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Hootie & the Blowfish, Collective Soul, and Edwin McCain to Play Shows in Holmdel and Camden

originally published: 11/06/2023

(CAMDEN, NJ) -- Iconic pop-rock band Hootie & the Blowfish return to the road in 2024, as the foursome sets out on the Summer Camp with Trucks Tour produced by Live Nation featuring special guests Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. Locally, the tour comes to the PNC Bank Arts Center on Friday, August 2, 2024 and the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden on Friday, August 16, 2024.

The group comprised of Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, who formed the band during their time as students together at the University of South Carolina, will visit 43 cities across the U.S. and Canada. This marks the first full tour since 2019 for the band whose chart-topping, GRAMMY-award winning career has featured more than 25 million albums sold, including their 2x Diamond-certified debut album Cracked Rear View – which remains among the top 10 best-selling albums in all of music history – plus 17 Billboard-charting songs to date.

“Basically overnight, our lives changed when Cracked Rear View did what it did – and yet as we quickly moved from vans and college bars to tour busses and arenas, not much else changed with how we approached making music and sharing it with our fans,” reflects Bryan. “Edwin McCain told someone at the time that touring with us felt like summer camp with trucks… and that’s exactly how we want next year to feel, too. We can’t wait for you to join us!”

The tour kicks off May 30 in Dallas and runs through Sept. 28 in West Palm Beach, visiting arenas, amphitheaters and select stadiums such as Boston’s iconic Fenway Park (with special guests Barenaked Ladies) along the way, including a homecoming to Columbia, S.C.’s Colonial Life Arena for the Gamecock alumni. General onsale begins this Friday, November 10 at 10:00am local time via Hootie.com, with presale access for Hootie & the Blowfish e-newsletter subscribers beginning tomorrow, November 7 at 12:00pm local time until Thursday, November 9 at 10:00pm local time.

In addition to playing limited engagements, including their annual Monday After the Masters charity event which raises funds to support educational programs and the South Carolina junior golf program, Hootie & the Blowfish most recently embarked on the sold-out Group Therapy Tour in 2019, with the Atlanta Journal Constitution praising the “well-produced nostalgic romp featuring a setlist stacked with singalongs, an effective stage show… and a band that sounds record perfect,” the Arizona Republic celebrating “the band’s tight harmonies and crunchy guitar solos, making it hard to believe they ever took a break,” the Dallas Observer remarking, “whatever the descriptive shorthand used — roots rock, alt-country, jangle-pop or country-rock — Hootie & the Blowfish’s material has aged extraordinarily well” and the Austin American-State sman declaring, “Hootie & the Blowfish are getting the credit they always deserved.”




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With the rich, bluesy vocals of Darius Rucker and gleeful harmonies of guitarist Mark Bryan, bassist Dean Felber and drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, Hootie & the Blowfish have sold over 25 million records worldwide to date after their infectious melodies hit the airwaves in 1994 with hits such as “Hold My Hand,” “Let Her Cry” and “Only Wanna Be With You.” The quartet met at the University of South Carolina where endless gigs at frat houses and local bars built a major local buzz. Their blend of pop, folk, blues, soul and rock made them hard to pigeonhole, but easily accessible to anyone who loved good music.

Atlantic Records, impressed by their regional draw, signed them and released Cracked Rear View in 1994. The album had been out for six months before the band played on the Late Show with David Letterman which sent sales skyrocketing, eventually landing at No. 1 on the Billboard chart the following spring. Cracked Rear View and the band went on to win two GRAMMY Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, a Billboard Music Award and multiple People’s Choice Awards. Cracked Rear View also earned the band Billboard‘s Band of the Year Award in 1996 and the RIAA’s Diamond Award for sales in excess of 10 million units. At 21x Platinum, Cracked Rear View remains among the Top 10 best-selling studio albums in music history.

The band remained a top draw nationwide following their debut and released five more albums for Atlantic: Fairweather JohnsonMusical Chairs, Scattered, Smothered & CoveredHootie & the Blowfish and The Best of Hootie & the Blowfish, as well as Looking For Lucky on their own Sneaky Long Records and LIVE in Charleston, The Homegrown Concert Event DVD and CD. The band took a break from full-time touring in 2007, reuniting annually for a variety of philanthropic events while also pursuing solo projects. 2019 marked the band’s first full-time touring year in over a decade as they embarked on the sold-out Group Therapy Tour in support of Imperfect Circle, released in late 2019 under a new record deal with Universal Music Group’s Capitol Nashville, and 2024 will see them return to the road once again for the upcoming Summer Camp with Trucks Tour.

