The ''Southern Style'' Tour was a headlining concert tour by American singer

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, it supported his fifth studio album ''

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'' (2015). It began on May 14, 2015, in

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and finished on November 20, 2015, in

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. The tour placed eighty-second on

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's Year End Top 200 North American Tours of 2015, and grossed $14 million.

Background

In January 2015, while appearing on ''

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'', Rucker announced the tour and his new album. The tour will be a part of

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's Country Megaticket. Supporting Rucker on the first leg is,

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, and

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. The second leg was announced in July 2015, A Thousand Horses will continue to open up for Rucker with the addition of

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Setlist

North America Leg 1 #"Lighter Up" #"

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song) #"All I Want" #"

Don't Think I Don't Think About It "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is a song recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker, lead singer of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. The song, co-written by Rucker and Clay Mills, was released in May 2008 as Rucker's first single ...

" #"Back When" #"

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It Won't Be Like This for Long "It Won't Be Like This for Long" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker, lead vocalist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in November 2008 as the second from his first country music alb ...

" #" History in the Making" #"

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" #" Only Wanna Be With You" (Hootie & the Blowfish song; performed with Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne & A Thousand Horses) #"

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cover) #" Let Her Cry" (Hootie & the Blowfish song) #"

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" #" Hold My Hand" (Hootie & the Blowfish song) #" Homegrown Honey" Encore #

"So I Sang" #" Wagon Wheel" (

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Tour dates

;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 ''Musikfest'' is an American music festival that has been held annually since 1984 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the nation's largest non-gated free music festival. The festival begins on ...

References

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