Down the Rabbit Hole Live

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

Down the Rabbit Hole Live

Tour by Zac Brown Band
Tour poster
Associated album	Welcome Home
Start date	June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)
End date	April 27, 2019 (2019-04-27)
Legs	2
No. of shows	41
Zac Brown Band concert chronology

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

14. "The Longest Time"
15. "Colder Weather"
16. "Loving You Easy"
17. "Goodbye in Her Eyes"
18. "Beautiful Drug"
19. "In My Blood" (Mark O'Connor cover)
20. "Eleanor Rigby" (The Beatles cover)
21. Medley: "Leader of the Band"/"My Old Man"/"The Living Years"
22. "From Now On" (Hugh Jackman cover)
23. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (The Beatles cover)
24. "Chicken Fried"
25. "Homegrown"

Encore

26. "Cult of Personality" (Living Colour cover)
27. "Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones cover)
28. "Bennie and the Jets" (Elton John cover)
29. "Long Train Runnin'" (The Doobie Brothers cover)
30. "Tush" (ZZ Top cover)
31. "Thank You (Led Zeppelin cover)
32. "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee cover)
33. "Man in the Box" (Alice in Chains cover)
34. "Thunderstruck" (AC/DC cover)
35. "Sabotage" (Beastie Boys cover)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening 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, 2019	Virginia Beach		Veterans 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

Notes

• The Charlotte and Raleigh shows on September 13 and 14, 2018, were canceled due to Hurricane Florence. They were rescheduled for April 13 and 14, 2019.

Band

• Zac Brown – lead vocals, guitars, banjo, bass guitar
• Jimmy De Martini – harmony and backing vocals, fiddle, guitar, mandolin
• John Driskell Hopkins – harmony and backing vocals, guitar, banjo, baritone guitar, ukulele, double bass
• Coy Bowles – guitars, Hammond organ, piano, slide guitar
• Clay Cook – guitars, Hammond organ, piano, slide guitar
• Chris Fryer – drums, percussion
• Daniel De Los Reyes – percussion
• Matt Mangano – bass guitar

References

1. Parton, Chris (January 12, 2018). "Zac Brown Band Announce 2018 'Down the Rabbit Hole Live' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
2. Brooks, Dave (November 9, 2018). "Zac Brown Band Announces Tour Dates For 2019, Releases 'Someone I Used To Know". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
3. Mims, Taylor (June 15, 2018). "Zac Brown Band's Sold-Out Fenway Park Show Breaks Another Stadium Record". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
4. Herbert, Geoff (June 19, 2018). "Zac Brown Band sells out Lakeview Amphitheater concert for 2nd year in a row". Syracuse.com.
5. Coffey, Kevin (June 9, 2018). "Review: Zac Brown Band plays hits in Lincoln, but some covers don't work". Omaha World-Herald. Media Group, Inc. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
6. Grenfell, Bill. "Zac Brown Band :: 06.08.18 Pinnacle Bank Arena :: Lincoln, NE". JamBase. JamBase Inc. Retrieved June 10, 2018.