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ZZ Top Set 2014 Dates

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

ZZ Top have added a number of U.S. and European dates around their previously announced tour of Canada.

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Paul McCartney Weird Al ZZ Top Setlists From Bonnaroo

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Bonnaroo 2013, held last weekend, is now just a memory but we’ve managed to track down set lists for six veteran artists who played the festival, including Paul McCartney’s epic 38-song/3-hour show on Friday night.

Tagged as: 2010s, Bjork, Bonnaroo, David Byrne & St Vincent, Paul McCartney, rock, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, U.S.A., Weird Al, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Warner Catalogue Packaged For Box Set

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

ZZ Top is the latest artist to get the box set treatment featuring their entire catalog from their time with Warner Brothers.

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

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Axl Rose, Guns N' Roses, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Guns N’ Roses 3D Live Concert Trailer Released VIDEO

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses will release their first concert movie in 21 years soon.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Appetite for Democracy, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, Rose Tattoo, ZZ Top

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The Dead Daisies Release Footage From ZZ Top Gold Coast Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Dead Daisies have released video footage from their show on the Gold Coast with ZZ Top.

Tagged as: Guns n Roses, Slash, The Angels, The Dead Daisies, Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top

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Kid Rock Goes Out On The Road With Kool And The Gang And ZZ Top

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Kid Rock will be on the road this summer with his Rebel Soul Tour, a unique tour in that the singer is offering tickets in all sections of each show for $20 along with reduced parking, refreshments and merchandise. He’s also putting checks in place to ensure that tickets go to fans and not to

Tagged as: 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, Kid Rock, Kool and the Gang, rock, tour, U.S.A., Uncle Kracker, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons’ Moving Sidewalks Plays First Gig Since The 60s

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Before their was ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons played in a psychedelic blues-rock band called the Moving Sidewalks with Don Summers, Dan Mitchell and Tom Moore.

Tagged as: 60s, Billy Gibbons, blues, classic rock, Moving Sidewalks, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Play Melbourne SETLIST

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top performed their first of two shows at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on Saturday (March 16, 2013).

Tagged as: 70s, blues, classic rock, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, Rose Tattoo, USA, ZZ Top

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Angry Anderson Joins Guns N Roses For Nice Boys

by Paul Cashmere

Axl Rose brought Rose Tattoo’s Angry Anderson on stage in Melbourne last night to help Guns N’ Roses out with ‘Nice Boys’.

Tagged as: Angry Anderson, Axl Rose, Guns n Roses, live, metal, Rose Tattoo, USA, ZZ Top

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Axl Rose Knocks Out Fan’s Front Teeth

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Even when Axl Rose tries to do a nice thing, it backfires.

Tagged as: Australia, Axl Rose, Darren Wright, Guns n Roses, rock, Rose Tattoo, ZZ Top

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Gun N’ Roses Open Australian Tour In Perth SETLIST

by Paul Cashmere

Guns n’ Roses Australian tour is open for business. The band kicked off the first show in Perth on Saturday.

Tagged as: classic rock, Guns n Roses, live, metal, rock, Rose Tattoo, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Kick Off Australian Tour With Guns N’ Roses and Rose Tattoo

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top have returned to Australia and kicked off their first show in Perth on Saturday with Guns N’ Roses and Rose Tattoo.

Tagged as: Australia, classic rock, Guns n Roses, live, rock, USA, ZZ Top

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Paul McCartney Weird Al And Billy Idol Among Artists Announced For Bonnaroo Festival

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It’s that time of year when all the big festival lineups are announced and today’s includes the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to be held from June 13 to 16 in Manchester, TN.

Tagged as: Billy Idol, Bjork, Bonnaroo Festival, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Dwight Yoakam, John McLaughlin and the Fourth Dimension, John Oates, Mumford and Sons, Paul McCartney, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Weird Al Yankovic, Wilco, ZZ Top

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Angry Anderson and Rose Tattoo. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Rose Tattoo Replace The Angels On Guns N Roses ZZ Top Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Rose Tattoo will take the place of The Angels on the upcoming Australian tour for Guns N Roses and ZZ Top.

Tagged as: Doc Neeson, Guns n Roses, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, ZZ Top

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Guns N’ Roses Sweet Child O Mine Is A Hit Again

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses classic ‘Sweet Child O Mine’ has returned to the Australian chart this week on news of the upcoming tour.

Tagged as: Axl Rose, Guns n Roses, Sheryl Crow, Sweet Child O Mine, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons To Reform Moving Sidewalks

by Paul Cashmere

Moving Sidewalks will play together again for the first time in 44 years. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons is getting his first band back together again for one show only.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbons, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top

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Guns N’ Roses And ZZ Top To Tour Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Guns N’ Roses and ZZ Top will head to Australia for a double header in March.

