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Darius Rucker Steps Up To The Plate For Charity
This fall, Darius Rucker will lay down his guitar and pick up a bat instead.
Rucker has been chosen as Team Captain for Piggly Wiggly team in the Slim Down the South Celebrity Softball Challange. The event takes place October 1 at Jo Riley Park in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Actor Bill Murray will step up as Team Captain for the opposing Wells Fargo team. Proceeds from the game will benefit Louie’s Kids, which works to fight childhood obesity.
For more information on this benefit for a wonderful cause, please visit the website here.
Darius Rucker Gets Pranked
Darius Rucker was the victim of the KNIX morning show prank cold call series. The Ben & Matt in the Morning show in Pheonix, Arizona called Rucker pretending to offer him a lead role in an upcoming Morgan Freeman movie.
With an awesome impersonation of Freeman, the pair convinced Rucker that it really was the actor calling, and had played him along to thinking he was going to play Alan Jackson in an upcoming movie based on the singer’s life. When confused about why he would play a white singer, “Freeman” told him he knew a great makeup artist.
Rucker was a good sport throughout the call, which you can listen to
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CMA Fest tv special to air August 7th on ABC!
“CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock” returns to ABC on August 7th. The three-hour special was taped during the LP field performances of CMA fest this year, and will include short interview segments and behind the scenes footage with some of the featured artists.
Performances airing include Lauren Alaina with Martina McBride, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Sara Evans, Lady Antebellum, Scotty McCreery, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Reba, the Zac Brown Band, and Keith Urban. More showcase performances will be announced at a later date. All the nightly performances at LP Field were taped.
Darius Rucker to Headline Let Freedom Sing on July 4th
Darius Rucker was announced as the headlining act for Nashville’s July 4th concert series: Let Freedom Sing. The annual event, held at the Riverfront Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The three-day event is free for everyone to attend, and includes fireworks as well as live concerts every night.
GAC and Sirius/XM’s Storme Warren will emcee the festival each day. The events include a 9/11 flag presentation on the 2nd.
For more information on Let Freedom Sing, see the official website: http://www.musiccityjuly4th.com.
Are you planning on going to the free festival?
LAST DAY TO ENTER:Our Opry Sweepstakes
Today is your last chance to get your name in to the draw for two tickets to Tuesday night’s SOLD OUT Opry performance with Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, Jerrod Niemann, Darius Rucker and talented other artists.
We have two balcony-level tickets we’re giving away to lucky fans on our Facebook page. It’s real easy to win: just leave us a message on our wall saying why you’d want to go to the Opry and you’re in to win! We have quite a few entries already, so don’t miss out! We announce the winner at noon EST TOMORROW!
The winner must be present in Nashville on Tuesday to be able to win. Good luck!
CONTEST: Win tickets to Tuesday night’s Opry!
Want to win 2 balcony-level tickets to Tuesday night’s Grand Ole Opry show featuring Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Jerrod Niemann, Darius Rucker and more?
We have a pair of tickets to give away to the 7 pm show next week.
Want to win? It’s easy. Simply leave a message on our Facebook wall about who you’d most want to see and why. Monday at noon EST we will pick the winner and announce it on our Facebook page.
You can post once a day on the wall to increase your chances to win. Good luck!
(the winner must be present or able to travel to Nashville to get the tickets.)
Darius Rucker announces Lineup for Benefit Concert
The second annual “Darius and Friends” charity concert line-up was announced this morning. Darius Rucker has invited friends Jarrod Niemann, Rodney Atkins, Justin Moore and Easton Corbin to join him in a benefit concert for St. Jude’s Hospital. It’s already a sold-out event and all proceeds will go directly to the hospital.
The Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville will once again host the event, with doors opening at 6 pm CST and the concert opening at 8 pm CST.
“The first event was so great that we wanted to keep that same theme for this year: artists coming together for a great cause.”
The 2010 event was the first benefit concert hosted by Rucker for St. Jude’s and raised over $48,000 for the hospital. Rucker is hoping to beat that number this year.
Darius Rucker avoids Fan Attack
Looks like someone had a little too much drink at a Darius Rucker concert in Boca Raton. During his performance of “History In The Making” from his first country album, Learn To Live, a fan jumped on-stage as Rucker’s back was turned to the audience. Not missing a beat, security knocked the fan down then carried the man off stage.
Rucker continued to sing, without missing a note, and acting like nothing went wrong with the rest of the song. Check out the video footage under the cut below. It all goes down around 1:15 in the video.
Darius Rucker Receives Honorary Degree
Darius Rucker was back home in South Carolina this month as a recipient of an honorary degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. He was there to speak to over 800 graduating students. For his work in the community, most notably the MUSC Children’s Hospital, Rucker was handed an honorary doctorate of humane letters. He serves on the board for the Children’s Hospital along with his wife, Beth Rucker, and his mother is an employee of the hospital. He graduated from Middleton High School but did not go to college.
