ZZ Top Meets With Prime Minister of Macedonia

We kid you not.

ZZ Top gets a great welcome into Bulgaria

Now, this is cool.

Set List from Budapest Hungary, October 15, 2009

Under Pressure
Waitin' for the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Pincushion
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Future Blues
Cheap Sunglasses
Mexican Blackbird
My Head's in Mississippi(partial)
I Need You Tonight
I Loved A Woman
Foxy Lady
Party on the Patio
Just Got Paid
Gimme All Your Lovin
Sharp Dressed Man
Legs

First Encore:
LaGrange/Sloppy Drunk/BBQ
Tush

Second Encore:
Tube Snake Boogie

Notes: Frank banged his gong for the "Blues Technicians.". Patio sounded really bad. A few obnoxious drunks but overall a cool crowd and another great show.
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Last show!

Hello everyone!

This trip has been fantastic, but tonight in Budapest will
be our last show before we head back home to Chicago.

We hope everyone in Europe enjoys the rest of this tour, go to the shows, you will not be disappointed!

Set List from Bratislava Slovakia October 14, 2009

Under Pressure
Waitin' for the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Pincushion
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Future Blues
Cheap Sunglasses
Mexican Blackbird
My Head's in Mississippi(partial)
I Need You Tonight
I Loved A Woman
Foxy Lady
Party on the Patio
Just Got Paid
Gimme All Your Lovin
Sharp Dressed Man
Legs

First Encore:
LaGrange/Sloppy Drunk/BBQ
Tush

Second Encore:
Tube Snake Boogie

Notes: Billy didn't say where Bratislava or Slovakia during "Jesus Just Left Chicago.". When Billy threw the bottle of Jack to Pablo he dropped it and it slide off the stage, but Pablo jumped off the stage (like 3-4 feet high) into the pit to grab it. Crowd was pretty into the show.
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Set List from Vienna Austria October 12, 2009

Under Pressure
Waitin' for the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Pincushion
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Future Blues
Cheap Sunglasses
Mexican Blackbird
My Head's in Mississippi(partial)
I Need You Tonight
I Loved A Woman
Foxy Lady
Party on the Patio
Just Got Paid
Gimme All Your Lovin
Sharp Dressed Man
Legs

First Encore:
LaGrange/Sloppy Drunk/BBQ
Tush

Second Encore:
Tube Snake Boogie

Notes: Billy missed a few lyrics and I heard some complaints about the sound but it sounded pretty good from the front. There was a pretty big crowd.
No One Bourbon tonight, maybe that was a one-time deal?

On to Bratislava!
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ZZ Top Live in Vienna

Set list from Mannheim Germany

Under Pressure
Waitin' for the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Pincushion
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Future Blues
Cheap Sunglasses
Mexican Blackbird
My Head's in Mississippi(partial)
I Need You Tonight
I Loved A Woman
Foxy Lady
Party on the Patio
Just Got Paid
Gimme All Your Lovin,
Sharp Dressed Man
Legs

First Encore:
LaGrange/Sloppy Drunk/One Bourbon/BBQ
Tush

Second Encore:
Tube Snake Boogie

Switched it up a bit with I Loved a Woman, dropping Brown Sugar.

Between Sloppy Drunk and BBQ Billy sang a couple lines from "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." An old John Lee Hooker song most folks in the States know by a cover of the song done by George Thorogood.
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At the show in Mannheim...

Sorry mobile photos aren't working, will post set list after the show.
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Set list from Essen Germany

We had a great time at the Grugahalle in Essen last night. Billy even brought Frank Braun and the Rockpalast promoter onstage. Here is the setlist from ZZ Top's October 9, 2009 show in Essen Germany (subject to change when we check the tape.):

Under Pressure
Waitin' for the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Pincushion
I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Future Blues
Cheap Sunglasses
Mexican Blackbird
My Head's in Mississippi(partial)
I Need You Tonight
Foxy Lady
Brown Sugar
Party on the Patio
Just Got Paid
Gimme All Your Lovin,
Sharp Dressed Man
Legs

First Encore:
LaGrange/Sloppy Drunk/BBQ
Tush

Second Encore:
Tube Snake Boogie

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We are in Germany...

...And will be in Essen soon. Watch here for updates and a set list from tonight's show.
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Essen here we come!

Well, we have booked our trip and will be hitting the Essen and Mannheim shows and possibly a few more as well

Watch this space for updates and set lists from ZZ Top's Fall 2009 Double Down Live European Tour.

ZZ Top Heads North in November

For reasons that make no sense whatsoever, after coming back from Europe the band will be heading to Canada for a few dates in British Columbia in early November. (I guess these are almost like make-up dates for the Aerosmith tour?) They start out in Dawson's Creek B.C. which might possibly be the furthest north they have played in a long, long time. I'm not sure how they even get there in November...fly-in I guess? Thre are only 15,000 people there and it just doesn't make economic sense unless they are heading south after playing Alaska or flying back from Asia or something????? Wait and see.

Check zztop.com for details.

Cool interview with Billy

from a Serbian site.

ZZ Top to play Sturgis 2010

ZZ Top will celebrate their 40th Anniversay by playing the Chip at Sturgis in 2010. This is at least the second confimred date for Summer 2010, and it's only September. Very unusual.

ZZ Top to play at NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway

Not sure how we missed this, but it has been announced that ZZ Top will play for an hour before the NASCAR race at the Dickies 500 race at Texas Motor Speedway.

F1 Rocks on Speed Channel

For those of you in the U.S., the Speed Channel will have a 1-hour F1 Rocks special at midnight Saturday night/Sunday morning. Hopefully there will be some interesting ZZ footage.
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Singapore Photos

Some cool photos of the Boyzz visiting the F1 garage have been posted to ZZ Top's Facebook page. Frank has a Tab in his hand--did they ship it out special to Singapore or something?

Calling Singapore!

Hello Singapore--if anyone is going to the F1 Rocks concert please give
us a report on ZZ Top's set, especially what equipment they are using
and what the set list is.

Once the tour hits Europe I think the reports will pick up quite a bit.

Is anyone going to these club shows?

We haven't posted anything new recently because even though ZZ is playing this great club tour right now no one seems to be reporting back from these shows. No reviews, no set lists, nothing. We know some of our readers have gone to these shows (and several are going to the DC 9:30 shows) so we should have some updates soon.

Here is an article claiming they played "Party on the Patio" at the Kewadin shows:

http://www.wawa-news.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3885&Itemid=99999999

I kinda doubt it but would really love to hear that song live again.