The Eagle Has Landed

We are now in Texas and have already eaten at Whataburger. Tomorrow we head to the first show in Tyler. We will have the new set list, photos, and some live blogging during the show, so stay tuned tomorrow.

In the afternoon we also hope to make a quick visit to a little piece of ZZ Top history, tomorrow should be an exciting day!

2010 Tour Is Almost Here!

I've been out of the country and have also been a bit sick so blog updates have been scarce but the thought of the 2010 tour starting this week in Tejas has revitalized me a bit. Barbecue and the Top, a perfect weekend in the Lone Star State. Hopefully I will be able to make it to the Tyler and Beaumont shows, if anyone else is going please give me a holler.

Set List Contest

OK, we only have a couple of entries, you have until the concert in Tyler begins this Friday to post or e-mail me your set list entries. If I am able to attend the Tyler show, I will post the "official" set list used to determine the contest winner. If I can't make it to Tyler, I will use the first set list for this tour posted at lowpft.com (or anotehr reputable source if necessary) as the "official" set list.

Tour starts in Texas--Adding Europe dates from zztop.com -- ZZ Top 2010 Tour Dates -- new rumored dates being added

Looks like the boooking agents have been busy. We have heard about posible dates in the Spring in the U.S., possibly as a warm-up for the South American tour. Here is what we have tentatively been able to put together:

NOTE: What we have pieced together for the Europe shows the Boyzz playing 20 shows or more in a single month, including *nine* days in a row. This would be a crazy thing for their booking agent to do and we suspect that some of these shows may drop out along the way. New dates in Helsinki and Monte Carlo.


U.S.
April 23 Tyler, TEXAS
April 24 Ford Park, Beaumont TEXAS
April 25 The Backyard, Austin TEXAS
April 29 Sunfest, West Palm Beach FLORIDA
April 30 King Center, Melbourne FLORIDA (confirmed)
May 1 Tampa Devil Rays game, Tampa FLORIDA
May 4 Moran Theatre, Jacksonville FLORIDA (confirmed)
May 5 Civic Center, Columbus GEORGIA (confirmed)
May 7 Hilton Head SOUTH CAROLINA
May 8 Chastain Park, Atlanta GEORGIA
May 9 Tupelo MISSISSIPPI
May 14 Belton TEXAS

SOUTH AMERICA
May 18 Santiago, CHILE(confirmed)
May 20 Sao Paolo, BRAZIL (confirmed)
May 21 Sao Paolo, BRAZIL (confirmed)
May 23 Puerto Alegre, BRAZIL
May 26 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

USA
May 28 Rocklahoma, Pryor OKALHOMA (note: some sources list this date as the first day of the festival, but it would be difficult to think they could play in Argentina on May 26 and Oklahoma on the 28th)

June 16 Thunder Bay, Ontario CANADA
June 19 Belleville, Ontario CANADA
June 25 Summerfest Milwaukee WISCONSIN (w/Tom Petty)
June 26 Summerfest Milwaukee WISCONSIN (w/Tom Petty)(conflicts with Crossroads??)
June 26 Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago ILLINOIS (confirmed)

EUROPE
June 30 Jarvenpaa, FINLAND
July 2 Skanevik Blues Fest NORWAY
July 3 Helsinki FINLAND
July 5 Royal Palace, MONTE CARLO
July 6 Le Zenith, Toulouse, FRANCE
July 8 Arenes de Bayonne, FRANCE
July 9 Arenes de Nimes, FRANCE
July 10 Moon and Stars Festival, Locarno, SWITZERLAND
July 12 Ippodromo Capannelle, Rome ITALY
July 13 Piazza Napoleone, Lucca ITALY
July 14 Villa Contarini, Padova ITALY
July 15 Castello Sforzesco, Vigevano ITALY
July 16 Musilac at Esplanade du Lac, FRANCE (confirmed by venue)
July 17 Lyon, FRANCE
July 18 Kempten, GERMANY
July 19 Zenith de Strasbourg, FRANCE
July 20 Suikkerrock, Tienen BELGIUM
July 22 Zenith Nantes Metropole, FRANCE
July 24 High Voltage Festival, London UK (confirmed)
July 30 ???? FRANCE

