Darius Rucker to headline the SSE Arena Belfast alongside Jake Owen and The Shires

Tickets go on sale this week 👇

Author: Emma DicksonPublished 29th Oct 2024

Three-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer, guitarist, songwriter and Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker has announced a return to Belfast with a show at The SSE Arena, Belfast. Joined by very special guests, Jake Owen and The Shires, this promises to be an unforgettable night of country music.

📍 The SSE Arena, Belfast: 29th September 2025

Tickets go on sale this Friday, 1st November at 9:30am ticketmaster.ie

Rucker first achieved multi-Platinum status in the music industry as lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the GRAMMY Award-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish, who have sold more than 25 million albums worldwide including their Double Diamond-certified (22x Platinum) debut Cracked Rear View, which remains among the top 10 best-selling studio albums of all time.

Since releasing his first Country album in 2008, Rucker has earned a whole new legion of fans with four No. 1 albums on the Billboard Country chart, including RIAA Platinum-certified Learn to Live and True Believers, plus 10 No. 1 singles at Country radio and 11 Gold, Platinum or multi-Platinum certified hits.

Rucker was inducted as a Grand Ole Opry member in 2012 and in 2014 he won his third career GRAMMY Award for Best Solo Country Performance with his Diamond-certified (11x Platinum) version of “Wagon Wheel,” one of the top five best-selling Country songs of all time. His latest album, Carolyn’s Boy, is available everywhere now as is his first book, a memoir titled “Life’s Too Short” released via Dey Street Books earlier this year.

How to get tickets:

Tickets go on sale this Friday, 1st November at 9:30am ticketmaster.ie

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