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Perth Now
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Darius Rucker cleared to continue tour
Darius Rucker has been given the all clear to continue his tour after cutting a gig short due to health issues. The Hootie and the Blowfish star, 59, was performing at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City on July 12, when he told fans he physically couldn't continue any longer and was forced to abandon the show mid-set - promising to make it up to them and offer refunds - and now it has been confirmed the country singer has been given the green light to get back on stage again. A representative for Rucker told USA Today: "There is no further interruption in his touring schedule. Following vocal rest, Darius has been cleared to resume shows." A video filmed during the doomed Atlantic City show, showed Rucker telling the audience: "I'm going to play one more song. I promise you, we are going to figure this out. You're going to get your money back. I just can't sing. "This [has] never happened. I physically can't sing, and I promise you on everything that I stand for I will make this up to you." The audience then helped him by singing the lyrics to Wagon Wheel. Apologising to the crowd, he said: "I'm so sorry." Rucker only managed to fully perform three songs (Life's Too Short, It Won't Be Like This for Long and For the First Time) - the fourth being Wagon Wheel, with the crowd's assistance. After the show, he took to Instagram to apologise to the audience because it had become clear he would not be able to reschedule the concert. The singer explained: "I feel awful and I'm so sorry - I have never lost my voice in all my years of performing. We looked at every option to reschedule, but unfortunately, it's just not possible this year, so we're issuing full refunds." Rucker is due back onstage on Saturday (19.07.25) in Florida. The Atlantic City show was the third stop on Rucker's tour, which will continue across the US throughout August and September before he is scheduled to head to the UK and Canada. The tour will finish with a run of shows in Naples, Florida in December.
USA Today
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Is Darius Rucker's tour canceled? What to know about upcoming dates
'Following vocal rest, Darius has been cleared to resume shows.' Rucker's Nashville-based publicist told USA TODAY. Despite having to stop mid-performance in mid-July after saying he was no longer able to sing at a New Jersey concert, country musician Darius Rucker is not canceling his remaining tour dates, a spokesperson for the star confirmed. In a surprising moment on stage at the Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday, July 12, Rucker stopped the show live and told fans the show could not go on. "Y'all, I can't sing anymore," the 59-year-old Hootie and the Blowfish front man turned country singer told the crowd. "This never happened. I physically can't sing." Now Rucker is ready to retake the stage. "There is no further interruption in his touring schedule," Rucker's Nashville-based publicist Ebie McFarland told USA TODAY on July 16. "Following vocal rest, Darius has been cleared to resume shows." EDM festival will go on: Fire 'severely' damages main stage at Tomorrowland music festival Darius Rucker's international tour The Atlantic City concert marked the third show in a 45-date international tour for Rucker. "I promise you on everything that I stand for, I will make this up to you," Rucker said after announcing his voice was shot during the performance. "I've never done this before." Darius Rucker unexpectedly ended a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, after losing his voice. Rucker promised fans in attendance they would receive refunds. A fan captured the moment Rucker finished singing his hit song "Wagon Wheel," before apologizing to the crowd and exiting the stage. The country star promised refunds for fans in attendance, according to PhillyBurbs, part of the USA TODAY Network. JLo cracks joke during show: Jennifer Lopez has funny response to fan asking for hand in marriage When is Darius Rucker's next show? According to Rucker's tour schedule on his website, Rucker's next show is slated for Saturday, July 19, in Hollywood, Florida, at the Seminole Hard Rock & Casino. The following show is set for Sunday, July 20, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa before Rucker and his band head to other venues across the United States and into the United Kingdom, as well as Canada. Rucker is set to return to the U.S. for his final show on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida. To see all scheduled shows, visit Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund.
