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Black Out the Sun Tour

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Associated album
  
Jekyll + Hyde

Legs
  
2

Start date
  
March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)

End date
  
April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21)

No. of shows
  
45 in North America 2 in Australia 47 Total

The Black Out the Sun Tour is the current sixth headlining concert tour by American country music group, Zac Brown Band and is in support of their 2015 album, Jekyll + Hyde (2015). The tour began on March 19, 2016, in Teton Village and will finish on April 21, 2017, in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

The band announced the tour in February 2016. On September 21, 2016, two Australian tour dates were announced.

Concert synopsis

The show is filled with their own material and covers. They perform songs from their current album Jekyll + Hyde such as "Castaway", "Beautiful Drug", "Homegrown", and "I'll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter)", past hits like "Chicken Fired", "Knee Deep", "Colder Weather" and covers such as Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic", The Who's "Baba O'Riley", and Dolly Parton's "Jolene".

Production

The back of the stage is covered by a video screen that shows images and visuals. There is also another video screen on the stage where the horns, vocalists and percussionists stand.

Opening acts

  • Drake White & The Big Fire
  • Setlist

    Not all songs are performed at every show, and in not always in the same order.

    Tour dates

    Festivals
    Cancellations and rescheduled shows

    Critical reception

    Timothy Finn of The Kansas City Star says "the show wasn't flawless" and did not like how long the band introductions went but overall "was one long exhibition of this band's virtuosity and personality".

    References

    Black Out the Sun Tour Wikipedia