Darius Rucker amazingly found a career after Hootie And The Blowfish's 1990s heyday, but the "Wagon Wheel" singer has found time to reunite with his old bandmates over the years. He'll join them at the country music festival Stagecoach in Indio, California, on April 26.
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But as we learned in a recent interview, Rucker isn't eager to hang out with his old crew.
Darius Rucker Says He Played With Hootie for the Fans
On the latest episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Rucker explained why he reunited with Hootie And The Blowfish over the years.
"Every time I played with Hootie, in '19 and two years ago, it's because I thought the fans wanted it," he said. "It's not because I wanted to. I wasn't dying to go play with Blowfish. I wasn't dying to take a huge pay cut, but, you know, the fans wanted it."
The 59-year-old also added that the band's date at Stagecoach might be its last for a while.
"We won't play again anytime soon," he said. "If we play again, I'll be well into my 60s if we ever play again."
We guess this means if you want to hear "Only Wanna Be With You" live, you should grab a ticket to Stagecoach. Three-day general admission tickets start at only $599.
Darius Rucker Doesn't Like To Plan
While it seems likely that Rucker will stay true to his word regarding another Hootie reunion, plans have been known to change or, in the case of his upcoming nuptials, not even been made.
While on TODAY last week, Rucker shared with the show's hosts that he and his fiancée Emily Deahl don't have anything set.
"We don't really have any plans. We're not gonna plan," he said. "We're just gonna get married. Have a big party somewhere."
However, Rucker does seem nostalgic for the '90s. The singer has been promoting his supergroup, Howl Owl Howl. The band, which also consists of R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and The Black Crowes' Steve Gorman, is more of a throwback to Rucker's output with Hootie And The Blowfish.
"Those guys [Mills and Gorman] were so influential to me growing up. To be in a band with them now is pretty awesome," he says.
