{"id":23939,"date":"2025-07-25T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23939\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T21:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:09:09","slug":"darius-rucker-shouts-out-young-fan-who-skipped-soccer-tryouts-to-see-him-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23939\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Rucker Shouts Out Young Fan Who Skipped Soccer Tryouts To See Him Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/darius-rucker-makes-final-decision-on-remaining-tour-stops-after-refunding-fans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">abruptly ending a concert<\/a> in Atlantic City, New Jersey, earlier this month, Darius Rucker appears good as new. The \u201cWagon Wheel\u201d singer is crossing the country on his Carolyn\u2019s Boy tour, named for his late mother. Recently, one young boy had a decision to make regarding Rucker\u2019s July 24 stop at the Ledge Amphitheater in Waite Park, Minnesota. And while we can\u2019t say for sure, it looks like he made the right one.<\/p>\n<p>            Darius Rucker Fan Misses Tryouts In Favor of Concert<\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media Friday (July 25), Darius Rucker shared a series of photos from his latest show in Minnesota. One of those pictures showed a smiling young boy holding up a sign that read, \u201cI\u2019m missing soccer tryouts for this. Pic for proof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you played sports as a child, you know that tryouts are absolutely everything. They set the tone for the entire season. So, possibly foregoing a spot on the team to see your favorite artist live isn\u2019t a decision made lightly. Seeming to understand this, the Hootie and the Blowfish frontman rewarded the boy with his signed baseball cap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood times in Minnesota last night!!\u201d Rucker, 59, wrote on Instagram. \u201cHope little man still makes the soccer team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An avid sports enthusiast himself, Rucker has cheered for the Miami Dolphins since he was 5 years old. The Grammy winner is also an avid support of his alma mater, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember the day I became a fan. It feels like it was yesterday,\u201d Rucker said in a 2022 interview with The Sports Credential. \u201cFor so many years I\u2019ve just lived and died with [the Dolphins,] and I\u2019ve lived and died with the Gamecocks. Sports, they just mean everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/darius-rucker-lashes-out-at-friggin-losers-on-social-media-dont-you-have-anything-better-to-do\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[RELATED: Darius Rucker Lashes Out at \u201cFriggin Losers\u201d on Social Media: \u201cDon\u2019t You Have Anything Better To Do?\u201d]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Show Will Go On<\/p>\n<p>The fate of Darius Rucker\u2019s Carolyn\u2019s Boy Tour seemed uncertain when the CMA Award-winning artist lost his voice in the middle of a July 12 set at the Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all, I can\u2019t sing anymore,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/17\/darius-rucker-not-canceling-tour\/85256418007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told the crowd<\/a>. \u201cThis never happened. I physically can\u2019t sing. I promise you on everything that I stand for, I will make this up to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unable to reschedule the show, Rucker offered the crowd full refunds.\u00a0Fortunately, his publicist later confirmed that the \u201cBeers\u201d singer had been cleared to proceed with the tour following vocal rest.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image by C Brandon\/Redferns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After abruptly ending a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, earlier this month, Darius Rucker appears good as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,4398,19500,561,82],"class_list":["post-23939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-country-music","tag-darius-rucker","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}