Written by: Alex Green
Hootie and the Blowfish announced today that their ten-year hiatus has ended and the band will be touring and releasing new music in 2019.
The band’s original lineup of Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld will be returning to full-time touring in the new year and have already announced 44 U.S. dates, which will begin at the end of May in Virginia Beach.
The South Carolina outfit’s upcoming sixth album will be their first since 2005’s Looking For Lucky.
It’s been twenty-five years since their debut album Cracked Rear View hit shelves and in that timespan, it’s gone on to become the fifth best-selling studio album of all time.
Over the course of their career, the band has sold almost 30 million albums.
Bryan was a recent guest on Stereo Embers: The Podcast.
Hootie and the Blowfish Group Therapy Tour
May 30 @ Virginia Beach, Va. | Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
May 31 @ Raleigh, N.C. | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
June 1: Atlanta, Ga. | Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
June 6: Orange Beach, Ala. | The Wharf
June 7: Tampa, Fla. | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 8: West Palm Beach, Fla. | Coral Sky Amphitheatre
June 13: Austin, Texas | Austin360 Amphitheater
June 14: Houston, Texas | The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
June 15: Dallas, Texas | Dos Equis Pavilion
June 19: Phoenix, Ariz. | Ak-Chin Pavilion
June 21: Chula Vista, Calif. | North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
June 22: Las Vegas, Nev. | T-Mobile Arena
June 23: Irvine, Calif. | FivePoint Amphitheatre presented by Mercury Insurance
June 25: Los Angeles, Calif. | Hollywood Bowl
June 28: Wheatland, Calif. | Toyota Amphitheatre
June 29: Mountain View, Calif. | Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 11: Englewood, Colo. | Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 13: Maryland Heights, Mo. | Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 14: Rogers, Ark. | Walmart AMP
July 19: Monticello, Iowa | Great Jones County Fair
July 20: Cincinnati, Ohio | Riverbend Music Center
July 21: Burgettstown, Penn. | KeyBank Pavilion
July 26: Cleveland, Ohio | Blossom Music Center
July 27: Bristow, Va. | Jiffy Lube Live
July 28: Camden, N.J. | BB&T Pavilion
August 2: Guilford, N.H. | Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
August 3: Mansfield, Mass. | Xfinity Center
August 4: Saratoga Springs, N.Y. | Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 8: Columbia, Md. | Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 9: Canandaigua, N.Y. | Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center: CMAC
August 10: New York, N.Y. | Madison Square Garden
August 16: Detroit, Mich. | DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 17: Noblesville, Ind. | Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
August 18: Des Moines, Iowa | Iowa State Fair
August 22: St. Paul, Minn. | Minnesota State Fair
August 23: East Troy, Wis. | Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 24: Tinley Park, Ill. | Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
August 29: Toronto, Ont. | Budweiser Stage
August 30: Hershey, Penn. | Hersheypark Stadium
August 31: Hartford, Conn. | XFINITY Theatre
September 5: Charlotte, N.C. | PNC Music Pavilion
September 6: Birmingham, Ala. | Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
September 7: Nashville, Tenn. | Bridgestone Arena
September 13: Columbia, S.C. | Colonial Life Arena
