 12:10 pm
This is not correct. The information was leaked online and was spreading pervasively and was anyone’s to post, no different than when it happened with the Turnpike Troubadours on numerous occasions.
I do appreciate your concern about how this might affect the band, and make no mistake about it, this was calculated before posting this article. If I thought this would adversely affect the band in anyway I would’ve never posted it, but it didn’t, and it hasn’t. i’m not even really sure it’s that big of a deal. The real story is how we got to this point.
October 1, 2024 @ 2:33 pm
Lighten up, Francis.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:35 pm
I think InterstateDildo has a crush on Trig. 😂
October 2, 2024 @ 5:42 am
That must have taken you whole twenty seconds to come up with that one.
October 3, 2024 @ 12:27 pm
Trig sitting on this news would be a disservice to his readers. And I second, if there was any journalist who earned the right to break this news, it was Trig.
And if you don’t like it, don’t read it.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:27 am
Oh I’m prepared to spend biiiiiiiig money… yup. College me would have been out of his mind imagining this lineup. CCR broke up when I was in high school, so never had a chance to see them, but they were pivotal in changing my musical taste in college.
Only thing that would’ve been better is if it would’ve been a Red Rocks show.
October 1, 2024 @ 12:27 pm
To pay three to five times as much for the tickets plus inflated Denver hotel prices? You’d also be looking at a much more limited set time. Be glad it’s in Payne County.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:51 am
How would one get on the presale list?!
October 1, 2024 @ 8:27 am
You can go here:
https://static.okstate.com/custompages/bfo/
Gee, surprised the “exclusive” in Rolling Stone didn’t include this information.
October 1, 2024 @ 8:10 am
How do we get on pre-sale list?
October 1, 2024 @ 8:26 am
https://static.okstate.com/custompages/bfo/
October 1, 2024 @ 8:33 am
Haven’t been on this website as much recently, but this brought me back lol. As an OSU alum, it doesn’t get much better than this. What an incredible lineup, and to be playing at BPS. Go pokes, can’t wait.
October 1, 2024 @ 9:01 am
Bet you a quarter …
October 1, 2024 @ 9:39 am
Looks like I’m doing a “Work from Oklahoma” trip in April y’all.
October 1, 2024 @ 9:56 am
Hopefully this turns into a tour.
October 1, 2024 @ 10:38 am
If you need a place to stay air bnb’s are going fast if not gone. Hotels in OKC booking up fast. Best to get a reservation now if you think there’s a chance you’ll go.
October 1, 2024 @ 12:25 pm
Aside from at the original Wormy Dog in the late 90s, my best experience seeing CCR live was at Terminal 5 around 2008. Charlie Robison and REK played, too. It was incredible. I’ve seen them play at several other places where the sound was off, including Billy Bob’s.
Most of these guys (sans Turnpike) played together at a Tower Theater OKC show around 2018. It was a lot of fun, and I saw people from 20 years prior. T-Boone is too big to enjoy a concert, but it sounds better than this year’s version of Cowboy football. I hope you all have fun.
October 1, 2024 @ 1:48 pm
That must have been amazing. RIP Charlie.
October 1, 2024 @ 7:32 pm
I’m predicting they’ll headline Railbird 2025 and some other festivals. They see the success Turnpike had with their reunion and believe they can replicate it.
October 3, 2024 @ 12:23 pm
I don’t blame Cody for seeing all these bands headlining Red Rocks and think crap, I started this, let me get some. Good for him. He deserves it.
October 3, 2024 @ 1:05 pm
The Great Divide was the first of the Red Dirt musicians or bands to regularly in front of big crowds. CCR ended up being bigger, but TGD opened a lot of those doors.
I’d also add that having seen these acts live many, many times, reaching back to the days of some of them playing Stillwater house parties, that Wyatt Flores is the most talented live performer to ever come out of the scene. I get why he wasn’t included but he should have been. I say that with some objectively because I have an overwhelming positive bias for the guys closer to my age.