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Frank Beard Returns To ZZ Top

by Paul Cashmere

Frank Beard is back in ZZ Top after a few months off for health issues.

Tagged as: 70s, blues, Frank Beard, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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George Thorogood and the Destroyers Play Melbourne #Review

by Paul Cashmere

George Thorogood formed The Destroyed in 1973, ZZ Top started in 1969. Combined, George’s 53 years as a Destroyer and Billy Gibbons 56 years as a Top gives this night an incredible combined 109 years of experience on stage.

Tagged as: 70s, Australian Tour, George Thorogood, Red Hot Summer, rock, The Destroyers, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Without Dusty and Frank Must Be Bittersweet for Billy Gibbons

by Paul Cashmere

It must be a strange feeling for Billy Gibbons to have to celebrate 50 years of ZZ Top on tour without his co-founders and best friends Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. The good news is that Gibbons is continuing the legacy of one of America’s greatest Blues-Rock bands.

Tagged as: 70s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Dusty Hill, Elwood Francis, Frank Beard, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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What To Expect From ZZ Top in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top will return to Australia this weekend for their first Aussie shows in 12 years.

Tagged as: 70s, blues, George Thorogood, live concerts, live music, Live Nation, Red Hot Summer, rock, ZZ Top

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George Thorogood and The Destroyers photo by Ros O'Gorman

George Thorogood Plays First Aussie Show Ahead of Red Hot Summer This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

The first of the final Australian shows for George Thorogood & The Destroyers have kicked off and this weekend the first of the final shows for ZZ Top in Australia will also begin with Red Hot Summer in Bendigo on Saturday and Mornington on Sunday.

Tagged as: 70s, blues, George Thorogood, music festival, Red Hot Summer, USA, ZZ Top

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Delta Blues Museum To Pay Tribute To ZZ Top

by Paul Cashmere

On Wednesday April 9, 2025, the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, MS will honor Billy Gibbons with a tribute to ZZ Top and homage to Muddy Waters.

Tagged as: 70s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Red Hot Summer, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Icehouse at One Electric Day 19 November 2023 photo by Winston Robinson, Noise11

Face To Face Touring Spent The Weekend Putting An All-Aussie Line-up In Front of Thousands

by Paul Cashmere

Face To Face Touring had its biggest weekend ever delivering presenting 19 Aussie acts to tens of thousands punters at four events in two states.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Bachelor Girl, Dallas Frasca, Eskimo Joe, Face To Face Touring, Fanning Dempsey National Park, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Grinspoon, Icehouse, Jebediah, Jet, John Butler, Josh Pyke, Killing Heidi, live music, Magic Dirt, Missy Higgins, Noiseworks, Rose Tattoo, Spiderbait, The Living End, The Veronicas, The Waifs, The Whitlams, Wolfmother, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Co-founder Frank Beard Steps Down From Band For Health Reasons

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top drummer and co-founder Frank Beard has stepped aside from the band temporarily due to unspecified health issues.

Tagged as: 70s, blues, Frank Beard, George Thorogood, live concerts, live music, Live Nation, Red Hot Summer, rock, ZZ Top

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Check Out Billy F. Gibbons Landman song ‘Livin’ It Up In Texas’

by Paul Cashmere

Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top has a brand new solo song which was recorded for the TV series ‘Landman’.

Tagged as: 70s, Billy F Gibbons, blues, Landman, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Las Vegas Declares Billy Gibbons Day

by Paul Cashmere

Las Vegas declared 22 December 2024 to be Billy Gibbons Day this year.

Tagged as: 70s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Red Hot Summer, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top and George Thorogood To Headline Second Red Hot Summer For 2025

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top and George Thorogood & The Destroyers will return to Australia in 2025 for Red Hot Summer.

Tagged as: 70s, blues, George Thorogood, live concerts, live music, Live Nation, Red Hot Summer, rock, ZZ Top

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Brian May and Billy F. Gibbons Join Steve Cropper on ‘Friendlytown” Album

by Paul Cashmere

Steve Cropper has recruited Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top and Brian May of Queen appear on the new album by Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour album ‘Friendlytown’.

