ZZ Top News

ZZ Top are on tour, played Bergen PAC (pics, dates)

Legendary, bearded, and legendarily bearded (except for the drummer, whose name is Beard) Texas hard rock trio ZZ Top , who will be at Bonnaroo this year , played Bergen Performing Arts Center in NJ last night (May 14), part of a larger ongoing tour for the band that puts them in Westbury NY for a sold-out show at Theater at Westbury tonight.

ZZ Top package Warner catalogue for box set

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

Kid Rock on His $20 Tour and 'Dumbass Republicans'

Kid Rock may be one of the most famous Republicans in rock & roll, but he has some surprisingly liberal views about how wealth should be divided between the classes.

Detroit rocker will hit the road with ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker

Kid Rock will hit the road this summer with a special bargain for fans: tickets in all sections will cost only $20.

‘Same three guys, same three chords’: ZZ Top celebrates 30th anniversary of smash hit Eliminator

For ZZ Top, 1983′s Eliminator was a turning point, in more ways than one.

Pre ZZ-Top project Moving Sidewalks reunites, playing Austin Psych Fest and NYC

Gibbons founded the Texas psychedelic group in the mid-1960s and quickly drew a large following, especially in the Houston "teen scene".

ZZ Top Confirm Second Date At London's Hammersmith Apollo

ZZ Top have announced a second London Hammersmith Apollo performance for their June UK visit.

ZZ Top Tickets For Summer UK Live Dates ON SALE 9AM TODAY

ZZ Top Tickets are ON SALE 9AM TODAY, Friday 11th January.

ZZ Top announce two UK tour dates - ticket details

ZZ Top have announced plans to play two UK tour dates later this year.

Billy Gibbons to reform first ever band

Moving Sidewalks will play together again for the first time in 44 years.

The Popdose Interview: Jimi Jamison of Survivor

In more than four decades in the music business, Jimi Jamison has worn quite a few different hats.

ZZ Top To Perform At Cork's Live At The Marquee In Summer 2013

American blues-rock legends ZZ Top, celebrating their 42nd year with the same line-up, have announced details of an Irish concert in June 2013.

Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan hails Pink Floyd and ZZ Top at Classic Rock Awards

Pink Floyd , ZZ Top, The Damned and Status Quo were all honoured at the Classic Rock Awards last night (November 13).

Cover Video Roundup: ZZ Top and Cee Loo Green, Plus Masked Russian Prog, Brazilian Backstreet Boys, More

Houston rapper DJ DMD, who had a minor local hit in 1999 with "25 Lighters (ft. Lil' Keke & Fat Pat)." The bearded trio have renamed it "I Gotsta Get Paid," and fuzz-riffed it out with a classic chicks and hot rods video.

Dum Dum Girls were nuns for Halloween; Devin was ZZ Top (updated dates)

Dum Dum Girls are currently touring across the South and Southwest, including a stop at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin TX this weekend.

Elvis Presley + ZZ Top to be Inducted Into New Memphis Music Hall of Fame

The King Elvis Presley and bearded classic rockers ZZ Top are the first acts inducted into the new Memphis Music Hall of Fame in Tennessee, which debuts next month.

House of Blues to celebrate 20th anniversary with help from ZZ Top

For every ticket sold during the 20-month period, $1 will go to the chain's Action For The Arts program, which promotes cultural understanding and encourages creative expression in communities across the U.S. The live music venues are also preparing to serve 20,000 Thanksgiving meals to the needy nationwide in honor of the anniversary.

ZZ Top Premiere Video For Latest Single 'I Gotsa Get Paid' - Watch Now

Celebrating their 42nd year with the same line-up, Billy Gibbons along with bassist/vocalist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard have today unveiled the video accompanying latest single 'I Gotsa Get Paid'.

This Week in Music History: October 7 - 13 -- Thom Yorke & Simon Cowell's Link, ZZ Top's Space Travel

We've been living with Radiohead for so long it's easy to take them for granted.

Desert Island Discs: Beatles Cover Tune Edition

Whether you like the Beatles or not, their music can certainly take you to some interesting places — as reflected in our latest edition Desert Island Discs.

ZZ Top's Greatest Flicks

ZZ Top , the US cover artists of this month's MOJO magazine , celebrate their 43rd year as an ongoing entity with their gnarliest album in donkey's.

ZZ Top - La Futura (Album Review)

For a 'little ol' band from Texas' ZZ Top have crafted one hell of a large legacy.

ZZ Top: new single "Chartreuse"

Texas rockers ZZ Top have a new single out.

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It�s 1985 and ZZ Top are the world biggest rock band.

New Music Monday: Bob Dylan, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Neal Morse, Dio, ZZ Top

Time for a cup o' joe and a stack of great new music — courtesy of Bob Dylan, Chris Knight, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Fred Hersch, Neal Morse, Patterson Hood, Steve Forbert and ZZ Top. Forthcoming reissues and live projects set for release this week include Circle II Circle, Dio, Flotsam and Jetsam, Massive Attack, and the Rolling Stones with Muddy Waters.

‘A real labor of love’: Billy Gibbons on the long journey ZZ Top took toward La Futura

The lengthy period of time that ZZ Top took in completing its forthcoming release La Futura was spent, Billy Gibbons says, literally tearing the songs apart to make sure that each element worked perfectly.

‘We avoided the pitfalls that have plagued him’: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on working with Rick Rubin

Though ZZ Top now says they're thrilled with the results on the forthcoming new longplayer La Futura, they admit that it wasn't always smooth sailing with eccentric producer Rick Rubin.

ZZ Top: La Futura

Texas trio ZZ Top are like the Ramones or Motörhead.

ZZ Top Reveal 'La Futura' Release Date, Tracklisting & Artwork

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

Alabama Shakes, Ben Folds Five, Jack White, Penguin Prison, Portugal. The Man, Santigold, ZZ Top: Virgin Mobile Freefest Lineup Revealed

Cancel any plans you had on October 6th, pack up your bags and head to Columbia, MD for this year's Virgin Mobile FreeFest.

ZZ Top – La Futura (2012)

Remember how ZZ Top — a lip-smacking amalgam of blues, hard rock and Texas-born don't-give-a-damn — sounded before they cloaked themselves in an MTV-approved sheen of synthesizers?

ZZ Top to Drop "La Futura" on Sept. 11

ZZ Top will drop La Futura , their first album in nine years, on Sept. 11th.

ZZ Top prep for stateside "La Futura" trek

The Musical Price Point

The bearded banditos never disgusted me or left me cold, but I never recall sitting somewhere and thinking to myself, "Boy, I sure could use some ZZ Top right about now."

ZZ Top ready 'La Futura'

The long-awaited ZZ Top album finally as a title and a release date.

Emmure Guitarist Mike Mulholland Recalls Life-Changing ZZ Top Show

Emmure is currently kicking ass on the inaugural Trespass America Festival which is not even two weeks in yet and has already become one of the summer's hottest tickets.