Zac Brown Band Extends Sphere Residency

Zac Brown Band, photo by Tyler Lord

Zac Brown Band have extended their upcoming residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere. In response to overwhelming demand, the two-decade country-rock ensemble has added two further performances on the technologically unparalleled stage, bringing the total to eight shows In December and January. The Sphere run will support the release of Love & Fear, the band’s seventh studio album, set to release on Friday, Dec. 5 via Warner Music Nashville.

“Bringing our new album Love & Fear to Sphere in Las Vegas is a dream come true,” Zac Brown shared in a statement with the residency’s original announcement. “It’s my masterpiece so far. This show is the story of my life that I have never shared, a journey through my imagination, music and stories that have defined who I am. All of this brought to life in the incredible immersive environment of Sphere. It will be a unique experience where you can really feel every note, every word, right there with us. We can’t wait to share it with the fans.”

Zac Brown Band’s residency will commence with the new record’s release on Dec. 5, then continue on Dec. 6, 12 and 13 and pick up again in January, with a previous extension to Jan. 9 and 10 and new dates on Jan. 16 and 17. The band will be the second group to bring country music to Sphere after Kenny Chesney’s series in May and June, and the ninth act to take the stage after U2, Phish, Dead & Company, the Eagles, Anyma, Chesney, Backstreet Boys and Unity, featuring Chase & Status, Kaskade and Eli Brown. In a comment for Billboard, Brown detailed that he began working on his follow-up to 2021’s The Comeback two and a half years ago, while production on Sphere visuals followed suit 14 months ago.

Presale registration for Zac Brown Band’s new Sphere dates is open now. Paid members of the band’s Zamily fan club will receive early presale access on Monday, Oct.  6 at 10 a.m. PT. A general on-sale will follow on Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Learn more at zacbrownband.com.

“I have now been in the band for over 20 years,” Zac Brown Band bassist John Driskell Hopkins wrote in a powerful “My Page” reflection for the latest issue of Relix. “My first four years in Zac Brown Band were grueling. We were facing victories and failures that would shape our personality as a unit. When ‘Chicken Fried’ went No. 1 in 2008, the heavens opened up for us. We started supporting giant bands, playing award shows, headlining basketball arenas and then amphitheaters. We were running around the stage like mad men, jumping off of risers and colliding into one another with reckless abandon. My favorite picture to this day is one of me and Clay Cook jumping in tandem under a dynamic light show. This band is everything that any musician dreams of when they are young and jumping on their bed with a tennis racket.”

Read more of Hopkins’ reflections on his history with the band and following his passion for music with ALS here.