"I grew up on Def Leppard and Bon Jovi, and I remember bands like that had a hard time in the 1990s," he tells Billboard.

It has drawn global attention to the fact that country music has a more diverse audience than many may think.Start the day ...

The band, which formed in 1996, closed out its final show on Jan. 30 with what iHeart called a career-spanning 29-song set.