Well, this makes perfect sense, schedule/routing-wise, as it looks like
ZZ Top is scheduled to play Budapest (one of our favorite cities in the
world!) on their Fall 2009 "Double Down Live Tour." The tentative date
is October 15, 2009, but as always, it's not confirmed until the band
confirms it:
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Antenna Head News
Hey, check out the new blog by ZZ Blues:
http://antennaheadnews.blogspot.com/
ZZ is a big enough band (still) that I'm surprised there aren't a few more sites like this. Other than the LOWPFT and the ZZ Top Live Collection site I don't think there are really that many sites that are being regularly updated with news/rumors/gossip etc. BTW, although our YouTube channel (along with ZZTOPFIN's channel) was shut down by ZZ's publishing compnay, I think that you might find some of TOPFIN's stuff now at Daily Motion, while we may wade back into the YouTube waters in a bit.
Anyway, good luck to the Antenna Head News, let's hope there is some new info for all of us to talk about (more European dates, new album, whatever).
http://antennaheadnews.blogspot.com/
ZZ is a big enough band (still) that I'm surprised there aren't a few more sites like this. Other than the LOWPFT and the ZZ Top Live Collection site I don't think there are really that many sites that are being regularly updated with news/rumors/gossip etc. BTW, although our YouTube channel (along with ZZTOPFIN's channel) was shut down by ZZ's publishing compnay, I think that you might find some of TOPFIN's stuff now at Daily Motion, while we may wade back into the YouTube waters in a bit.
Anyway, good luck to the Antenna Head News, let's hope there is some new info for all of us to talk about (more European dates, new album, whatever).
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
More Fall 2009 European dates to be announced
We're getting a lot of questions about where ZZ Top will be playing when
they return to Europe this fall. We really don't know as we have very
little inside info but we can make a few guesses. They're most likely
to play places they didn't play in the summer of 2009, places they
either cancelled before (in 2007), or places they have not played in a
long time, or have never played.
they return to Europe this fall. We really don't know as we have very
little inside info but we can make a few guesses. They're most likely
to play places they didn't play in the summer of 2009, places they
either cancelled before (in 2007), or places they have not played in a
long time, or have never played.
If German shows are October 9-10, Bratislava is October 14, and Athens
is October 24 (have they ever played Greece before???), I think you can
assume that there will be dates between October 14-24 in places in
between Bratislava and Greece. Good guesses would be Croatia,
Bulgaria, and Romania, and we are getting lots of traffic from those
countries, so that's sometimes a clue. And rock music is getting huge
in Turkey, they may even give that a shot. And they haven't played a
proper UK or Italian tour in a long time, and Poland could use a few
shows. But since none of these dates have been "officially" announced
by the band, you never know.
If you hear anything about local dates in your area, please let us know
by leaving a comment or by e-mailing us at:
Monday, July 27, 2009
ZZ Top to re-tour Europe in October 2009
The title says it all! Dates are slowly being announced for the Top to
return to Europe just a few months after the early summer 2009 tour. I
think this is probably due to the earlier tour being cut short due to
hooking up with Aerosmith for the rest of the summer.
return to Europe just a few months after the early summer 2009 tour. I
think this is probably due to the earlier tour being cut short due to
hooking up with Aerosmith for the rest of the summer.
The important date right now is ZZ's return to the scene of the
Rockpalast show in Essen Germany. Also on tap so far are dates in
Mannheim Germany, Bratislava Slovakia, and Athens Greece. They are
headed to some parts where they ain't been for a long time, if ever.
This should be fun.
Monday, July 13, 2009
ZZ Top to host WWE Raw this Monday night!
Looks like the Boyzz will be doing a lil' rasslin' while waiting to see if the Aerosmith tour will resume:
http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/articles/9678798/10853082
http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/articles/9678798/10853082
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Saw a bit of Keel's set...
Somebody was actually crowd surfing during I Want A Woman. Never seen that at a Ratt concert before.
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Extreme announced they are touring with Ratt...
...This summer, not sure if that had been publicly announced yet?
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Dokken was good,
Caught a bit a of Steel Panther, and now, what we've all been waiting for:
KIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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KIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bulletboys just finished
On the side stage and Dokken is on the main stage. The main and side stages are clashing, had to miss most of BB during Jani's set and when they were done Dokken was already on. Stages are pretty close, though.
