ZZ Top have announced dates for an extensive 50th anniversary US tour.
Following a three-night celebration in their home state of Texas next month – including shows in Dallas (May 17), Houston (May 18) and The Wodlands (May 19) – the band will launch a late summer/early fall run in Ridgefield, WA on August 16.
Alongside some festival appearances, the group will joined by Cheap Trick for most of the run while Lynyrd Skynyrd will appear on a pair of early dates along the way as it crosses the country into late October.
“It’s been five decades, and I think we’re starting to get pretty good at this!,” says guitarist Billy Gibbons. “We’re just as excited to be back in Texas this May playing our bluesy kind of rock as when started with in ’69. The beards, Frank excepted, are perhaps a bit longer, yet nothing else has changed much and we're keeping it that way.”
Tickets for the newly-announced 50th anniversary US dates – which will follow a lengthy spring/summer European trek – will go on sale starting Friday, April 12 at 10 AM local time.
Formed in Houston, TX in 1969, the group issued their debut, “ZZ Top’s First Album”, in 1971 before going on to release 14 more studio records and perform countless world tours; with sales of more than 50 million albums worldwide, the band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2004.
ZZ Top
50th anniversary
2019 US tour
Aug 16 – Ridgefield, WA @ Sunlight Supply Amphitheatre *
Aug 17 – Airway Heights, WA @ Northern Quest Casino Theater
Aug 20 – Yakima, WA @ Yakima Valley SunDome
Aug 21 – Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle *
Aug 23 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre **
Aug 24 – Concord, CA @ Concord Pavilion **
Aug 25 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre *
Aug 27 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theater
Aug 28 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre *
Aug 29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre *
Sep 01 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre *
Sep 04 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Pavilion
Sep 06 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre *
Sep 07 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre *
Sep 08 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheater *
Sep 10 – Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center *
Sep 11 – Burgettstown, PA @ KeyBank Pavilion *
Sep 13 – Ocean City, MD @ Ocean City BikeFest
Sep 14 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion *
Sep 18 – Boston, MA @ Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion *
Sep 19 – Wantagh. NY @ Jones Beach Theater *
Sep 21 – Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion *
Sep 22 – Louisville, KY @ Champions Park
Oct 05 – Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre *
Oct 06 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion *
Oct 09 – Charleston, SC @ Volvo Cars Stadium *
Oct 11 – Cherokee, NC @ Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center *
Oct 12 – Manchester, TN @ Exit 111 Festival
Oct 13 – Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Amphitheatre *
Oct 15 – Augusta, GA @ James Brown Arena *
Oct 16 -St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre *
Oct 18 – Estero FL @ Hertz Arena *
Oct 19 – Tampa, FL @ MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre *
Oct 20 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Coral Sky Amphitheatre *
* with Cheap Trick
** with Lynyrd Skynyrd
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