Darius Rucker Is Headed To South Africa
Darius Rucker takes his country music everywhere, and in October, he’ll be taking his band and music to Cape Town, South Africa, to play in the Country Festival 2024 on October 26 and 27 at DHL Stadium in Cape Town.
While it may be his first country music trip to Cape Town, it’s not his first time playing in the African city. He told us, “I’ve been over there a couple of times with Hootie, yeah.”
Darius will be at the festival with his country music buddies, The Brothers Osborne. “I heard Kip Moore is gonna be there, too. I heard it’s incredible. Country music is growing so much over there. We are playing a festival that’s going to be 40,000 people. It’s growing so much over there. It’s like in the U.K. and Europe, it’s growing so much that they just want to see the artists that they are listening to.”
The country star added, “I just can’t wait to get over there. We’re gonna spend two weeks over there and go on Safari and doing stuff and playing four shows. I’m so excited to get over there.”
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Rucker is known as one of country music’s most charitable stars. He has been helping others ever since he entered the genre almost twenty years ago. It’s something he will always do.
Nearly two decades after first visiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where he was immediately inspired to pledge his support, Darius continues to give back, surpassing the $4.3 million mark with this year’s 15th annual “Darius and Friends” benefit concert and celebrity golf tournament held in Nashville in June. This year’s event alone raised $715,000 for the cause.
When we chatted with Rucker recently, we asked him how he stays motivated and has the time to give back with his busy musical life in Nashville.
Darius’s answer was simple. “The easiest way for me is that’s one of the most important things. It’s giving back and the people I want to give back to. It’s important to me big time to do that.”
He added, “We’re gonna make time to do that. That’s just how I live. If somebody asks me to do something for their charity and I say yeah, I tell the management, ‘Let’s make it happen.’ Let’s just do it.'”
The country star reiterated, “That’s how I’m going to keep doing that because the easiest thing you can do is help somebody, and I love when we do that.”
