Hootie & the Blowfish

A concert by the American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, with Spin Doctors also on the bill, at the O2 Academy Birmingham. Both acts rose to prominence in the United States in the early 1990s.

Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986. Its line-up includes Darius Rucker on vocals, Mark Bryan on guitar, Dean Felber on bass and Jim Sonefeld on drums. The band's debut album, Cracked Rear View, appeared in 1994, and its singles "Hold My Hand" and "Only Wanna Be with You" are among its best-known songs.

Spin Doctors is an American alternative rock band formed in New York in 1990. The group is signed to Epic Records, and its first album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, appeared in 1991, with the single "Two Princes" taken from it. Both bands emerged from the American rock scene of the early 1990s, and their records from that period remain the core of their catalogues.

The O2 Academy Birmingham hosts concerts and shows in Birmingham. This evening brings together two American bands whose best-known recordings date from the first half of the 1990s, performed in the city on this tour.