Hootie & the Blowfishs Darius Rucker faceplants hard on stage: Im old as fk

Let him cry.Darius Rucker didn’t let an embarrassing fall with his alternative band Hootie & the Blowfish get him down.

The rocker and country singer, 58, joked about his age after taking a nasty spill on the stage at Charleston, South Carolina’s annual Riverfront Revival concert on Saturday, Oct.10, with the fall and aftermath caught on video by fans.

While singing his solo hit “Alright” from 2008, Rucker lost his footing and faceplanted — and kept right on singing.With the help of security, Rucker popped back up, chuckled at himself and declared to the crowd, “I’m old as f–k.”He barely missed a beat as he plunged to the ground; however, the situation got the best of him, and he took a moment to laugh at himself with his keyboard player, Lee Turner.Before the song ended, Turner teased Rucker by pointing out where he tripped.The singer, born in Charleston, later addressed the fall, stating, “We’ve been doing this all summer.

I hadn’t fell once.But I busted my ass in my hometown.”Hootie & the Blowfish recently wrapped up a 43-city tour that ran from May to September.

The band, known for hits like “Hold My Hand” (1994), “Let Her Cry” (1994) and “Only Wanna Be with You” (1995), started in 1986 with vocalist Rucker, guitarist Mark Bryan, bassist Dean Felber and drummer Brantley Smith, who later left the group.They found mainstream success after releasing their July 1994 debut album “Cracked Rear View,” which went certified platinum by Jan 1995 and later became the year’s best-selling album.Hootie & the Blowfish have won two Grammys over the band’s decades-long career.In 2008, Rucker revealed that Hootie & the Blowfish were going on a several-year hiatus and he’d be pursuing a solo career in country music.

He later clarified that the band was not splitting up, and they continued to perform at various events.Newer Rucker fans might know him from his country hits, with his most famous arguably being hi...