Editing Hootie & the Blowfish (section)

==={{Anchor|2019: New music and tour}}2019–present: New music and tour===
On December 3, 2018, the band announced the 44-city [[Group Therapy Tour]] with [[Barenaked Ladies]] in 2019 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of ''[[Cracked Rear View]]''. The tour began on May 30, 2019, in [[Virginia Beach]] and concluded on September 13 in their hometown of [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. They also signed a new record deal with [[UMG Nashville]]."<ref name="Group Therapy">{{Cite magazine |last=Parton |first=Chris |date=December 3, 2018 |title=Hootie and the Blowfish Announce First Tour in More Than a Decade |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/hootie-and-the-blowfish-2019-tour-new-music-darius-rucker-762456/ |access-date=December 3, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Kristin M. |date=December 3, 2018 |title=Rockers Hootie & the Blowfish return with new album, tour |url=https://www.apnews.com/5a7e556d2f6b479f9e21825166507c15 |access-date=December 3, 2018 |website=Associated Press}}</ref>

The band's sixth studio album, ''[[Imperfect Circle]]'', was released on November 1, 2019.<ref name="Hootie & the Blowfish">{{Cite web |last=Feit |first=Noah |date=August 8, 2019 |title=Hootie & the Blowfish to release new album since 2005. Here's how to hear new song |url=https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article233640762.html |website=The State}}</ref>

In April 2020, the band released a [[cover version]] of R.E.M.'s "[[Losing My Religion]]".<ref name="RS-20200417">{{Cite magazine |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=April 17, 2020 |title=Hear Hootie and the Blowfish Cover R.E.M.'s 'Losing My Religion' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hootie-and-the-blowfish-r-e-m-losing-my-religion-985834 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

In 2022, Sonefeld released a memoir entitled ''Swimming with a Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and the Ride of a Lifetime'' ({{ISBN|978-1-63576-767-4}}). In 2024, Rucker released ''Life's Too Short: A Memoir'' ({{ISBN|978-0-06323-874-9}}).