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Hootie & The Blowfish have officially split up so that singer Darius Rucker can pursue a career as a solo country star.

Well that’s great. Who knew we’d lose another one to country music. First it was Jessica Simpson, now Darius Rucker.

Darius says, “We have four charity gigs every year and we will still do them, but we will not do a record or tour. Even when we play now, we’re not as close as we were. I don’t miss the getting big or all that stuff, I miss when we were real close.

Darius says that he’ll consider a reunion after he gets that country crap out of his system. We’ll be waiting.