ZZ Top are on tour, played Bergen PAC (pics, dates)

May 15, 2013

Big muff superfuzz: ZZ Top @ Bergen PAC, 5/14/2013
ZZ Top

Legendary, bearded, and legendarily bearded (except for the drummer, whose name is Beard) Texas hard rock trio ZZ Top, who will be at Bonnaroo this year, played Bergen Performing Arts Center in NJ last night (May 14), part of a larger ongoing tour for the band that puts them in Westbury NY for a sold-out show at Theater at Westbury tonight. Pictures from their show are in this post.

If you missed it, we also recently caught Billy Gibbons back with his old band Moving Sidewalks in Austin and NYC.

The ZZ Top shows are in celebration of the band’s massive legacy, compiled into a single, similarly massive chunk — a 10-disc collection of their studio albums due on June 10:

The set, including the albums initially released on the London label as well as the string of Warner Bros. hits that followed, includes ZZ Top’s First Album (1971), Rio Grande Mud (1972), Tres Hombres (1973), Fandango! (1975)*, Tejas (1976), Degüello (1979), El Loco (1981), Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). Each album is presented in a wallet sleeve that faithfully reproduces the original artwork, including the gatefold designs used for Tres Hombres and Tejas. The set presents, for the first time on CD, the original LP mixes for: ZZ Top’s First Album, Rio Grande Mud and Tejas that have long been on the wish lists of the band’s most fervent fans.

Look for that at a merch table or retailer near you, and listen for songs from it at the dates listed, along with more pics from Bergen PAC, below…

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Ben Miller Band

ZZ Top

ZZ TOP – 2013 TOUR DATES
MAY 15 THEATER AT WESTBURY WESTBURY, NY
MAY 17 HAMPTON BEACH CASINO HAMPTON, NH
MAY 18 LYNN AUDITORIUM LYNN, MA
MAY 19 PIER SIX PAVILION BALTIMORE, MD
MAY 21 TENNESSEE THEATRE KNOXVILLE, TN
MAY 23 JOHNNY MERCER THEATER – SAVANNAH CIVIC CENTER SAVANNAH, GA
MAY 24 AARON BESSANT PARK & OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
MAY 25 IP CASINO RESORT & SPA BILOXI, MS
JUN 2 WARSAW STUDENT FESTIVAL WARSAW POLAND
JUN 18 LE ZENITH PARIS FRANCE
JUN 19 LE ZENITH ROUEN FRANCE
JUN 20 LE ZENITH DIJON FRANCE
JUN 22 HELLFEST CLISSON FRANCE
JUN 24 HAMMERSMITH APOLLO LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
JUN 25 MANCHESTER APOLLO MANCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM
JUN 27 MARQUEE CORK IRELAND
JUN 30 STADTPARK HAMBURG GERMANY
JUL 1 ZITADELLE BERLIN GERMANY
JUL 2 TOLLWOOD FESTIVAL MUNICH GERMANY
JUL 4 MOON AND STARS FESTIVAL LOCARNO SWITZERLAND
JUL 6 LOVELY DAYS FESTIVAL WEISEN AUSTRIA
JUL 7 CASTLE CLAM LINZ AUSTRIA
JUL 8 CEZ ARENA PARDUBICE CZECH REPUBLIC
JUL 10 MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL MONTREUX SWITZERLAND
JUL 12 LE MILLENIUM EPERNAY FRANCE
JUL 13 ZOTTEGEM FESTIVAL ZOTTEGEM BELGIUM
JUL 14 BOSBOP FESTIVAL WEERT NETHERLANDS
JUL 28 SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA UNITED STATES
JUL 30 VINA ROBLES AMPHITHEATRE PASO ROBLES, CA
AUG 31 SLEEP TRAIN AMPHITHEATRE WHEATLAND, CA
AUG 1 PACIFIC AMPITHEATRE COSTA MESA, CA
AUG 3 FIDDLERS GREEN AMPHITHEATER ENGLEWOOD, CO
AUG 4 BUFFALO CHIP CAMPGROUND STURGIS, SD
AUG 6 THE MYTH ST. PAUL, MN
AUG 8 KRESGE AUDITORIUM INTERLOCHEN, MI
AUG 9 DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE CLARKSTON, MI
AUG 10 DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE CLARKSTON, MI
AUG 11 DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE CLARKSTON, MI
AUG 24 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER ST. LOUIS, MO
AUG 25 KLIPSCH MUSIC CENTER INDIANAPOLIS, IN
AUG 27 ARTPARK LEWISTON, NY
AUG 28 RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER CINCINNATI, OH
AUG 30 FIRST MIDWEST BANK AMPHITHEATRE TINLEY PARK, IL
SEP 4 SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY
SEP 6 BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS BETHEL, NY
SEP 7 FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION BURGETTSTOWN, PA
SEP 10 VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER CHARLOTTE, NC
SEP 11 WOLF TRAP FILENE CENTER VIENNA, VA UNITED STATES
SEP 14 AARON’S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD ATLANTA, GA UNITED STATES
SEP 15 LIVE NATION AMPHITHEATRE AT FLORIDA STATE FAIRGROUNDS TAMPA, FL UNITED STATES
OCT 9 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS LIVE AUSTIN, TX UNITED STATES
OCT 18 THE JOINT @ HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO CATOOSA, OK UNITED STATES