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Jani Lane on main stage...
Only seems to be half drunk, that's a big improvement, his band includes Kerri Kelli and James Kottak.
Jani is smoking onstage and they put this message on the screens that smoking in this county is a $250 fine. We all laughed. Jani lights his cigarettes with $100 bills.
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Jani is smoking onstage and they put this message on the screens that smoking in this county is a $250 fine. We all laughed. Jani lights his cigarettes with $100 bills.
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Nice sets from Y and T and XYZ
Up next is Slaughter (first time we've seen them in a while) with the always-great Jetboy on the side stage.
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M3 update
Y and T onmain stage now, clashing with XYZ on sidestage. Pretty damn big crowd for 12:30, lawn is filling up already too.
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M3 Festival
Well, the Top is in Europe, and we are not. More on that later.
Today we are headed to the M3 Festival in Maryland. Should be a blast.
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Today we are headed to the M3 Festival in Maryland. Should be a blast.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Tesla: Cummin' Atcha Live!
We had a great time last night at the Tesla show at the historic Rialto Theatre in beautiful downtown Joliet, Illinois. We've seen some great shows there. We've put plenty of videos on our YouTube channel, here is just a taste:
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Rocky Hill R.I.P.
Some sad news...Dusty's brother Rocky Hill passed away after a long illness.
If you can find any of Rocky's solo albums they are definitely worth picking up. You'll find some of the rare tunes ZZ plays (for example, "I walked from Dallas") on those albums.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dusty and the entire Hill family.
If you can find any of Rocky's solo albums they are definitely worth picking up. You'll find some of the rare tunes ZZ plays (for example, "I walked from Dallas") on those albums.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dusty and the entire Hill family.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
ZZ Top Storytellers: Reverend Gibbons Re-marries Couple from Texas!
Well, since there was a pre-show article about this, and since some photos are already out there on Wire Image, we'll let you in on something very special that happened last night.
We were sitting right next to a very nice couple from Amarillo, Texas who had a "romantic" request for the band. When the wife rose to ask her question, she explained that ZZ Top had been a very big part of their courtship and their marriage, and she asked the Reverend to perform a renewal of her and her husband's marriage vows!
Billy graciously agreed and asked the couple to come up onstage. Billy did a very nice job and said some beautiful words about love and marriage, and I think he even pointed out his own wife Gilligan (don't remember if this was then or later in the show?) in the crowd. When Billy finished, he had the couple seal the renewal with a kiss.
At one point Billy said something about a marriage gift, or what does every bride want, something very sincere like that, and some clever fan yelled out "Pearl Necklace" -- that was very funny, let's hope it makes the final cut!
Storytellers Report
OK, we just got back from Storytellers. We'll try to have a longer report tomorrow, not sure if we should ruin the surprise of some of what happened.
There were no new songs or "rare" old songs played. The set was really killer, we were all essentially sitting onstage with the band. We had second row on Dusty's side and couldn't always see because of the camerman in front of us. We got to ask a question (one of only a handful that were asked) and will probably have a bit of screen time in the final cut.
The setting was great. The performance was great. The interaction was maybe not quite as much as we expected but that's a minor complaint. They only did about 10 songs or something and went back and played some of them twice (!) for production reasons. Since we were all on "stage" after the show ended the fans swarmed the set and I almost accidentally knocked Dusty's mike stand over. Or something along those lines.
Be sure to tune in to VH-1 when this episode airs on June 27.
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There were no new songs or "rare" old songs played. The set was really killer, we were all essentially sitting onstage with the band. We had second row on Dusty's side and couldn't always see because of the camerman in front of us. We got to ask a question (one of only a handful that were asked) and will probably have a bit of screen time in the final cut.
The setting was great. The performance was great. The interaction was maybe not quite as much as we expected but that's a minor complaint. They only did about 10 songs or something and went back and played some of them twice (!) for production reasons. Since we were all on "stage" after the show ended the fans swarmed the set and I almost accidentally knocked Dusty's mike stand over. Or something along those lines.
Be sure to tune in to VH-1 when this episode airs on June 27.
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