Date posted: December 7, 2025, 10:41 AM.

Last modified on: December 7, 2025, 10:45 AM.

The Zac Brown Band’s management might subscribe to the adage, “any publicity is good publicity.” However, the kind of attention most artists seek when launching a music residency at the Las Vegas Sphere isn’t typically a headline like, “Country Music Artist Accused of Conducting a Satanic Ritual During Performance.”

Opening night on December 5 for the Georgia-based country band’s “Love & Fear” residency presented visuals of blazing red skeletons, demonic imagery, and featured Brown wearing a striking red crown resembling devil horns.

Within hours, fervent fans took to social media, alleging that the performance transcended mere entertainment, branding it as an actual satanic ceremony.

“Displaying images reminiscent of hell and human punishment,” remarked X user @ninoboxer in a viral post that garnered 66K views. “My question is… when did country music evolve into THIS?!”

Commenter @WilliamMey11690 echoed the sentiment, stating, “This is NOT country music. It never has been, and it never will be. This is the demonic realm aiming to undermine one of the few remaining genres that refuse to bow to satan.”

“Zac Brown Band conducted a satanic ritual at the Sphere,” X user @_TruthZone_ commented in a post that has since been removed. “Many of these concerts serve as energy harvesting ceremonies.”

A striking revelation? Brown financed the controversial visuals himself. In an interview with Us Weekly, he disclosed that he “went into debt to make it happen”— reportedly around $6-$8 million of the typical $10 million needed for a performance on the world’s largest indoor video screen.

Typically, artists would put on many shows to spread out the production costs. However, the Zac Brown Band is scheduled for only eight Sphere performances (ending January 17) before embarking on a projected US tour in spring/summer. (No details have been disclosed yet.)

The Devil Came Down to Georgia

While it might seem absurd to think that Brown—who served as a counselor at Christian summer camps during his youth in Georgia—would orchestrate an actual satanic ceremony in a $2.3 billion venue owned by a $2.5 billion public company, it would have been wise for him to consider his audience more carefully.

This was certainly not an Ozzy Osbourne concert from the 1980s.

The final post from the official Zac Brown Band’s X account seemed completely unaware of any potential controversy. “Opening night at @SphereVegas … what an experience,” Brown expressed. “After a long time dreaming about this, it feels surreal to finally realize it. We’ve performed many shows, but none quite like this.”

That last statement certainly turned out to be accurate, didn’t it?