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On social media after the performance, some fans thought that the band’s Vegas show didn’t gel with the homey country hits they’re best known for, including “Chicken Fried” and “Knee Deep.”
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I’m just more confused as to why The Zac Brown Band, known solely for their light-hearted and melancholic Country Music, just randomly have these images in their performance. I don’t think I need the embodiment of Satan shown to get the meaning behind the song “Chicken Fried”.
— Life’s a B*tch (@DHolmesNY) December 7, 2025
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yeah that’s 110% off brand for Zac Brown Band, Satanic or not, what would compel them to do something like this knowing who their fan base is? Did we seriously learn nothing from Sam Smith? oh well, time for country bands to learn the hard way I guess, I prefer bluegrass anyway..
— Austin Wakefield (@ThtWakefieldGuy) December 8, 2025
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(Regarding the comments about the show being off brand, it’s important to remember that ZBB and Zac Brown’s music has always ranged pretty widely. Who remembers Brown’s genre-bending 2019 solo album The Controversy?)
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Read More: The Top 10 Zac Brown Band Songs
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And some even said that they thought ZBB’s show could be dangerous, either to impressionable children by swaying them toward devil worship or to audience members who could unwittingly be involved in some sort of demonic energy-harvesting component of the show.
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Zac Brown Band just went full satanic ritual at their Las Vegas Sphere concert. ☠️💔🐦🔥🔥Stop listening to secular music if you plan to lead your children to go to heaven. As a parent, Eternal Salvation should be the single most important goal for your children! ♥️ pic.twitter.com/m5xQyYLX7x
— JulieT (@Joolzie7) December 8, 2025
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Very popular American country rock band The Zac Brown Band performed at the Las Vegas Sphere….
As you can see here he is performing a Satanic Ritual over his unsuspecting fans during the show….
This is a classic case of Loosh harvesting… pic.twitter.com/C7GZPsa3as
— Isaac’s Army (@ReturnOfKappy) December 7, 2025
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What Has Zac Brown Band Said About Their Las Vegas Residency?
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The band hasn’t addressed the Satanic ritual rumors.
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They did say that they worked hard to make their production on their Sphere shows larger than life. Before the shows kicked off, Brown said he was “going into debt” to make sure the show was everything he wanted it to be.
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Read More: Zac Brown is Going Into Debt to Make This Dream Come True
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While not directly addressing the controversy, a press release sent out after ZBB’s opening weekend highlights other aspects of the show, including a photo of Brown and his band mates dressed in white, and their multi-instrumentalist Caroline Jones donning angel wings.
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Onstage, Brown described the show as a metaphor for his own life trajectory “from darkness to light, from pain to joy.”
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He also emphasized that he wants to encapsulate that duality of all human experience, acknowledging life’s most painful moments while also clearing the way for brighter days ahead.
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“I believe we’re all exactly where we’re supposed to be. But time stops for none of us, so no more darkness,” the singer says at the end of the show.
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“Bob Marley said, ‘From the darkness there must come out a light.’ No destinations, no regrets, no more fear,” he adds. “It’s f–k yes, or it’s no. It’s the only remedy, so let’s go.”
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What Else Happened During Zac Brown Band’s Opening Weekend at The Sphere?
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ZBB played a hit-packed 26-song set list during opening weekend at The Sphere, including debuts of several of the new songs on their newly releasedLove & Fear album.
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One of the highlights was seeing band mate John Driskell Hopkins able to make it to the Vegas stage. Hopkins announced his ALS diagnosis, and since then, he’s offered periodic updates on his health.
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Who had the most played country song during the year you were born? This list is a fascinating time capsule of prevalent trends from every decade in American history. Scroll through to find your birth year and then click to listen. Some of these songs have been lost through the years, many of them for good reason!
Men named Hank dominated early before stars like Freddie Hart, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson Clint Black took over to close the 1980s. More recently it’s been Tim Mcgraw, Rodney Atkins, Kane Brown and Morgan Wallen. Did the most-played country song from the year you were born become a favorite of yours later? All info comes from Billboard‘s country airplay charts.
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