Zac Brown has spent the past two years preparing for what he calls the “biggest mountain” he’s ever had to climb — and he swam with sharks to do it.
This fall and winter, the Grammy-winning frontman and his band will bring their Southern rock and country soul to the Sphere in Las Vegas, a one-of-a-kind showcase that will double as the world premiere of their new album, “Love & Fear.”
The limited engagement kicks off Dec. 5, with sold-out shows on Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 12-13, followed by additional dates Jan. 9-10 and newly added nights Jan. 16-17.
Zac Brown performs his song “Chicken Fried” alongside a soldier onstage during the Nov. 7 Proud to Honor event in Nashville.
“For two years we’ve been making all the content,” Brown said before taking the stage at the Proud to Honor benefit concert in Nashville. “We have a chance to use the greatest canvas for creativity that’s ever been created.”
Brown said he is elated to be one of the first artists to perform at the Sphere, joining the Backstreet Boys and the Eagles. The venue has 4 acres of 16K video, 160,000 speakers and sensory effects that include wind, scent and vibration. In 2026, No Doubt and Kenny Chesney are slated to headline.
“Being one of the first few artists that get to perform there, I really wanted this to be our masterpiece, to show our fans that we’re not slowing down,” Brown said. “We owe a lot to our fans, and this is a chance to make something on a level that wasn’t even possible before this building existed.”
Brown said the show has a storyline threaded throughout and he personally appears in many of the graphics.
“I was in a lot of the footage we filmed, being a stuntman, on stunt wires, yanked up to the ceiling and thrown against walls and dragged across the ground,” he said. “We filmed underwater scenes with whale sharks and sharks. I don’t think anybody’s going to expect the level of work that we’ve put into this.”
“Love & Fear” features collaborations with Dolly Parton, Snoop Dogg, Dave Grohl and Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr.
Singer-songwriter Zac Brown, left, poses with Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., on Nov. 7 at the Proud to Honor benefit concert in Nashville.
“There’s a lot of dreams that came true making this album,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to work with a 40-piece orchestra and a 20-piece choir. And we’re fully independent. Our management company’s in-house. We do not have a record label. We fund our own marketing. We fund our own way through this thing.”
That independence, he added, lets his team stay true to their mission: connection, gratitude and generosity, values also reflected in the Nashville Proud to Honor event, which raised money for seven military organizations, including Camp Southern Ground, Brown’s own nonprofit.
“It’s such a blessing to get to do what I love,” Brown said.
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