Darius Rucker is going on tour in the summer but isn’t playing a show in SC
There is good news and bad news for South Carolina residents who are fans of Darius Rucker.
The good news is that the Hootie & the Blowfish frontman turned country music star announced plans for a solo tour this summer.
The bad news is that no concerts are scheduled in Rucker’s native South Carolina.
It is true that Rucker will play a concert at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia this Sunday, but it is not open to the public. That Columbia show, in celebration of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team winning the NCAA Tournament championship, is exclusively for an audience of USC system students.
So the closest Rucker will come to performing country music concerts in the Palmetto State this summer will be two tour stops scheduled in North Carolina.
On Aug. 25, Rucker will play in the border town of Tryon, North Carolina. The following night, he’s scheduled to play in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The tour will kick off with three shows in Nashville, starting with Rucker’s annual “Darius and Friends” benefit concert on June 6 at the historic Ryman Auditorium.
Various artists will appear with Rucker along the way on the tour. The list of country stars includes Tyler Booth, Daves Highway, Larry Fleet, Caylee Hammack, Ryan Hurd, Jameson Rodgers, Elvie Shane and Tenille Townes.
Tickets for many of the concerts are already on sale, and purchases are available through DariusRucker.com. Tickets for the remaining dates will all go on sale by Friday at 10 a.m., according to the website.
Rucker is a three-time Grammy-winning singer.
The Charleston native and bandmates formed Hootie & the Blowfish while they were students at the University of South Carolina in the 1980s. When they were getting started, the band played gigs at frat houses and were staples in Five Points bars and restaurants in Columbia.
Their album “Cracked Rear View” has gone platinum 20-plus times and was the best-selling album of 1995. It remains one of the best-selling albums of all time and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1995.
In the early 2000s, the group went on hiatus, and Rucker became an award-winning country music star and a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
In 2019, Rucker and the other members of Hootie & the Blowfish put on a major stadium tour in support of “Cracked Rear View’s” 25th anniversary. The tour concluded its U.S. leg with three nights of shows in Columbia.
Since that reunion tour, Rucker has continued his solo career, releasing more songs and recently completing a theater tour.
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