
Zac Brown Band Nominated For 4 ACM Awards - Including Fan-Voted Entertainer of The Year - Zac Brown nominated for 2 additional individual nominations
Best New Artist GRAMMY winners Zac Brown Band are all about their live show experience and their latest DVD/2-CD release 'Pass The Jar - Zac Brown Band and Friends Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre In Atlanta' will bring that experience to an even bigger audience on May 4 (Southern Ground/Atlantic). Taped at Atlanta's Fox Theatre, 'Pass the Jar...' is a live concert package that captures performances from Zac Brown Band's sold-out October 2009 show benefiting Athens's historic Georgia Theatre.
Pre-orders for the 'Pass the Jar...' set are open to the general public now (http://bit.ly/ZBBDVDPre) and all purchasers will receive a unique code to get early access to pre-sale tickets for Zac Brown Band's May 8th show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Atlanta. Tickets for the Atlanta show go on sale to the general public March 12th.
The 'Pass the Jar...' DVD will feature eighteen of the evening's performances with guests including: Kid Rock, Little Big Town, Joey + Rory, Shawn Mullins, Angie Aparo and Aslyn, who joined Zac Brown Band onstage for songs from their platinum album 'The Foundation,' their favorite covers, and new unreleased material. Shot in HD and directed by Darren Doane (who also shot the band's "Toes" and "Highway 20 Ride" videos), the DVD is essential viewing for Zac Brown Band fans.
Watch the 'Pass the Jar...' trailer at: http://bit.ly/ZBBDVD
'Pass The Jar - Zac Brown Band and Friends Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre In Atlanta' DVD Track List:
1. Intro
2. Whatever It Is
3. It's Not OK
4. Jolene
5. Who Knows
6. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
7. Sic 'Em On A Chicken
8. Junkyard (feat. Angie Aparo)
9. The Devil Went Down To Georgia
10. Trying to Drive (feat. Aslyn)
11. Alabama Jubilee (feat. Barry Waldrep)
12. Can't You See (feat. Kid Rock)
13. Highway 20 Ride
14. Colder Weather (feat. Little Big Town)
15. Free / Into the Mystic (feat. Joey + Rory)
16. Toes (feat. Shawn Mullins)
17. America The Beautiful
18. Chicken Fried
19. We're Gonna Make This Day
The 'Pass the Jar...' 2-CD companion will include audio from the DVD as well as performances of: "Let It Go," "Where The Boat Leaves From," "Blackbird" (feat. Matt Mangano), "Whiskey's Gone," "I Shall Be Released" and "Bar" (feat. Sonia Leigh and guests).
Already the Academy of Country Music's reigning Top New Vocal Group, Zac Brown Band is nominated this year in the ACM's fan-voted category Entertainer of the Year. The group also earned nominations for Album of the Year for 'The Foundation,' Single Record of the Year for "Toes," and Top Vocal Group. Zac Brown also received two individual nominations as producer of Album of the Year for 'The Foundation' and Single Record of the Year for "Toes." Fan voting for Entertainer of the Year will begin Thursday, April 1 and the winner will be announced live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 18th on CBS.
Zac Brown Band fans can also see them in concert on CMT's Crossroads with Jimmy Buffett on March 19th at 10 p.m. For a sneak peak, visit:http://bit.ly/ZBBCMTCross
For more information on Zac Brown Band, please contact Rebecca Shapiro (rshapiro@shorefire.com) or Elizabeth Lutz (elutz@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media, 718.522.7171 or Sheila Richman at Atlantic Records, 212.707.3063, sheila.richman@atlanticrecords.com or Liz Norris at ROAR 917.755.1005, norris@roar.la.