Hailing from Atlanta, Ga., Collective Soul is Celebrating their 30th anniversary! With 11 studio albums and eight No. 1 hits under their belt, frontman and chief songwriter Ed Roland is unwaveringly driven in his desire to double down on doing more of what he does best – making music, sweet music, both in the studio and onstage. Seeing eye to eye, and ear to ear, is part of the secret sauce of why Collective Soul continues to both record and play together at an uncompromised level of high quality. With electrifying newer material such as their most recent 2022 release of Vibrating, along with the everlasting Collective Soul classic hits like “Shine,” “December,” “The World I Know,” “Heavy” and “Where The River Flows,” these five fiery rockers are only just getting started with the next phase of their thriving career that has moved millions of records and wowed multitudes of fa ns across the globe. Working in tandem, sharing unbridled opinions, and listening to what everyone else has to say without recrimination are all key proponents in fostering Collective Soul’s perpetual harmony. As 2024 unfurls, it’s clear that heaven continues to shine its light down on Collective Soul, a formidable five-man band humming along in unison with many more good vibrations of their own to share with the masses far and wide.

From Charleston, S.C., Edwin McCain is going on over 30 years of hits and worldwide touring. He has been called a “street corner prophet” by USA Today, an “aching tenor” by Slate Magazine and a “great American romantic” by the New York Times, but McCain is much more than those things. After a long ride on a wave created by recording two of the biggest love songs in the history of music (“I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask For More”) and producing and starring in a TV series (“Flippin’ Ships” on Animal Planet), McCain slowed his road schedule to dedicate more time to his primary roles as husband to his wife and father to their three young teenagers. Well, the kids are grown-ish and McCain’s fans are still clamoring for more as his hit songs, authentic spirit and surprisingly affable sense of humor keep everyone coming back time and time again; no t that McCain’s music ever slows down. “American Idol” and “The Voice” contestants still turn to his ballads year after year to help them win over judges and fans. Millions more have been turned on by pop icons Justin Bieber and Charlie Puth who have both covered his hit songs. McCain shares, “15-year-old me would have crawled through a river of fire to be the singer/songwriter that I am today, and I remember that. I am incredibly grateful to be able to do this.”

Summer Camp with Trucks Tour

May 30             Dallas, Texas                         Dos Equis Pavilion




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May 31             Rogers, Ark.                          Walmart AMP

June 1               St. Louis, Mo.                       Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

June 6               Detroit, Mich.                        Pine Knob Music Theatre

June 7               Cincinnati, Ohio                    Riverbend Music Center

June 8               Indianapolis, Ind.                  Ruoff Music Center

June 13             Gilford, N.H.                         BankNH Pavilion

June 14             Bangor, Maine                      Maine Savings Amphitheatre

June 15             Saratoga Springs, N.Y.         Broadview Stage at SPAC

June 21             Boston, Mass.*                      Fenway Park

June 27             Bethel, N.Y.                          Bethel Woods Center for the Arts




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June 28             Hershey, Pa.                          Hersheypark Stadium

June 29             Burgettstown, Pa.                  The Pavilion at Star Lake

July 10              Denver, Colo.                        Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre ~

July 11              Salt Lake City, Utah              USANA Amphitheatre

July 13              Phoenix, Ariz.                       Footprint Center

July 16              Anaheim, Calif.                     Honda Center

July 17              Mountain View, Calif.          Shoreline Amphitheatre

July 19              Portland, Ore.                        RV Inn Styles Amphitheater

July 20              Seattle, Wash.                       White River Amphitheatre

July 26              Birmingham, Ala.                 Oak Mountain Amphitheatre

July 27              Nashville, Tenn.                    Bridgestone Arena

Aug. 1               Hartford, Conn.                     The XFINITY Theatre

Aug. 2               Holmdel, N.J.                        PNC Bank Arts Center

Aug. 3               Columbia, Md.                      Merriweather Post Pavilion

Aug. 8               Somerset, Wisc.                    Somerset Amphitheater

Aug. 9               Chicago, Ill.                           Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre

Aug. 10             East Troy, Wisc.                    Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Aug. 15             Cleveland, Ohio                    Blossom Music Center

Aug. 16             Camden, NJ                   Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

Aug. 17             Bristow, Va.                          Jiffy Lube Live




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Aug. 29             Columbia, S.C.                      Colonial Life Arena

Sept. 5               Wantagh, N.Y.                      Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

Sept. 6               Syracuse, N.Y.                      Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview

Sept. 7               Toronto, Ontario                   Budweiser Stage

Sept. 12             Knoxville, Tenn.                   Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center

Sept. 13             Raleigh, N.C.                        Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Sept. 14             Virginia Beach, Va.              Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

Sept. 19             Charlotte, N.C.                      PNC Music Pavilion

Sept. 20             Alpharetta, Ga.                      Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

Sept. 26             Tampa, Fla.                           MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre

Sept. 27             Jacksonville, Fla.                   VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

Sept. 28             West Palm Beach, Fla.          iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

also featuring special guests Barenaked Ladies

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