{"id":113163,"date":"2018-05-24T21:55:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T01:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=113163"},"modified":"2018-05-25T03:23:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T07:23:50","slug":"first-look-darius-rucker-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/05\/24\/first-look-darius-rucker-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/","title":{"rendered":"Darius Rucker Performs On &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Update:<\/b> Darius Rucker performed twice on Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He first accompanied Jimmy Fallon to perform &#8220;Only Want To Thank The Troops.&#8221;  A play off the Hootie &#038; The Blowfish classic &#8220;Only Wanna Be With You,&#8221; the song was dedicated to the troops in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Later, he performed his radio single &#8220;For The First Time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A video of the &#8220;Only Want To Thank The Troops&#8221; performance follows.  The &#8220;For The First Time&#8221; video will be available starting at 3:35AM ET.  Photos from the taping are also embedded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jDChYZHfTiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/NnzsPC\/widget\/select\/media\/guid\/2410887629\/3731619\" width=\"710\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_113164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Daris-Rucker-Fallon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113164\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; 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Episode 0879 &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Guy Fieri during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on May 24, 2018 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n====<\/p>\n<p>Friday morning, Darius Rucker will perform on NBC&#8217;s TODAY Show.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday night, he takes the stage on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rucker performs his hit &#8220;For The First Time&#8221; toward the end of the broadcast.  The song will move into the Top 2 &#8212; and may even challenge for #1 &#8212; on this week&#8217;s country radio chart.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to performing &#8220;For The First Time,&#8221; Rucker joins host Jimmy Fallon for a separate musical segment.  Per notes from the taping, they play a song called &#8220;Only Want To Thank The Troops&#8221; (presumably a pro-troops version of &#8220;Only Wanna Be With You&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Taped earlier Thursday, the episode also features appearances by Cate Blanchett and Guy Fieri.  It airs at 11:35PM ET\/PT on NBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darius Rucker takes the stage on Thursday&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8221;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[5323,1151,5416,246,210,485],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Darius Rucker Performs On &quot;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Update: Darius Rucker performed twice on Thursday&#039;s &quot;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&quot; He first accompanied Jimmy Fallon to perform &quot;Only Want To Thank\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/05\/24\/first-look-darius-rucker-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darius Rucker Performs On &quot;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Update: Darius Rucker performed twice on Thursday&#039;s &quot;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&quot; He first accompanied Jimmy Fallon to perform &quot;Only Want To Thank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/05\/24\/first-look-darius-rucker-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-25T01:55:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-25T07:23:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Jimmy-Darius-Fallon-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/05\/24\/first-look-darius-rucker-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/05\/24\/first-look-darius-rucker-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\",\"name\":\"Darius Rucker Performs On \\\"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\\\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-25T01:55:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-25T07:23:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Update: Darius Rucker performed twice on Thursday's \\\"Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\\\" He first accompanied Jimmy Fallon to perform \\\"Only Want To Thank\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/05\/24\/first-look-darius-rucker-performs-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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