The Southern Style Tour was a headlining concert tour by American singer Darius Rucker, it supported his fifth studio album Southern Style (2015). It began on May 14, 2015, in Holmdel, New Jersey and finished on November 20, 2015, in Toledo, Ohio. The tour placed eighty-second on Pollstar's Year End Top 200 North American Tours of 2015, and grossed $14 million.
Background In January 2015, while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Rucker announced the tour and his new album. The tour will be a part of Live Nation's Country Megaticket. Supporting Rucker on the first leg is, Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne, A Thousand Horses, and Cassadee Pope. The second leg was announced in July 2015, A Thousand Horses will continue to open up for Rucker with the addition of David Nail.
Setlist North America Leg 1 "Lighter Up" "This" "Good for a Good Time" "Radio" "Southern Style" "Time" (Hootie & the Blowfish song) "All I Want" "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" "Back When" "No Diggity" (Blackstreet, Dr. Dre & Queen Pen cover) "It Won't Be Like This for Long" "History in the Making" "Alright" "Only Wanna Be With You" (Hootie & the Blowfish song; performed with Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne & A Thousand Horses) "East Bound and Down" (Jerry Reed cover) "Let Her Cry" (Hootie & the Blowfish song) "Come Back Song" "Hold My Hand" (Hootie & the Blowfish song) "Homegrown Honey" Encore "So I Sang" "Wagon Wheel" (Old Crow Medicine Show cover)
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance RevenueNorth America leg 1May 14, 2015HolmdelUnited StatesPNC Bank Arts CenterBrett EldredgeBrothers OsborneA Thousand Horses15,397 / 16,890$481,572May 15, 2015BurgettstownFirst Niagara Pavilion7,561 / 23,043$192,725May 21, 2015AlpharettaVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre7,818 / 12,363$342,721May 22, 2015TampaMidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre11,269 / 19,289$255,179May 23, 2015West Palm BeachCoral Sky Amphitheatre11,315 / 19,267$242,215May 29, 2015ScrantonThe Pavilion at Montage Mountain9,987 / 17,476$219,737May 30, 2015 CamdenSusquehanna Bank CenterBrett EldredgeBrothers OsborneA Thousand HorsesDrake WhiteKelsea Ballerini25,000 / 25,000June 5, 2015DetroitWest Riverfront ParkBrett EldredgeBrothers OsborneA Thousand HorsesCraig Wayne BoydJune 6, 2015TorontoCanadaMolson AmphitheatreBrett EldredgeBrothers OsborneA Thousand Horses8,848 / 16,052$317,053June 18, 2015Cedar ParkUnited StatesCedar Park Center3,080 / 6,772$157,489June 19, 2015DallasGexa Energy Pavilion10,535 / 20,002$252,007June 20, 2015The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion6,384 / 16,087$176,092June 26, 2015Maryland HeightsHollywood Casino Amphitheatre10,713 / 20,000$238,650June 27, 2015NoblesvilleKlipsch Music Center13,910 / 24,695$333,347June 28, 2015CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center9,848 / 20,402$292,239July 2, 2015SimpsonvilleCharter Spectrum AmphitheatreColt FordOutshyne6,145 / 11,117$201,582July 10, 2015GilfordBank of New Hampshire PavilionBrett EldredgeBrothers OsborneA Thousand Horses6,878 / 7,585$310,883July 11, 2015MansfieldXfinity Center19,266 / 19,910$562,873July 12, 2015WantaghNikon at Jones Beach Theater13,635 / 14,003$548,345July 16, 2015West Valley CityUSANA Amphitheatre6,549 / 20,000$210,018July 17, 2015EnglewoodFiddler's Green Amphitheatre12,132 / 17,216 $376,087July 18, 2015AlbuquerqueIsleta Amphitheater9,120 / 15,387$223,727July 31, 2015Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre13,431 / 22,000$334,032August 1, 2015IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre14,152 / 15,000$419,233August 2, 2015Chula VistaSleep Train Amphitheatre8,495 / 19,595$234,075August 14, 2015BethlehemMusikfestDavid NailCassadee PopeAugust 15, 2015 Atlantic CityFestival Park at The BorgataAugust 21, 2015Darien CenterDarien Lake PACBrett EldredgeBrothers OsborneA Thousand Horses9,579 / 21,800$305,699August 22, 2015ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion10,767 / 15,000$585,335August 23, 2015Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center13,876 / 20,390$372,588August 28, 2015RaleighWalnut Creek Amphitheatre17,300 / 19,980$380,339August 29, 2015CharlottePNC Music Pavilion14,884 / 18,958$381,313August 30, 2015Virginia BeachFarm Bureau Live10,338 / 19,995$244,895North America leg 2October 8, 2015RosemontUnited StatesAllstate ArenaDavid NailA Thousand HorsesOctober 9, 2015FairbornNutter CenterOctober 10, 2015YoungstownCovelli CentreOctober 15, 2015TopekaKansas Expo CenterOctober 16, 2015LincolnPinnacle Bank ArenaOctober 17, 2015Sioux CityTyson Events CenterOctober 22, 2015SyracuseOncenter War Memorial ArenaDavid NailCamOctober 23, 2015AlbanyTimes Union Center5,123 / 9,894$162,321October 24, 2015UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaNovember 12, 2015BemidjiSanford CenterDavid NailA Thousand HorsesNovember 13, 2015Green BayResch CenterNovember 14, 2015MolineiWireless CenterNovember 19, 2015Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena5,747 / 8,502$229,432November 20, 2015ToledoHuntington Center5,694 / 6,976$226,420Total
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances This concert is a part of Froggy Fest 2015 This concert is a part of 92.5 WXTU's 31st Anniversary Show This concert is a part of 99.5 WYCD's Downtown Hoedown This concert is a part of Musikfest
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