Tagged as: 60s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Brian May, Friendlytown, Jon Tiven, Queen, rock, Steve Cropper, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons Awarded BMI Troubadour Award

by Music-News.com

ZZ Top legend Billy F Gibbons is set to receive BMI’s Troubadour Award.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Have An Album With Dusty Hill Still To Come

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Gibbons has confirmed that the next ZZ Top album will include songs with the band’s late bass player Dusty Hill.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Dusty Hill, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons Is Off On A “European Vacation”

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Gibbons is heading off to Europe for a month of concerts across June.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Matt Cameron, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy Joel Show Bumped Because of Ice Hockey Match

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel has had to postpone his Madison Square Garden concert on April 22 because of some Ice Hockey match.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, Billy Joel, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Rangers, pop, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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New Zealand’s Whitianga Concert With ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots, Pat Benatar Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand’s Whitianga Summer Concert featuring ZZ Top, Pat Benatar, Stone Temple Pilots and The Angels has been cancelled due to the flooding in the North Island.

Tagged as: live music, music festival, New Zealand, Pat Benatar, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, The Angels, Whitianga, ZZ Top

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The Angels To Play New Zealand With ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots and Pat Benetar

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels will head to New Zealand in February 2023 for a show with ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots and Pat Benetar & Neil Giraldo.

Tagged as: music festival, New Zealand, Pat Benetar, rock, Stone Temple Pilots, The Angels, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Sell Music Assets

by Music-News.com

ZZ Top have sold their entire “music interests” to music firm BMG and investment house KKR.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Dusty Hill’s Wife Charleen McCrory Composes Heartfelt Obit For Her Husband

by Paul Cashmere

Charleen McCrory, the wife of ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, has written a heartfelt message for ZZ Top fans about her 19 year marriage to the Texan guitar star.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Charleen McCrory, Dusty Hill, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Pay Tribute To Dusty Hills At First Performance After His Death

by Music-News.com

ZZ Top have paid tribute to bassist Dusty Hill as they played their first concert since his passing.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, Dusty Hill, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Bass Player Dusty Hill Dead At 72

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill has died at age 72. While a cause of death has not been announced, it is understood Dusty died in his sleep at his home in Texas.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Billy Gibbons, blues, Dusty Hill, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons Premieres ‘Desert High’ Video

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons released a new solo song today. Check out the ‘Desert High’ video.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons Preps His Third Solo Album ‘Hardware’

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

ZZ Top legend Billy Gibbons has given us a sampler of his third album ‘Hardware’ with a new song ‘West Coast Junkie’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, blues, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top’s ‘That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top’s doco ‘That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’ will screen in cinemas around the world soon including across Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, blues, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl to feature on Queens of the Stone Age album

by Music-News.com

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has revealed that the band’s frontman Josh Homme recruited himself and Foo Fighters singer Grohl to work on the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Villains’ while at a party.

Tagged as: 90s, Billy Gibbons, blues, grunge, Queens Of The Stone Age, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Musical ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ is on the way

by Paul Cashmere

A musical based on the music of ZZ Top is currently in development in the USA. Michael Gruber and Jason Gastwirth from Caesars Entertainment along with Carl Stubner and Prem Akkaraju are developing ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ the musical to debut in Las Vegas in 2020.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, rock, Sharp Dressed Man, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy F Gibbons Has A Solo Tour To Do

by Paul Cashmere

Billy F Gibbons will take his second solo album ‘The Big Bad Blues’ out on the road in October.

Tagged as: 70s, Billy F Gibbons, blues, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons To Release His Second Solo Album

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top co-founder will release his second solo album ‘The Big Bad Blues’ in September.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Billy Gibbons, blues, rock, Texas, USA, ZZ Top

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John Fogerty and ZZ Top Hit The Road Together

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

One of the most exciting tours of the summer is the pairing of John Fogerty and ZZ Top.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, blues, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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