All hell has broken loose online after Zac Brown Band played the first of eight shows slated for their residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The Sphere is an experience “that envelops you in 270 degrees of visuals while filling your ears with immersive sound,” and the band is taking heat for subjecting viewers to “demonic” and “satanic” imagery that included a fiery wasteland and a giant skeleton with a crown of bones.
“I rebuke [these] demons and principalities in the name of Jesus,” said one user on Instagram in response to a clip of the show that showed a hellhound charging toward viewers as if to swallow them. “I [am] speaking healing and deliverance for the people who attended that concert. I pray for Zac Brown Band to open their eyes to see what they are doing and to repent. In Jesus name amen.”
Country music star Zac Brown is being accused of exposing thousands of unsuspecting rodeo fans to “demonic imagery” and possibly performing a “satanic ritual” at his Vegas Sphere concerts this weekend. Ticket sales have reportedly skyrocketed. pic.twitter.com/YaI8s8mLRk
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Zac Brown Band Under Fire
Zac Brown Band is a nine-member, three-time Grammy-winning country group based out of Atlanta and led by singer-songwriter Zac Brown. The band is known for hits including “Chicken Fried,” “Toes,” and “Colder Weather.”
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Zac Brown Band started an eight-show residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas on Dec. 5, the same day that their new album, “Love & Fear,” released, according to NPR. NPR said that in his new album, Brown is telling a “darker story” than he has previously.
Brown told NPR’s “Morning Edition” that he “grew up in a really crazy environment, in and out of battered women’s shelters. And as a kid, trying to make sense of that, trying to protect my mom, trying to figure out what the hell is going on in my house or whatever, that drove me into music.”
Speaking of the band’s residency at The Sphere to USA Today, Brown said, “This is the most ambitious show we’ve ever attempted, but it’s the perfect canvas for our music.”
“We’re most excited to share how these songs feel when the entire room is part of the mood,” he said. “The fans don’t just watch the show, they’re in the show with us.”
USA Today said that the show includes themes of fatherhood, self-improvement, and “exorcising emotional demons.” Brown told Us Weekly he went into debt to make the show happen.
It was the imagery that played during “Heavy Is the Head” that has some people concerned. “Zac Brown Band kicked off their Sphere residency by plunging fans into the depths of hell with one of the most immersive visuals we’ve ever seen. Do not miss this show!” said the Instagram account Country Minute in the caption of a clip of the show.
It was the imagery that played during Zac Brown Band's “Heavy Is the Head” that has some people concerned.Click to PostIn part of that clip, a person stands in front of a red door that becomes surrounded by flames as the band begins to play “Heavy Is the Head.” Behind the door is the giant skeleton with a crown of bones in front of a smoky, red background. It opens its mouth and falls toward viewers before vanishing to show Brown on the screen singing and playing. Also concerning to some was that Brown was wearing a horned crown with a skull on the front of it.
