When Hootie and the Blowfish play at a fundraiser to benefit the Animal Mission this week, the bandmates likely will compare notes on their recent solo efforts. Guitarist...
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Hootie & the Blowfish are again delaying the start of their summer tour as lead singer Darius Rucker recovers from a staph infection in his left knee.
Rucker, 41, has...
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Hootie & the Blowfish announced a 14-city concert tour Wednesday to help collect supplies for disadvantaged schools.
Concertgoers are encouraged to bring school supplies,...
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Hootie & The Blowfish postponed their concert at Roseland in New York City due to ongoing local labor disputes. The band said in a statement, "We are extremely disappointed...
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Darius Rucker of Hootie & The Blowfish opened his South Carolina home to a television crew from Home And Garden TV (HGTV) for the special Rock Gardens. The hour-long show...
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Hootie & The Blowfish and the Goo Goo Dolls have been added to the lineup of the inaugural Dale Earnhardt Tribute Concert. The two latest additions join previously announced...
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Hootie & The Blowfish returns to live performances on Saturday (March 12) following the group's four-plus-years on hiatus. The group returns to the scene in support of its...
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After a more than four-year wait, Hootie & The Blowfish released its first album of all new material on Tuesday (March 4). "Innocence," the first single from the self-titled...
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Hootie & the Blowfish are set to release their self-titled album March 4. The band's fourth studio album for Atlantic Records is the first by Hootie in nearly five years....
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Darius Rucker spent Thursday (July 18) in Johannesburg, South Africa promoting his solo R&B debut, Back To Then, which was released last month in that country. The album,...
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Hootie & the Blowfish lead singer Darius Rucker wanted his video for "Wild One" to show another side of his personality. The song is the first release from his solo R&B...
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Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker says that soul singer Al Green had an impact on his singing style. On Rucker's debut solo album, Back To Then, due out on July...
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Hootie & the Blowfish have entered a Los Angeles studio to begin work on their first album of original material since 1998's Musical Chairs. The group has hooked up with...
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Darius Rucker, the lead singer of the 20-million-record-selling rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, has put his R&B chops to work for his solo debut, Back To Then, which is...
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Meat Loaf, Hootie & the Blowfish, Tommy Lee, and Bruce Springsteen E-Street Band saxophone player Clarence Clemons were among the participants scheduled for the annual...
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Hootie & the Blowfish will perform two shows at the legendary New York City jam-band club Wetlands, which is closing this fall. The band is slated to perform two shows...
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While Darius Rucker continues to work on his first solo album, he is still finding time to join his Hootie & The Blowfish bandmates on the road to play a few gigs and pay a...
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Amateur golfers-professional rockers Hootie & the Blowfish have moved their annual Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament to Kiawah Island, South...
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The Rounder Records compilation Stop Handgun Violence is in stores now, and it features Hootie & the Blowfish, Fastball and Toad The Wet Sprocket, among others. As to what...
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Previously unreleased tracks by Hootie & the Blowfish, Fastball, and Toad The Wet Sprocket are featured on the new benefit compilation album Stop Handgun Violence, now in...
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After spending a month on the road in support of their covers album, Scattered, Smothered, And Covered, Hootie & the Blowfish are retreating to the homestead for...
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Creed's Scott Stapp, Hootie & the Blowfish, Sugar Ray's Stan Frazier, and Collective Soul's Ed Roland and Shane Evans are just a few of the stars appearing at the Fairway...
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Hootie & the Blowfish did their part to help heal wounds inflicted on the servicemen of the USS Cole with a concert Monday night (October 23) in Norfolk, Virginia, that was...
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Hootie & the Blowfish and Pink perform tomorrow (October 11) at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in conjunction with Rock The Vote and Wake Forest University....
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A controversy is brewing over the arrest of a man who identified himself as the drummer for Hootie & the Blowfish. The man in question, Bryan Williams, was arrested just...
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Hootie & the Blowfish will release a rarities album this fall that features covers of songs by R.E.M., Tom Waits, and Roy Orbison, and perhaps Led Zeppelin and the...
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Hootie & the Blowfish will join the "Get In Step With The People Of South Carolina" march today (April 6) in protest of having the Confederate flag fly over the South...
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The Monday After The Masters Pro-Am golf tournament, organized annually by members of Hootie & the Blowfish, remains in South Carolina, despite the band's support of the...
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This year, Hootie & the Blowfish's Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Charity Golf Tournament will take place April 10 at the University Club in Blythewood,...
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On March 14,
Hootie & The Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan will become the first member of the band to release a solo album. 30 On The Rail features 13 tracks and a handful...
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With his band in between projects, Hootie & The Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan steps to the center-stage with his first solo album, 30 On The Rail. The album, due March 14,...
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Hootie & The Blowfish is just one of the Atlantic recording artists involved with the annual New York Cares Coat Drive in New York City, which encourages folks to donate...
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Hootie & The Blowfish will be taking a major hiatus, according to singer Darius Rucker. He tells LAUNCH that he wants to show people that he's got more to him than just...
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Walt Disney World has announced its rock 'n' roll plans for the millennium New Year's Eve. For one of a number of parties being held on its properties, the resort will...
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Hootie & the Blowfish's manager and lawyer have announced their partnership in a new management company, Management 101.
Manager Rusty Harmon and lawyer Richard Gusler...
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Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker, R.E.M. multi-instrumentalist Mike Mills, former Bangles Michael Steele and Vicki Peterson, and Jolene singer/ guitarist John...
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In what is being touted as the first netcast to offer viewers control of a multi-camera concert feed, on Oct. 2 Hootie & the Blowfish will kick off ear MusicFest '98, an...
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It took three weeks and Marilyn Manson to knock Lauryn Hill's solo bow, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, from the top of the charts. Manson's Mechanical Animals enters at...
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Ever wonder why superstar rock attractions often charter their own private jets? Hootie & the Blowfish can tell you. The band was on an American Airlines plane flying from...
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It's shaping up to be an exciting season for new music, with much-anticipated releases from Hole, Marilyn Manson, Beck, Ice Cube and others on the horizon. Whether or not...
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Never mind Monica Lewinsky...Hootie & the Blowfish performed for President Clinton and about 1,000 guests on Friday night in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York. The...
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Hootie & the Blowfish will be honored June 2nd as an "inspirational band" for 1998 at the sixth Spring Benefit And Concert Of The American Society Of Young Musicians at the...
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The Wilhemina modeling agency has signed up with Atlantic Records in a unique new deal. Atlantic, the home of Jewel, Matchbox 20, Duncan Sheik and Hootie & the Blowfish,...
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Hootie & the Blowfish will embark next month on their first tour since 1996, and the shows will be in clubs. The South Carolina band, set to enter the studio this Spring...
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Ice-T, Kurtis Blow and Coolio were among stars expected to be on hand to rap and wrap gifts at the L.A. nightclub Billboard Live the night of December 23rd.
An annual...
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Hootie & the
Blowfish have decided to settle out of court with their former manager, Henry Neuman, who filed a $150 million lawsuit against the homespun frat-rock band...
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