Darius Rucker set to return to the UK!

Darius Rucker has today announced a tour of the UK and Ireland in 2024.

The 'Wagon Wheel' singer's Starting Fires UK & Ireland tour will start on April 27, 2024 in Manchester.

The 'Hootie and the Blowfish' frontman has been performing on his Starting Fires tour all across America for the past year but will now bring the spectacle to Europe.

He impressed at last year's C2C with an energetic headline set which showcased the very best of Rucker's career to date.

Tickets will go on sale this Friday (September 15) at 10am from here.

His new album inspired by his mother, Carolyn's Boy, is due for release on October 6, 2023.

The full dates are:

• Saturday, 27 April - Manchester O2 Apollo

• Sunday, 28 April - Newcastle O2 City Hall

• Tuesday, 30 April - Birmingham O2 Academy

• Wedneday, 1 May - Bristol Beacon

• Friday, 3 May - London Eventim Apollo

• Sunday, 5 May - Leeds O2 Academy

• Monday, 6 May - Glasgow O2 Academy

• Thursday, 9 May - Dublin Olympia Theatre

• Saturday, 11 May - Belfast Waterfront Hall