ZZ Top announce 50th Anniversary Tour w/ Cheap Trick
Texas trio ZZ Top are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year and will be on the road as part of that celebration. “It’s been five decades, and I think we’re starting to get pretty good at all this,” says frontman Billy Gibbons. “We’re truly excited to be appearing across the continent this summer and fall, playing our bluesy kind of rock like we started in ’69. The beards, Frank’s excepted, are perhaps a bit longer, yet nothing else has changed. We’re keeping it that way.”
The tour kicks off August 16 in Ridgefield, WA and wraps up October 20 in West Palm Beach, FL, with Cheap Trick joining them for many of the shows and Lynyrd Skynyrd playing with them at a pair of California dates. The tour hits the NYC area on September 19 at Jones Beach with Cheap Trick opening. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday, April 19 at 10 AM, with a Tres Hombres presale starting April 16 at 10 AM. All dates are listed, along with a stream of their classic 1973 LP, Tres Hombres, below.
In 2019 it’s easy to take ZZ Top for granted, but they are true rock and roll legends whose songs, stage show and guitar playing are truly influential and legendary. Take it from Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and Power Trip, who both recently put the bearded ones in their bag at Amoeba Records:
ZZ TOP – 2019 TOUR DATES
AUGUST
16 – Ridgefield, WA – Sunlight Supply Amphitheatre*
17 – Airway Heights, WA – Northern Quest Casino Theater
20 – Yakima, WA – Yakima Valley SunDome
21 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle*
23 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre**
24 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion**
25 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre*
27 – Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theater
28 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU*
29 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre*
SEPTEMBER
01 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre*
04 — Milwaukee, WI – BMO Harris Pavilion”
06 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
07 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre*
08 – Sterling Heights, MI–Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill*
10 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center at The Heights*
11 – Burgettstown, PA – KeyBank Pavilion*
13 – Ocean City, MD – Ocean City BikeFest
14 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion*
18 – Boston, MA – Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion*
19 — Wantagh. NY — Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater*
21 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica*
22 – Louisville, KY – Champions Park
OCTOBER
05 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre*
06 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion*
09 – Charleston, SC – Volvo Cars Stadium*
11 – Cherokee, NC – Harrah’s Cherokee – Event Center*
12 — Manchester, TN – Exit 111 Festival
13 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Amphitheatre*
15 – Augusta, GA – The James Brown Arena*
16 —St. Augustine, FL — St. Augustine Amphitheatre*
18 — Estero FL – Hertz Arena*
19 – Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre*
20 — West Palm Beach, FL — Coral Sky Amphitheatre*
* with Cheap Trick
**with Lynyrd Skynyrd
