CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Country music’s iconoclast did it again.

Expanding the boundaries of the genre for nearly two decades, Eric Church last night showed why he’s the Chief, turning in another roughly 30-song, 2.5-hour set to a nearly packed Rocket Arena.

The “2025 Free The Machine Tour” stop began before it even started with a wink from the singer blasting Pink Floyd classics, including the apt “Welcome to the Machine,” over the PA.

The show kicked off with Church -- backed by a 24-piece band that included full string and horn sections, as well as background singers -- doing the most prog rock thing possible by performing his latest effort, “Evangeline vs. The Machine,” in its entirety.

Such a risky and bold move -- rarely, if ever, seen in country music -- is normally associated with o

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