{"id":2042372,"date":"2025-09-23T00:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2042372"},"modified":"2025-09-23T00:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:22:05","slug":"the-real-reason-why-john-legend-isnt-returning-for-the-voice-season-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-real-reason-why-john-legend-isnt-returning-for-the-voice-season-28\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason Why John Legend Isn&#8217;t Returning for &#8216;The Voice&#8217; Season 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>&#8220;Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>John Legend was one of the four coaches on <\/em>The Voice<em> season 27.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Fans learned John will not be returning for <\/em>The Voice<em> season 28.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>John revealed in March 2025 he&#8217;s exiting <\/em>The Voice <em>for season 28 to go on a world tour through the end of the year. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although it&#8217;s been a month since <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/the-voice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Voice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Voice<\/a><\/em> season 27 aired its finale, we&#8217;re still ecstatic about <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/life\/entertainment\/a64815142\/who-won-the-voice-2025-season-27-adam-david\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Adam David;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Adam David<\/a> <\/strong>winning the competition! But with the end of a new season comes a new beginning, as fans will soon realize when they tune in for season 28 in the fall of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As we all wait to see which new artists emerge from the NBC series, the network has already alerted viewers to which famous musicians will serve as coaches for <em>The Voice<\/em> season 28. With <strong>Michael Bubl\u00e9 <\/strong>returning to the show as a coach for the third season in a row, fans will also get to see vets <strong>Reba McEntire, Niall Horan<\/strong> and <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/life\/entertainment\/a64577896\/the-voice-2025-snoop-dogg-season-28-coach-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Snoop Dogg;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Snoop Dogg<\/a> <\/strong>all come back and sit in the iconic red chairs. And while we&#8217;re thrilled to see them work together, we can&#8217;t help but think of the coaches who aren&#8217;t appearing this go-around \u2014 like season 27 coach <strong>John Legend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Given how John&#8217;s influence on <em>The Voice<\/em> has been evident since his debut on season 16 back in 2019, we know there&#8217;s always a chance he&#8217;ll come back to the show at some point in the future. Regardless of this, viewers are still curious about <strong>why John Legend is leaving <em>The Voice<\/em> for season 28<\/strong>. As it turns out, he already alluded to the reason behind his exit \u2014 and it&#8217;s something pretty major for his career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span class=\"photo-credit\">NBC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier in the year, John shared some news about what&#8217;s next for his career in the music industry. Posting a surprise <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHV-dq0vfHj\/?img_index=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram post<\/a> on March 18, the singer announced he&#8217;d be embarking on the <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/johnlegend.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Get Lifted 20th Anniversary Tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Get Lifted 20th Anniversary Tour<\/a><\/em> to mark two decades since <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B07NBWZ9V6?tag=syn-yahoo-20&amp;ascsubtag=%5Bartid%7C10055.a.65132030%5Bsrc%7Cyahoo-us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:his debut album;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">his debut album<\/a> came out. What&#8217;s more, the tour was slated to begin in late May in Glasgow, Scotland and end on December 9 in Oakland, California in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited to announce that I&#8217;m heading back on the road for the Get Lifted 20th Anniversary Tour!&#8221; he penned at the time. &#8220;Join me and my band for an unforgettable performance of the entire <em>Get Lifted<\/em> album\u2014the album that introduced me to the world\u2014plus a few favorites from my career that *all of you* know and love&#8230; Let\u2019s celebrate 20 amazing years of <em>Get Lifted<\/em> together!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When fans learned of John&#8217;s plans for the rest of 2025, they immediately bombarded him with words of excitement for what&#8217;s to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I\u2019m in there I swear. I\u2019m so excited for this to hear all the old songs,&#8221; one person wrote in the comments. &#8220;LEGENDARY \ud83d\udcab [I&#8217;m] there \u203c\ufe0f,&#8221; another exclaimed. &#8220;This my albummmm\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 definitely gotta go!&#8221; a different follower added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, this makes sense as an explanation for why John isn&#8217;t returning to <em>The Voice<\/em> for season 28. But given how he&#8217;s popped in and out as a coach over the last few seasons, we&#8217;ll keep our eyes peeled to see if he plans to come back to TV soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>You Might Also Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.&#8221; John Legend was one of the four coaches on The Voice season 27. Fans learned John will not be returning for The Voice season 28. John revealed in March 2025 he&#8217;s exiting The Voice for season 28 to go on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2042373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[350113,360303,306229],"class_list":["post-2042372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-john-legend","tag-niall-horan","tag-the-voice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Real-Reason-Why-John-Legend-Isnt-Returning-for-The.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2042373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}