The Voice 28: Joe Walsh and Zac Brown Set at Knockouts Mega Mentors
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and multi-Grammy Award-winning Joe Walsh and Grammy Award-winning multi-hyphenate Zac Brown will serve as mega mentors on season 28 of the musical competition series The Voice, airing Mondays (8 p.m. ET/PT) on NBC and streaming next day on Peacock.??
Brown, the frontman of Zac Brown Band, makes his Voice debut when he joins coaches Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg. Walsh, known for his hits such as “Funk #49,” “Walk Away,” “Life’s Been Good,” “Rocky Mountain Way,” “Life in the Fast Lane” and as a member of the Eagles, joins Niall Horan and Reba McEntire to mentor the remaining artists as they prepare for the Knockouts, beginning Monday, Oct. 27.??
Each coach enters the Knockouts with eight artists. With no saves or steals in this round, the competition is intense. Coaches alone choose the winner from their team to advance to the Playoffs, the last round before the Live Shows.??
Knockouts Boast first ever “Mic Drop” Feature
This season’s Knockouts feature the first-ever “Mic Drop” button, given to each coach to use on an artist from their respective teams whose performance blows them away. Viewers at home will have the opportunity to vote for the “Mic Drop” winner among the four. The artist with the most votes is awarded a performance at The Rose Parade Presented by Honda, live on Jan. 1, 2026.??
?Zac Brown is the leading front man of Zac Brown Band, a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning Southern rock group. Throughout its career spanning more than a decade, Zac?Brown Band has had six consecutive albums reach the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and five consecutive albums debut at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. To date, the group has won three Grammys, including Best New Artist in 2010, sold more than 30.5 million singles and 10.8 million albums, amassed over 11.2 billion catalog?streams and achieved 16 #1 radio singles. They are the second act to top both the Country and Active Rock formats.
Joe Walsh has received numerous accolades throughout this career, which spans more than five decades. The singer, songwriter and producer has released 12 studio records to date. His success started with the James Gang in 1969, followed with Barnstorm – the trio he founded – and continued in 1973 with the launch of his solo career. In 1975, already well established as a successful solo artist, Walsh was recruited to join the Eagles and bring his unique and harder rock sound to the group. In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band is currently playing the Sphere in Las Vegas as part of their “The Long Goodbye Final Tour.” He became a 2016 Kennedy Center Honors recipient as a member of the Eagles.
