Down the Rabbit Hole Live

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Down the Rabbit Hole Live
Tour by Zac Brown Band
Down the Rabbit Hole Live poster.jpeg
Tour poster
Associated album Welcome Home
Start dateJune 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)
End dateApril 27, 2019 (2019-04-27)
Legs2
No. of shows41
Zac Brown Band concert chronology

Down the Rabbit Hole Live was the fifth headlining concert tour by American country music group the Zac Brown Band, in support of their fifth studio album Welcome Home (2017). The tour began on June 8, 2018, in Lincoln, Nebraska and concluded on April 27, 2019, in Peoria, Illinois

Contents

Background

The band announced the tour in January 2018. Fourteen of the shows took place at Major League Baseball stadiums. OneRepublic, Leon Bridges, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Mark O’Connor Band, Darrell Scott, and Caroline Jones supported the first leg of the tour. [1] The second leg was announced in November 2018. [2]

Commercial reception

Their first night at Fenway Park marked their eighth consecutive sold-out performance at the park which broke a venue record. They also hold a record at Fenway for the most tickets sold out of any act to perform there. [3]

Their show on June 23, 2018, at Lakeview Amphitheater in Syracuse, New York, has been reportedly sold out. This is the second year in a row they have sold out that venue. [4]

Critical reception

Kevin Coffey of the Omaha World-Herald who attended opening night in Lincoln, thought that the choice of covers were interesting. During their cover of Hozier's "Take Me to Church", he said that, "it didn't fit with the show and Brown's velvety voice also didn't fit the song." He also wasn't too fond of their cover of Billy Joel's "The Longest Time". [5]

Setlist

The following setlist comes from opening night in Lincoln, Nebraska on June 8, 2018. [6]

  1. "Day for the Dead"
  2. "Keep Me in Mind"
  3. "As She's Walking Away"
  4. "Whiskey's Gone"
  5. "Next to Me" (Imagine Dragons cover)
  6. "Day That I Die"
  7. "Sweet Annie"
  8. "Tomorrow Never Comes"
  9. "No Roots"
  10. "No Roots" (Alice Merton cover)
  11. "Free"/"Into the Mystic" (Van Morrison cover)
  12. "Take Me to Church" (Hozier cover)
  13. "Knee Deep"
Intermission
  1. "The Longest Time"
  2. "Colder Weather"
  3. "Loving You Easy"
  4. "Goodbye in Her Eyes"
  5. "Beautiful Drug"
  6. "In My Blood" (Mark O'Connor cover)
  7. "Eleanor Rigby" (The Beatles cover)
  8. Medley: "Leader of the Band"/"My Old Man"/"The Living Years"
  9. "From Now On" (Hugh Jackman cover)
  10. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (The Beatles cover)
  11. "Chicken Fried"
  12. "Homegrown"
Encore
  1. "Cult of Personality" (Living Colour cover)
  2. "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones cover)
  3. "Bennie and the Jets" (Elton John cover)
  4. "Long Train Runnin'" (The Doobie Brothers cover)
  5. "Tush" (ZZ Top cover)
  6. "Thank You (Led Zeppelin cover)
  7. "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee cover)
  8. "Man in the Box" (Alice in Chains cover)
  9. "Thunderstruck" (AC/DC cover)
  10. "Sabotage" (Beastie Boys cover)

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening acts
Leg 1 [1]
June 8, 2018 Lincoln United States Pinnacle Bank Arena Mark O’Connor Band
Darrell Scott
June 9, 2018 Sioux Falls Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
June 15, 2018 Boston Fenway Park
June 16, 2018
June 22, 2018 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
June 23, 2018 Syracuse Lakeview Amphitheater
June 24, 2018 Darien Center Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 30, 2018 Atlanta SunTrust Park OneRepublic
Nahko and Medicine for the People
July 13, 2018 Toronto Canada Rogers Centre Nahko and Medicine for the People
July 14, 2018 Detroit United States Comerica Park OneRepublic
Nahko and Medicine for the People
July 19, 2018 Camden BB&T Pavilion Mark O’Connor Band
Darrell Scott
July 20, 2018
July 27, 2018 Washington, D.C. Nationals Park OneRepublic
Caroline Jones
July 28, 2018 Flushing Citi Field
July 29, 2018
August 2, 2018 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center Mark O’Connor Band
Darrell Scott
August 3, 2018 Noblesville Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
August 4, 2018 Cincinnati Great American Ball Park Leon Bridges
August 10, 2018 Minneapolis Target Field OneRepublic
August 11, 2018 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre Mark O’Connor Band
Darrell Scott
August 12, 2018
August 31, 2018 Seattle Safeco Field OneRepublic
September 15, 2018 Virginia Beach Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater Mark O’Connor Band
Darrell Scott
September 20, 2018 San Francisco AT&T Park
September 21, 2018 Las Vegas Palms Casino Resort
September 28, 2018 Bangor Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
September 29, 2018 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center Caroline Jones
Darrell Scott
Leg 2 [2]
March 1, 2019 Tulsa United States BOK Center Moon Taxi
March 9, 2019 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
March 10, 2019 Orange Beach Amphitheater at the Wharf
March 15, 2019 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion
March 16, 2019 Laughlin Laughlin Events Center
March 28, 2019 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
March 29, 2019 Brandon Brandon Amphitheater
March 30, 2019 Memphis FedExForum
April 11, 2019 Evans Evans Town Centre Park
April 12, 2019Virginia BeachVeterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
April 13, 2019 Raleigh Coastal Credit Union Music Park
April 14, 2019 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
April 25, 2019 Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
April 26, 2019 Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
April 27, 2019 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
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