Zac Brown’s Las Vegas Sphere Residency Accused of Satanism
Posted on: December 7, 2025, 10:41h.
Last updated on: December 7, 2025, 10:45h.
The Zac Brown Band’s handlers may believe in that old saw, “all publicity is good publicity.” Still, the headline that most acts hope to generate when they open a music residency at the Las Vegas Sphere isn’t ‘Country Music Star Accused of Satanic Ritual at Show.’”
The opening night of the Georgia country band’s “Love & Fear” residency on December 5 featured flame-red skeletons, demons and, at one point, Brown donning what appeared to be a red crown of devil horns.
Within hours, Brown’s core audience exploded accusations all over social media that the band had staged more than entertainment, but an actual satanic ritual.
“Showing images of hell and humans being tormented,” wrote X user @ninoboxer in a post that received 66K views. “My question is… when did country music turn into THIS?!”
Commenter @WilliamMey11690 agreed…
“This SHIT is not country music,” he wrote. “It never has been, and it never will be. This is the demonic realm attempting to knock down one of the few remaining music genres that do not bow down to satan.”
“Zac Brown Band performed a demonic ritual at the sphere,” X user @_TruthZone_ echoed in a since-deleted post. “Most of these concerts are energy harvesting rituals.”
The kicker? Brown paid out of his own pocket for the visuals that offended so many of his fans. In an interview with Us Weekly, he admitted “going into debt to make it happen” — to the rumored tune of $6-$8 million of the standard $10 million it costs to produce a video that can be played only on the world’s largest indoor video screen.
Usually, bands perform a couple dozen shows to amortize the expense across many profitable performances. But the Zac Brown band is performing only eight Sphere shows (until January 17) before they are expected to launch a spring/summer US tour. (Nothing’s been announced yet.)
The Devil Came Up from Georgia
While it’s beyond far‑fetched to think that Brown — who worked as a counselor at two Christian summer camps during his Georgia youth — staged an actual satanic ritual at a $2.3 billion venue owned by a $2.5 billion public company, knowing your audience would probably have been some damn good advice for him to take.
This was not a 1981 Ozzy Osbourne crowd.
The last message shared on the official Zac Brown Band’s X account seemed oblivious to even the faintest possibility of any controversy.
“Opening night at @SphereVegas … what a ride,” Brown wrote. “After dreaming this one up for a long time it feels surreal to finally live it. We’ve played a lot of shows, but nothing like this.”
That last sentence certainly did end up being true, didn’t it?
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