Musician Zac Brown has responded to rumors that he and his band were performing a “satanic ritual” during their residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas.
“Thank y’all for such an incredible, incredible night tonight. I wanna say a little something about this show because there’s a lot of people that picked it up online saying that we’re doing some kinda Satanic ritual or something like that,” said Brown, according to a video recorded by a fan.
“I don’t think we can put any more love and light into a show than what we put into this one right here, ladies and gentlemen,” he said, “and I think there are forces out there that don’t want this message to get out.”
Brown encouraged concertgoers on the evening of Dec. 12 to “drop somebody a comment” online to anyone saying that he and his band are “trying to worship the devil, which is horses***. You know what I’m saying? Thank ya’ll for the love that you give us. Thank you so much for giving us our jobs and our life in music.”
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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.”
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.”
Zac Brown has responded to rumors that he and his band were performing a “satanic ritual” during their residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Click to PostSpeaking 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.” The Sphere is an experience “that envelops you in 270 degrees of visuals while filling your ears with immersive sound.”
After the band’s opening weekend, videos went viral online of the visuals for the band’s song, “Heavy Is the Head,” which included a fiery wasteland and a giant skeleton with a crown of bones. Also concerning to some was that, during that song, Brown was wearing a horned crown with a skull on the front of it.
