Fans who have seen Zac Brown Band in concert in the past will be in for a treat with their new Jekyll + Hyde Tour, because Zac says, “We just turned everything up. We cranked it up playing all this music live that we have on the record we’ve got some new types of accompaniment; we’ve got some guests coming out, we’ve got new staging, new sets, new video, it’s gonna look totally different than any other year that we’ve done it.”
It would have been easy to recycle the same show they’ve been playing, but Zac says they wanted to really invest in making everything new because, “People deserve that if they’re gonna come out and spend their money to see us and see our show and they came last year, they deserve to have a new show. You know, it’s like the new movie that we’re putting on this year and we’re taking that a little bit further this year.”
Part of the newness of the Jekyll + Hyde Tour comes from the new music off Zac Brown Band’s latest album, including their #1 song, “Homegrown” and their current single, “Loving You Easy.”
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Zac Brown Band – cranked up show :34
Zac Brown – “We just turned everything up. We cranked it up playing all this music live that we have on the record we’ve got some new types of accompaniment; we’ve got some guests coming out, we’ve got new staging, new sets new video it’s gonna look totally different than any other year that we’ve done it. And we want it to be that way I mean, we could easily just keep playing the same… no invest in you know making everything thing new but people deserve that if they’re gonna come out and spend their money to see us and see our show and they came last year, they deserve to have a new show. You know, it’s like the new movie that we’re putting on this year and we’re taking that a little bit further this year.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – JUNE 15, 2015 – MONDAY
Zac Brown Band performed on the CMT Music Awards last week and were touted as the best performance by a band or group by many reviewers. Meanwhile, their latest single “Loving You Is Easy” sits in the top 18 this week and is heading north. The band also played CMA Fest in Nashville on LP Field on Friday (6/12).
ZAC BROWN BAND – JUST THE FACTS
MEMBERS: Zac Brown (b. 8/1/1978) (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, banjo, ukulele, upright bass, vocals), Coy Bowles (guitar, keyboards), Chris Fryar (drums), Clay Cook (guitar, keyboards, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals), Matt Mangano (bass guitar) and Daniel de los Reyes (percussion)
HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Dahlonega, Georgia
DEBUT SINGLE: 2008’s “Chicken Fried”
CURRENT ALBUM: – Jekyll + Hyde – Released April 28, 2015
CURRENT SINGLE: “Loving You In Easy” – debuted at number 18 on the Media Base / Country Aircheck chart.
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: 2008
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2015 – “Homegrown”
RECENT TWEETS:
Zac Brown Band @zacbrownband June 14
Jacksonville, you were unbelievable. Thank you so much!!!
(p.s. @mattmangano is a badass!)
Zac Brown Band @zacbrownband June 13
#CMAfest! Felt SO good to be back. Thanks for coming out and singing with us, Nashville!
Zac Brown Band @zacbrownband June 11
Had a blast playing #Homegrown last night on @CMT Music Awards! Take a behind-the-album look at the song here.