The 43-show trek includes special guests Collective Soul and Edwin McCain
Next summer, Hootie & the Blowfish are mounting a massive North American tour. The trek kicks off on May 30 at the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas, and wraps up on September 28 at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. Very special guests for the trek will be Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. Check out the full itinerary for the Summer Camp with Trucks Tour below, plus a special tour preview video.
Additionally, Hootie & the Blowfish’s June 21 performance at Fenway Park in Boston will also feature Barenaked Ladies.
“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!”
Citi is the official card of the Summer Camp with Trucks Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning tomorrow, November 7, at 12pm local time until Thursday, November 9 at 10pm through the Citi’s Entertainment program.
The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but may include premium tickets, a backstage tour and photo on stage, VIP lounge access, autographed merchandise, and more.
General tickets go on sale this Friday, November 10 at 10am local time HERE.
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 last embarked on their sold-out Group Therapy Tour back in 2019.
To date, 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 Johnson, Musical Chairs, Scattered, Smothered & Covered, Hootie & 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.
May 30 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
May 31 – Rogers, AR. – Walmart AMP
June 1 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 6 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 7 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
June 8 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center
June 13 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion
June 14 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre
June 15 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Broadview Stage at SPAC
June 21 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park*
June 27 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
June 28 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
June 29 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
July 10 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
July 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
July 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
July 16 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
July 17 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 19 – Portland, OR – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
July 20 – Seattle, WA – White River Amphitheatre
July 26 – Birmingham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 27 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
August 1 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre
August 2 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
August 3 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 8 – Somerset, WI – Somerset Amphitheater
August 9 – Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
August 10 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 15 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
August 16 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
August 17 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
August 29 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
September 5 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
September 6 – Syracuse, NY – Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview
September 7 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
September 12 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
September 13 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
September 14 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
September 19 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
September 20 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 26 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 27 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
September 28 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
*with Barenaked Ladies