Zac Brown Band
Love and Fear at The Sphere
2025
“Every residency at the Sphere has been revolutionary. But the Zac Brown Band has done something new by giving their show an extra layer of depth and heart.”
USA Today
Zac Brown Band’s Love & Fear residency at Sphere in Las Vegas was designed as an immersive concert experience that merged live performance with cinematic storytelling. Built around the themes of their album, the show fully utilized Sphere’s wraparound LED canvas and spatial audio system to surround the audience in evolving visual environments. Expansive landscapes, abstract imagery, and tightly synchronized lighting and video created a seamless, multi-sensory production that shifted between intimate moments and large-scale spectacle.
From a narrative perspective, the residency followed an emotional arc centered on vulnerability and resilience. Personal storytelling elements were woven throughout the performance, reinforcing the dual themes of love and fear as interconnected forces. The result was a production that felt less like a traditional concert and more like a cohesive, story-driven immersive event amplified by Sphere’s cutting-edge technology.
Team
Hayden Katz
Video Programmer and Screens Director
How we got there
Mark and Sooner worked closely with Tyler Lord and Zac Brown to take the audience on a personal journey in The Las Vegas Sphere residency. Together, they designed and built a stage that fit into the architecture of the upstage curved wall of the room. Lighting was placed on a graceful arc behind the stage to create backdrop and enhance the musicality of the songs. They also placed large banks of lights on moving towers to provide height in the lighting rig.
Throughout the lengthy process, they collaborated with the content teams to ensure cohesively across all lighting, effects and video elements. Camera angles and direction was carefully prepared by Brandon Kraemer while Zac's movements on stage were directed by Sooner and Tyler.
The result was a three act story told through music, lighting, intense video content, and monologues.
“That journey took attendees on a wild ride — and even ruffled a few feathers, with some spectators describing the use of a fiery skeleton wearing an apparent crown of thorns as "demonic.“
People Magazine
“The visuals, the music, and the storyline all worked together to create something memorable and genuinely inspiring.”
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