Hootie & The Blowfish To Stop In Tinley Park On Summer 2024 Tour

TINLEY PARK, IL — The summer concert season is shaping up in Tinley Park, with the recent addition of pop name Hootie & the Blowfish.

Hootie & the Blowfish announced this week that they'll hit the road on their Summer Camp with Trucks Tour, kicking off in May and set to roll into 43 cities across the U.S. and Canada. They'll stop at Tinley Park's Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, 19100 Ridgeland Ave., on Aug. 9, 2024.

"Basically overnight, our lives changed when Cracked Rear View did what it did—and yet as we quickly moved from vans and college bars to tour buses and arenas, not much else changed with how we approached making music and sharing it with our fans," guitarist Mark Bryan said in the announcement. "Edwin McCain told someone at the time that touring with us felt like summer camp with trucks… and that’s exactly how we want next year to feel, too. We can’t wait for you to join us!"

The Grammy award-winning group will be joined by special guests Collective Soul and Edwin McCain.

The group is the latest to announce shows in Tinley Park, after boy band New Kids on the Block and rock band Creed earlier this month.

Hootie & the Blowfish—with members Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, who formed the band during their time as students together at the University of South Carolina—hit the scene in 1994. Their characteristic blend of "pop, folk, blues, soul and rock made them hard to pigeonhole, but easily accessible to anyone who loved good music," Live Nation wrote.

With hits such as Let Her Cry, Time, Hold My Hand, and Only Wanna Be With You, their debut Cracked Rear View album grabbed the attention of a broad audience. The band went on to win two Grammy Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, a Billboard Music Award and multiple People’s Choice Awards.

The band's members went on to pursue solo projects, eventually reuniting in 2019 for the Group Therapy Tour to promote their album Imperfect Circle, released in late 2019 under a new record deal with Universal Music Group’s Capitol Nashville, according to Live Nation.

General ticket sales begin Friday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. local time via Hootie.com, with presale access for Hootie & the Blowfish e-newsletter subscribers beginning Nov. 7 at 12 p.m. local time until Thursday, Nov. 9 at 10 p.m. local time. Tickets will also be available via Live Nation, with that presale beginning Nov 9 at 19 a.m. local time (use code: BACKSTAGE).