Hit-making band to headline a weekend at Fontainebleau

Hootie & The Blowfish are setting up camp for a weekend at BleauLive Theater.

Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld bring their “Summer Camp With Trucks” tour to the Fontainebleau venue Aug. 23-24. Ticket are on 10 a.m. Friday at fontainebleaulasvegas.com.

Founded in Columbia, S.C., in 1986, the band became famous a dozen years later with such hits as “Hold My Hand,” “Let Her Cry” and “Only Wanna Be With You.” Rucker most recently played Vegas at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena.

The two shows are characteristic of BleauLive Theater’s booking strategy to bring in touring shows or one-offs, rather than residencies.

The quartet met when they were students at University of South Carolina, playing bars and frat parties. The mix of blues, folk, pop, soul and rock made them a cross-genre sensation. Rucker has enjoyed solo success, leaning into country styles.

Rucker also made news away from the stage in February. The frontman was arrested in Williamson County, Tennessee on Feb. 1, and booked on three misdemeanor charges, which included two counts of simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance and one count of a violation of the state’s vehicle registration law, according to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office.

The 57-year-old musician reportedly was driving with expired tags on his car. After he was taken into police custody and booked on the minor charges, Rucker was released on a $10,500 bond.

Rucker’s attorney issued a statemen: “Darius Rucker is fully cooperating with authorities related to misdemeanor charges.”

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