Ahead of launching Zac Brown Band‘s Out in the Middle tour this weekend, the group’s lead singer Zac Brown discussed politics, COVID-19 and touring in an interview with Rolling Stone.
Brown also likened consuming news media to sipping on “poison.”
“You can pick a channel over here and you’re pissed off about one thing and your cortisol goes up and you watch this one and you’re pissed off about this. We’re tribal people, the same way we were 200,000 years ago. The technology is advanced so far and so much that we hear so many people’s opinions about things that we forget what’s right in front of us,” he added. “So you just sip on this poison and being stimulated by all these things that are around all the time.
Zac Brown Band will welcome the Robert Randolph Band in a support role for their run of stadium and amphitheater shows this year, in support of their recent album,. Brown noted the unifying impact of having the ability to travel, experience other cultures and get to know people of all kinds of backgrounds.
“Mark Twain had a quote about travel being lethal to ignorance and racism. After you’ve been out and seen a lot of other things, you realize we’re all the same,” he explained. “We all have that same human condition — we fall in love, we have heartbreak, we have hard times, we have adversity. Music is one of those powerful things that unifies those through the stories.
“I look at it as a professional sports team like, this is a competitive thing and we take it seriously [in] the way we practice, the way we rehearse, the way we perform. Nobody’s allowed to drink or smoke or do any drugs or anything during the show. Whatever they do after the show, they have a small window before we get on the buses and roll again. But I think what we do better now is take care of ourselves … This is our life and our business, and we’ve got to take it seriously.
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