There are few stages the world over more iconic than the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville’s “Mother Church of Country Music.” London’s Royal Albert Hall is one of them. And with a capacity of 5,272, it’s more than twice the size. British fans of country music filled every one of those seats …
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Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker has formed a supergroup, Howl Owl Howl, with R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills and co-founding, former drummer for the Black Crowes, Steve Gorman. Their debut track “My Cologne” arrives Oct. 31, and they’re kicking off their inaugural tour Nov. 3 at the Vogue in …
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BigXThaPlug is going big with his collaborations for his upcoming album, I Hope You’re Happy. The rapper, born Xavier Landum, revealed the track list, which features Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Shaboozey, and more, during a visit to Apple Music’s new L.A. studio, which opened this week. The 11-song set also …
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Country luminaries like Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, and Sheryl Crow — and many, many, many more — paid tribute to Kris Kristofferson following the legendary musician and actor’s death this weekend. “What a great loss, what a great writer, what a great actor, what a great friend,” Parton …
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Morgan Wallen spent this weekend playing to more than 150,000 people over two shows at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The gigs were about as close as the country star gets to a homecoming blowout — he grew up in Sneedville, about 90 minutes away — so he marked …
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Darius Rucker has pleaded no contest to drug-related misdemeanor charges of simple possession, casual exchange, and violation of registration law. The musician received a probation sentence of 11 months and 29 days from a judge in Williamson County in Tennessee. In a statement to WKRN, legal representation for Rucker, attorneys …
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Sometime in 1986, Darius Rucker was singing in his dorm shower at the University of South Carolina when another kid on the floor overheard him. Mark Bryan grabbed his guitar and asked Rucker to jam in his room, leaving the door open. Within minutes, they were drawing their first crowd. …
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Which Nineties band once dropped $32,000 to buy a dealer’s entire supply of Ecstasy at once? The answer would’ve been hard to guess at the height of their fame, but the culprits were the seemingly clean-cut dudes in Hootie and the Blowfish —who, as frontman Darius Rucker reveals in his …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Hootie & the Blowfish kick off their 2024 Summer Camp With Trucks Tour on May 30, but in March 2008, the Nineties rock band whose debut album, Cracked …
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When Darius Rucker discovered that a warrant was issued for his arrest in December 2023, he was caught off guard. The musician was taken into custody in February 2024 on charges of simple possession, casual exchange, and violation of registration law — one year after he was pulled over by …
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