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

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 Fried", "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 Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris and Marty Stuart (C2C festival only)

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

"Castaway" "Whiskey's Gone" Mashup: "Free"/"Into the Mystic" "Sweet Annie" "Chicken Fried" "Wind" "As She's Walking Away "S.O.B." "It's Not OK" "I'll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter)" "Toes" "Keep Me in Mind" Colder Weather" "Beautiful Drug" "Loving You Easy" "Knee Deep" "The Day I Die" "On This Train" "One Day" "Tomorrow Never Comes" "Highway 20 Ride" "Let's Go Easy" "Quiet Your Mind" "Homegrown"

Covers "All Apologies" "Baba O'Riley" "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" "Enter Sandman "Head Like a Hole" "Hotel California" "Jolene" "The Way You Look Tonight"

Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, attendance, and gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance Gross revenueNorth America March 19, 2016Teton VillageUnited StatesJackson Hole Rendezvous rowspan="7" rowspan="7" April 1, 2016OmahaCenturyLink Center OmahaApril 2, 2016WichitaIntrust Bank ArenaApril 3, 2016TulsaBOK CenterApril 16, 2016 CharlestonMUSC Health StadiumApril 17, 2016 April 30, 2016 AustinFrank Erwin CenterMay 19, 2016HartfordXfinity Theatre16,117 / 24,511$673,725May 20, 2016CamdenBB&T Pavilion25,227 / 25,517$1,097,136May 21, 2016BurgettstownFirst Niagara Pavilion14,776 / 23,001$454,051May 22, 2016NoblesvilleKlipsch Music Center16,043 / 24,740$565,690May 27, 2016Kansas CitySprint Center7,775 / 11,153$578,847May 28, 2016MinneapolisTarget Field28,839 / 39,077$2,330,737June 3, 2016Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre17,070 / 22,000$645,757June 4, 2016IrvineIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre14,589 / 15,000$871,606June 5, 2016InglewoodThe Forumcolspan="2" June 16, 2016 MackCountry Jamrowspan="4" rowspan="4" June 17, 2016 June 18, 2016 June 19, 2016 June 24, 2016Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center19,187 / 20,672$831,736June 25, 2016East TroyAlpine Valley Music Theatre31,417 / 70,888$1,084,482June 26, 2016July 1, 2016CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center19,808 / 20,581$776,990July 2, 2016ClarkstonDTE Energy Music Theatre14,822 / 15,068$673,900July 3, 2016Darien CenterDarien Lake PAC16,782 / 21,800$669,991July 8, 2016 KitchenerCanadaBingemansrowspan="2" rowspan="2" July 9, 2016 July 14, 2016CalgaryCalgary Stampede11,120 / 11,408$1,403,540July 15, 2016 CravenCraven Country Jamboreerowspan="2" rowspan="2" July 16, 2016 PendletonUnited StatesRound Up GroundsJuly 21, 2016SyracuseLakeview Amphitheater15,413 / 16,806 $646,183July 22, 2016BethelBethel Woods Center for the Arts15,359 / 15,423$701,756July 23, 2016HersheyHersheypark Stadium21,929 / 28,145$1,015,104August 19, 2016FlushingCiti Field38,778 / 38,778$3,265,889August 20, 2016BostonFenway Park72,819 / 72,819$5,477,774August 21, 2016September 1, 2016Atalantic CityAtlantic City BeachSeptember 2, 2016BristowJiffy Lube Live21,791 / 23,237$965,941September 3, 2016Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center21,104 / 25,151$811,699September 4, 2016Virginia BeachVeterans United Home Loans Amphitheater13,414 / 20,055$633,143September 15, 2016CharlottePNC Music Pavilion13,193 / 18,308$623,352September 16, 2016BirminghamOak Mountain AmphitheatreSeptember 17, 2016JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena10,697 / 10,721$689,155September 18, 2016TampaMidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre15,949 / 20,245$722,370EuropeMarch 10, 2017Ireland IrelandThe O2 — —March 11, 2017Glasgow ScotlandClyde Auditorium — —March 12, 2017London EnglandThe O2 Arena — —AustraliaApril 19, 2017MelbourneAustraliaMargaret Court Arena — —April 21, 2017SydneyICC Sydney Theatre — —

Festivals

Cancellations and rescheduled shows August 12, 2016AustinAustin360 AmphitheaterCancelledAugust 13, 2016HoustonMinute Maid ParkCancelledAugust 14, 2016DallasGexa Energy PavilionCancelled

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".

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