Music news: Zac Brown Band surprises 37,000 Fenway fans with free cruises

Fans arrived at Fenway Park for live music and left with an unexpected holiday for two, writes Music News Blitz’s Zinhle Radebe.

More than 37,000 Zac Brown Band fans received the surprise during the country group's 15th consecutive sold-out show at the Boston ballpark on Sunday, 2 August.

The giveaway, valued at more than $40 million, was announced by Zac Brown before the band performed their 2021 song ‘Same Boat’.

"I'm buying every single person here a cruise for two people on the boat," Brown told the crowd.

"This is the biggest giveaway in history, ladies and gentlemen, here tonight at Fenway Park!"