{"id":72572,"date":"2026-09-11T14:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/watch-zach-bryan-kings-of-leon-perform-bowery-in-nashville\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T14:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T14:26:27","slug":"watch-zach-bryan-kings-of-leon-perform-bowery-in-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/watch-zach-bryan-kings-of-leon-perform-bowery-in-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Zach Bryan, Kings of Leon Perform ‘Bowery’ in Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tAs if playing their smallest Nashville show in nearly two decades wasn\u2019t enough, Kings of Leon<\/a> surprised the fans who packed the Basement East by bringing out a country music superstar: Zach Bryan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s long been a mutual respect<\/a> between the band and the Oklahoma troubadour: Kings opened several dates on Bryan\u2019s 2025 stadium run and also collaborated on two tracks in the studio. On Thursday night, they played one of them, \u201cBowery,\u201d as a sea of phones went up to capture the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBut even before Bryan\u2019s high-profile cameo at one of Nashville\u2019s best and most intimate rock rooms, Kings of Leon showed the 575 folks in attendance, including Lana Del Rey and Chris Isaak, that nearly three decades into their career they can still be a force onstage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe band \u2014\u00a0singer Caleb Followill, brothers Jared Followill on bass and Nathan Followill on drums, and cousin Matthew Followill on lead guitar \u2014\u00a0announced the pop-up gig just a day earlier, with tickets sold only at the Basement East box office. On Thursday morning, they made another announcement, their forthcoming 10th studio album, O My Beloved<\/em>, a love letter to the group\u2019s family and fans, and dropped the folksy new single, \u201cMy Whole World.\u201d The band debuted the song early into the nearly two-hour set, but it was the only taste of what\u2019s to come on O My Beloved<\/em>. The rest of the evening leaned hard on the hits: early faves like \u201cTaper Jean Girl\u201d and \u201cKing of the Rodeo,\u201d along with the modern-rock smashes, \u201cUse Somebody\u201d and \u201cSex on Fire,\u201d that made the Followills radio staples.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor locals, seeing Kings of Leon was rolling back the years. Over the past two decades, the band has become a reliable festival headliner and continues to perform in arenas worldwide. Outside of city limits, mostly the diehards know that the Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, natives once plied their craft at Nashville\u2019s Exit\/In and at house parties.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis wasn\u2019t lost on the band, and Caleb acknowledged it several times, saying they were pleased to play for \u201creal Nashvillians.\u201d \u201cAlways good to play a show here in Nashville,\u201d he told the crowd ahead of a poignant version of \u201cBack Down South.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s nothing as pretty as here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sentimental spirit informed the band\u2019s relaxed, nostalgic set. It was apparent in the easygoing flow that playing in front of a hometown crowd meant something extra. Songs like \u201cPyro,\u201d with Followill leading a singalong at its conclusion, the revved-up \u201cSupersoaker,\u201d and the frantic Southern punk of \u201cMolly\u2019s Chambers\u201d off the band\u2019s 2003 debut Youth and Young Manhood<\/em>, were greeted like old friends.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cUse Somebody\u201d and set closer \u201cSex on Fire\u201d<\/a> were reminders of the band\u2019s imperial period. The power of those two songs catapulted Kings of Leon from hellraising upstarts who opened for rock giants like U2, the Rolling Stones, and Pearl Jam in the mid-aughts to global stardom. But on this night in East Nashville, they were just a family band more than happy to rock out for their appreciative neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSet List:
\u201cFind Me\u201d
\u201cTaper Jean Girl\u201d
\u201cKing of the Rodeo\u201d
\u201cOn Call\u201d
\u201cFans\u201d
\u201cMy Whole World\u201d
\u201cRevelry\u201d
\u201cManhattan\u201d
\u201cUse Somebody\u201d
\u201cThe Bucket\u201d
\u201cWait for Me\u201d
\u201cCloser\u201d
\u201cMilk\u201d
\u201cSupersoaker\u201d
\u201cMolly\u2019s Chambers\u201d
\u201cMy Party\u201d
\u201cBack Down South\u201d
\u201cArizona\u201d
\u201cPyro\u201d
\u201cSeen\u201d
\u201cBlack Thumbnail\u201d
\u201cBowery\u201d
\u201cKnocked Up\u201d
\u201cSex on Fire\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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