{"id":173663,"date":"2025-07-18T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/18\/darius-rucker-to-continue-tour-following-mid-set-cancellation\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T00:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:05:09","slug":"darius-rucker-to-continue-tour-following-mid-set-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/18\/darius-rucker-to-continue-tour-following-mid-set-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Rucker to Continue Tour Following Mid-Set\u00a0Cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/hootie-the-blowfish\/\">Hootie &amp; the Blowfish<\/a> frontman Darius Rucker has confirmed he will continue with his current run of tour dates after recently cancelling one of his shows mid-set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRucker, who launched his recent tour on July 10, performed in Atlantic City, NJ on Saturday (July 12), though was forced to cut the concert short after losing his voice. \u201cY\u2019all I can\u2019t sing anymore,\u201d the musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@carotheblondie\/video\/7526379185959488798\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">told the crowd<\/a>. \u201cI will play one more song. I promise you we\u2019re going to figure this out. This never happened. I physically can\u2019t sing\u2026 I will make this up to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTrue to his word, Rucker concluded his set with his version of Old Crow Medicine Show\u2019s \u201cWagon Wheel,\u201d though required audience assistance to finish the track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTaking to his Instagram Stories after the incident, Rucker thanked fans and apologized for cutting the show short. However, he noted he would be unable to reschedule the show as initially promised onstage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI feel awful and I\u2019m so sorry \u2014 I have never lost my voice in all my years of performing,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe looked at every option to reschedule, but unfortunately, it\u2019s just not possible this year, so we\u2019re issuing full refunds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThough doubt was cast on Rucker\u2019s upcoming tour dates, a representative for the musician has since confirmed he will return to the road on Saturday (July 19) with a performance in Hollywood, FL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThere is no further interruption in his touring schedule,\u201d Rucker\u2019s publicist said in a statement given to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/17\/darius-rucker-not-canceling-tour\/85256418007\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>USA Today<\/em><\/a>. \u201cFollowing vocal rest, Darius has been cleared to resume shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRucker\u2019s current tour will continue in the US throughout August and September, before shows in the UK and Canada across September and October. The run of dates will wrap with a final date in Naples, FL in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe musician\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/darius-rucker-fall-hootie-the-blowfish-show-1235800388\/\">mid-set antics<\/a> also made headlines last year when he slipped and fell during a performance in Charleston, SC in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDon\u2019t need no five-star reservations\/ I got spaghetti and a cheap bottle of wine\/ Don\u2019t need no concert in the city,\u201d he sang from his 2008 single \u201cAlright\u201d directly before falling, after which he quipped to the supportive audience: \u201cI\u2019m old as f\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/darius-rucker-continue-tour-following-cancellation-1236024451\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hootie &amp; the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker has confirmed he will continue with his current run of tour dates after recently cancelling one of his shows mid-set. Rucker, who launched his recent tour on July 10, performed in Atlantic City, NJ on Saturday (July 12), though was forced to cut the concert short after losing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}