Tagged as: Grand Prix, Guns n Roses, The Angels, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Welcomes Jimmie Vaughan On Stage In Texas

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top fans had a special treat when Austin legend Jimmie Vaughan joined them on stage.

Tagged as: Billy F Gibbons, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Randolph, ZZ Top

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Memphis Music Hall Of Fame To Induct Initial 25 Artists

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

There are dozens of music halls of fame that have sprung up around the country.

Tagged as: Al green, B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Howlin' Wolf, Isaac Hayes, Jerry Lee Lewis, Memphis Music Hall Of Fame, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Sam Phillips, The Staple Singers, ZZ Top

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Black Sabbath Recording With Rick Rubin

by Paul Cashmere

Sharon Osbourne has confirmed that Black Sabbath are in the studio working on a new album with Rick Rubin.

Tagged as: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rick Rubin, Sharon Osbourne, ZZ Top

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Dave Matthews and Little Big Town Beat Bob Dylan To USA No 1

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Matthews Band has had a convincing win to top this week’s US chart and the Top 5, including Bob Dylan ‘Tempest’ is completely brand new.

Tagged as: Bob Dylan, chart, Dave Matthews, Little Big Town, The xx, ZZ Top

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Bluesfest Line-Up To Be Announced On September 20

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest will announce the first announcement for the 2013 event this Thursday, September 20.

Tagged as: B.B. King, Ben Harper, bluesfest, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Byron Bay, Cold Chisel, Crosby Still & Nash, Donovan, Earth Wind & Fire, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, John Fogerty, Leon Russell, The Pogues, The Specials, Yes, ZZ Top

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The Killers And Pink Lead This Week’s New Releases

by Andrew Tijs

The Killers, Pink, The Rubens, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Grizzly Bear lead a big week in new releases.

Tagged as: Band Of Horses, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Carly Rae Jepsen, Casey Abrams, Dinosaur Jr, Gallows, Grizzly Bear, How To Dress Well, Kix Brooks, Menomena, Mojo Juji, Nelly Furtado, new releases, NOFX, Pink, Regurgitator, The Avett Brothers, The Killers, The Rubens, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Release Their First Album In Nine Years

by Music-News.com

The first new studio album from ZZ Top in nine years is LA FUTURA, set for release 10th September by American Recordings/Mercury Records.

Tagged as: Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Jack White, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rick Rubin, The Black Keys, ZZ Top

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AC/DC Brian Johnson Becomes Radio DJ

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Brian Johnson, lead singer for AC/DC, will host his own radio program on BBC Radio 2.

Tagged as: AC/DC, BBC Radio 2, Brian Johnson, Joe Walsh, Led Zeppelin, Nashville Teens, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Queen, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top To Release Rick Rubin Produced La Futura

by Paul Cashmere

The long-awaited ZZ Top album finally as a title and a release date. ‘La Futura’ will be released in September.

Tagged as: Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, La Futura, Rick Rubin, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top To Release Four-Song Digital Album Teaser

by Andrew Tijs

Boogie rock icons ZZ Top preview four songs from their new album and play in a beer fridge.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbosn, Rick Rubin, Texicali, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons Brews His Own Beer

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Gibbons has his own beer. Billy’s Ocho Suerte is a Tex Mex-Vienna style lager with Texas soul.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbons, Ocho Suerte, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Debut New Song In Beer Ad

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top have used the old Candid Camera format to launch their new song ‘I’ve Got To Get Paid’ via a beer commercial for new brew Jeremiah Weed.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbons, Jeremiah Weed, Rick Rubin, ZZ Top

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Billy Gibbons Answers Whatever Happened To The New ZZ Top Album

by Paul Cashmere

ZZ Top fans have long suspected the band’s next album has turned into the next ‘Chinese Democracy’ as they wait year after year for the release of the record so Noise11.com went right to the source and asked frontman Billy Gibbons what the hell is going on.

Tagged as: Billy Gibbons, Rick Rubin, SXSW, ZZ Top

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ZZ Top Add A Stack Of US Dates Now Frank Beard Is Back

ZZ Top have added in a dozen new dates to the North American tour following the return of drummer Frank Beard.

June 25, 2025

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

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.

May 8, 2025

Delta Blues Museum To Pay Tribute To ZZ Top

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.

March 25, 2025

Las Vegas Declares Billy Gibbons Day

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

December 26, 2024

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

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’.

July 4, 2024