Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Darius Rucker announces UK Tour for October 2018


DARIUS RUCKER ANNOUNCES UK TOUR
                                    
Tickets are Available Friday, March 2 at 9 a.m. GMT 
at 
Ticketmaster UK | www.gigsandtours.com | @AXS_UK

Country Routes News Blog UK Tour Dates Page (2018 UK Tours & Gigs, LONDON Concert & Gig Dates, Festival Events)




NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A trip oversees is overdue for Darius Rucker who has announced a UK tour this fall.
 
Rucker is no stranger to the devoted country faithful in London, Germany and Amsterdam. Since signing with Capitol Records Nashville and releasing his first country album LEARN TO LIVE in 2008, the three-time GRAMMY winner has made multiple trips overseas including Country to County (C2C) festival at the O2 in London in 2013 where he declared he “couldn’t wait to get back” before making good on that promise and returning again in 2017 to rave reviews.
 
One publication wrote, “…will go down in history as one of the Festival’s greatest performances” and another opined Rucker “was the highlight…and no one could top his performance.”
 
The Platinum artist who is a member of the esteemed Grand Ole Opry has invested in touring overseas. In 2017, Rucker returned to the C2C stage and performed shows in countries such as in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
 
Rucker has fearlessly followed his own musical muse while cultivating a huge following of people drawn to his uniquely seductive delivery. He makes it seem effortless, until you step back and take in the magnitude of the music and the far reaching, lasting impact of songs that have become part of popular culture from his days fronting Hootie & the Blowfish to a country solo career that has netted him eight No. 1 records. 

His latest studio release on Capitol Records Nashville, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME, was launched with two sold-out shows that speak to the heart of who he is as an artist – making history at the famed Apollo Theater and a stadium-sized hometown, throw down in Charleston, S.C. at Volvo Stadium.

Darius Rucker announces long-awaited fifth studio album, When Was The Last Time, Oct. 20

Release Date 20 Oct 2017, Label: Humphead
12 Tracks/ Time: 43:16 Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com (Country Music People Nov 2017 5 STARS)

Debut Fri 20 Oct: #2 UK Country iTunes (#26 overall UK Albums chart)
On the Official UK Country Album Top 20 (Week Ending 2 November 2017) WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME made a debut at #4

UK Dates
Sunday 21 October 2018 – Symphony Hall, Birmingham (Broad Street, B1 2EA | Capacity: 2262) plus support £24.75 - £41.25 Ticketmaster UK | axs.com

Monday 22 October 2018 – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Website; Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY) plus support £36.55 (£32.50 Ticket + £4.05 Fees) £42.20 (£37.50 Ticket + £4.70 Fees) Ticketmaster UK

Tuesday 23 October 2018 –The Sage, Gateshead (St Marys Square, Gateshead Quays NE8 2JR | Capacity: 1640) plus support  axs.com

Thursday 25 October 2018 – O2 Academy, Bristol (Frogmore Street, BS1 5NA) plus support £33.70 (£29.50 Ticket + £4.20 Fees) Ticketmaster UK |  axs.com

Friday 26 October 2018 – Albert Hall, Manchester (Peter Street, M2 5QR) plus support £32.45 (£29.50 Ticket + £2.95 Fees) Ticketmaster UK | axs.com

Sunday 28 October 2018 – Royal Albert Hall, London (Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP | Capacity: 5272) Part of Country Music Week + special guest Russell Dickenson
On sale on Friday, 02 Mar 2018 at 9:00 AM
Tickets on sale Friday 2 March via Ticketmaster UK | gigsandtours and @AXS_UK

Rucker won’t be representing Music City alone on his journey through the United Kingdom. It turns out the NFL’s Tennessee Titans will be in London at the same time to play the Los Angeles Chargers.

About Darius Rucker
  • Rucker first attained multi-platinum status in the music industry as former lead singer and rhythm guitarist of GRAMMY award-winning Hootie & the Blowfish.
  • His most recent album WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME was released on Capitol Records Nashville on October 20, 2017 and debuted at No.8 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on Billboard Country Albums selling 30,100 copies on its debut week.
  • "If I Told You" was released from his 7th album When Was the Last Time as the album's lead single on July 5, 2016. It reached No.1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated June 24, 2017, becoming his first No.1 since "Wagon Wheel" in 2013. Second single "For the First Time" (released to radio on July 24, 2017) peaked at #13 on Country Airplay and #22 on Hot Country Songs Chart.
  • Single “Homegrown Honey” from fourth country album SOUTHERN STYLE was released August 25, 2014 reaching #2 on Billboard Country Airplay. Rucker’s previous albums (Learn To Live, Charleston, SC 1969 and True Believers) have all debuted at the top of the Billboard Country albums chart. TRUE BELIEVERS featured the Platinum-certified, ACM and CMA nominated, GRAMMY award-winning two- week No.1 single “Wagon Wheel.”
  • Rucker’s first two country albums, LEARN TO LIVE and CHARLESTON, SC 1966 produced five No.1 singles including “Come Back Song,” “This,” “Alright,” “It Won’t Be Like This For Long” and “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It.” 
  • In 2009 Rucker was named New Artist of the Year at the CMA Awards. He achieved a personal goal and childhood dream when he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on October 16, 2012.
  • Seven-time GRAMMY award-winning and 2017 nominees Lady Antebellum and Rucker will head out on the road together for their co-headlining SUMMER PLAYS ON TOUR, kicking off on July 19 in Toronto, ON.

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