DARIUS RUCKER ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR THIRD ANNUAL "DARIUS AND FRIENDS" AT THE WILDHORSE SALOON IN NASHVILLE ON MONDAY, JUNE 4

 

Rodney Atkins, Clint Black, Sunny Sweeney, Chuck Wicks and special surprise guests to join Darius Rucker for music event benefiting St. Jude

 

Nashville, Tenn. (Thursday, May 31, 2012) –Third Annual "Darius and Friends" concert and golf tournament has been announced for Monday, June 4, and Darius Rucker is pleased to announce friends Rodney Atkins, Clint Black, Sunny Sweeney, Chuck Wicks and special surprise guests will join him at the concert event benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  The Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville is once again hosting the evening with doors opening at 6:00 pm and the concert beginning at 7:30 pm.  

 

"We’ve had so much fun the last two years with friends jamming on stage for a great cause," says Rucker.  “I’m excited to continue that tradition with this year’s event.”

 

Rucker is currently in the studio with producer Frank Rogers working on his follow-up to his 2010 release Charleston, SC 1966and his now-platinum debut, Learn To Live (2008).

 

Event posters and t-shirts will be available on-site with all sales, along with all ticket sales from the night, going directly to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to support their continued success and mission to find cures and save children struggling against deadly diseases.  A limited number of tickets remain and may be purchased at the Wildhorse Saloon (            615.902.8200      ) and on www.ticketmaster.com.

 

For additional information, please visit www.dariusrucker.com.

 

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute.  Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization. For more information, please visit www.stjude.org.