HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH RETURN TO THE CAROLINAS FOR ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SHOW AT PNC ARENA FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 2023

Headlining Show Will Take Place at the Home of the Carolina Hurricanes in Advance of their 2023 Outdoor Game, Set for Saturday, Feb. 18 at Carter-Finley Stadium

Fellow Carolina Band SUSTO Joins as Support

Tickets On Sale This Friday, Nov. 11, via LiveNation.com

RALEIGH, N.C. – Diamond-certified and two-time GRAMMY Award-winning band  Hootie & the Blowfish return to their Carolina roots next year with a one-night-only headlining show at  PNC Arena, home of the Carolina Hurricanes. Set to take place on Friday, Feb. 17, the show serves as a pre-party for fans in advance of the Carolina Hurricanes’ Outdoor Game, where they will face off against the Washington Capitals on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Carter-Finley Stadium. Joining the one-night-only concert as direct support is indie rock band  SUSTO, who also hail from the Carolinas.

Presales begin tomorrow, Nov. 8, with tickets on-sale to the general public this Friday, Nov. 11, at 10 a.m. ET via  LiveNation.com . For more information on the game, visit  NHL.com/fans/stadium-series .

The Raleigh concert will precede the highly anticipated return of  HootieFest: The Big Splash , taking place April 26–29, 2023 on a picturesque stretch of white sand beach at  Moon Palace Cancún. The four-day celebration of all things rock will feature three complete sets by the band, including two headlining performances and one special sunset set. 

The event will also feature headlining performances by the  Goo Goo Dolls and  Barenaked Ladies, plus appearances by  Collective Soul,  Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Edwin McCain, Lit and  Cowboy Mouth (two performances), as well as  Occasional Milkshake and  Voice of Harold, both featuring Mark Bryan of Hootie & the Blowfish. Additional details, including pool party performances and off-site adventures are still to be announced. For more information about  HootieFest: The Big Splash , including how to book all-inclusive packages and payment plan details, visit  HootieFest.com .

About Hootie & the Blowfish
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 business 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.

Hootie & the Blowfish also launched their own personally curated festival in 2021, with  HootieFest: The Big Splash  bringing four days of nostalgia and modern rock to the beaches of Cancún, Mexico for an annual celebration of both music and offsite adventures.

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