U.S.
July 31 Stillwater, OKLAHOMA
August 4 Clearfield, PENNSYLVANIA
August 6 Mississippi Valley Fair, Davenport IOWA
August 7 Wisconsin Dells, WISCONSIN
August 9 Buffalo Chip/Sturgis
August 10 Sioux Falls, SOUTH DAKOTA
August 13 Peppermill Casino, West Wendover NEVADA
August 15 Costa Mesa, CALIFORNIA
August 20 Las Vegas Hilton, NEVADA
August 21 Las Vegas Hilton, NEVADA
August 24 LAncaster CALIFORNIA

Other rumors: Moncton N.B. in Canada, Rocklahoma in late May, Michigan in June, Rome in the summer, who knows where else.

ZZ Top to play at Indy 500

At carb day, to be exact, I think it's May 28 this year.

ZZ Top to guest star on Two an a Half Men

The taping should be today. They are appearing in a dream sequence with Chrlie Sheen.

Set List Contest

OK, let's have some fun here. We are going to have a contest to guess the Top's set list for their first show of the year, in Tyler Texas in April.

Here are the rules: You pick between 12-20 songs. You can only enter once. For each song you pick that is in the set list at the Tyler show, you get ten points. For each song you pick that isn't in the set, subtract five points. Person with the most points wins. LaGrange counts as one song and the Sloppy Drunk/BBQ medley counts as one song. Except for Sloppy/BBQ, they must play the whole song for it to count. Post your predictions here or send them to:

zztopeurope2007@yahoo.com

I will come up with some kind of prize. It won't be anything big but it will be cool.

Look out Austin!

ZZ Top is coming to the Backyard on April 25!

Very interesting new datezz added...

...in Tyler Texas and Thunder Bay, Ontario!

Check the schedule later.

New dates being updated tomorrow...

Texas, Oklahoma, and Canada.

Viva Las Vegas

New shows announced at the historic Las Vegas Hilton for August 20 and 21, 2010.

Is ZZ Top still playing the Crossroads guitar festival?

Can someone out there let us know if ZZ is still playing Crossroads? They are not listed on Pollstar or zztop.com for that show, but zztop.com does list the second Tom Petty show at Summerfest on June 26.

So what's the deal?

Second Summerfest show added???

Summerfest just announced ZZ will play a second show with Tom Petty on
June 26...which is interesting because they are scheduled to play in
Chicago that day at Crossroads.

Is this a mistake, or are they actually going to play two shows in one
day in different cities?

New dates added

We have tried to keep our concert "rumors" section (see post below) updated and we think we have everything that has been sent to us so far. Some of these dates are only rumors so far but they are pretty well-sourced. We still find it hard to believe that they will play in Buenos Aires on May 26 and headline Rocklahoma on May 28 but we'll see.

This schedule is pushing it pretty hard for the band, we hope it's not too much for them to handle.

Newest additions are California and Florida.

More more more...

...dates are being announced, including another in Brazil and an Argentina date. None of these new dates work for me yet, but let's wait and see!

ZZ to play Tampa May 1

The dates are coming in fast and furious. Next up is a show after the Tampa Devil Rays game on May 1. I am at the Olympics now and will update the full schedule when I get a chance.

ZZ Top to Play Finland!!!!!

Thanks to a tip from a reader, we can tell you that ZZ Top will be playing Finland this summer! More details to follow.

There will be a lot of Finnish fanzz who are happy about this.
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ZZ Top to Headline Rocklahoma

We hinted at it last night, but multiple sources are saying that ZZ will
headline one day at Rocklahoma this year over the Memorial day weekend.
Too bad the rest of the lineup sucks.

ZZ Top to Play Norway and Italy Summer 2010

Our friend Luca in Italy says that ZZ Top will be playing Rome sometime this summer, and lowpft.com has also listed a Norway blues festival date, which one of our commenters predicted a month or two ago. Good stuff.

New French dates

Also, lowpft.com has some additional French dates added for this summer.
We will update our calendar when we get a chance.