At a Super Bowl weekend kickoff celebration last night at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, stadium-packing outfit Zac Brown Band offered a free hometown concert at the relatively intimate venue and delivered plenty of their staple originals along with choice covers, including an encore-closing Metallica cover featuring surprise special guest Dave Grohl. The group's set appropriately opened up with "Homegrown" and also included covers of Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" and the Allman Brothers Band's "Whipping Post" before closing out with "Beautiful Drug" and ZBB's hit "Chicken Fried." For the encore, Brown and company offered a trio of covers, starting with Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Beastie Boys' "Sabotage." Foo Fighters frontman Grohl then emerged to help out on ZBB's version of Metallica's "Enter Sandman," with Grohl bowing to the entire band in reverence during the bombastic closing notes. Watch a video of the collaboration below. Zac Brown Band have also announced dates for their summer 2019 tour, which will kick off in the Northeast in early June after the band plays Legends Day at the Indianapolis 500 in late May. See their schedule below. Tickets go on sale Feb. 8, with pre-sales beginning Feb. 5. More information can be found at the band's website.
Zac Brown Band Tour Dates May 25 Indianapolis, IN - Legends Day – Indy 500 June 7 Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion * June 8 Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion * June 9 Syracuse, NY - St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview * June 14 Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center June 15 Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center June 21 Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts + June 22 Holmdel, NJ - P.N.C. Bank Arts Center + June 23 Holmdel, NJ - P.N.C. Bank Arts Center + June 28 Burgettstown, PA - KeyBank Pavilion June 29 Tinley Park, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheater June 30 Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Summerfest July 12 Calgary, AB - Calgary Stampede July 21 Brooklyn, MI - Faster Horses Festival July 24 Paso Robles, CA - California Mid-State Fair July 25 Irvine, CA - Five Point Amphitheater July 26 Irvine, CA - Five Point Amphitheater August 9 Denver, CO - Coors Field * + August 11 Des Moines, IA - Grandstand - Iowa State Fairgrounds + August 23 Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater + August 24 Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater + August 25 Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live + August 29 Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium * August 30 Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center * August 31 Boston, MA - Fenway Park (on sale February 15) * September 6 Camden, NJ - BB&T Pavilion * September 7 Camden, NJ - BB&T Pavilion * September 8 Hartford, CT - XFINITY Theatre * September 19 Chula Vista, CA - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre + September 20 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheater + October 17 Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place October 18 West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre * October 19 West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre * October 20 Tampa, FL - MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre * October 25 Rogers, AR - The Walmart Amp * October 26 Dallas, TX - The Dos Equis Pavilion (on sale February 15) * * w/ special guest Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real + w/ special guest Caroline Jones
