Credit: Ross HalfinWith 2019 marking the 50th anniversary of ZZ Top‘s formation, the Texas blues-rock trio has announced plans to launch an extensive European tour this summer in celebration of the milestone.
The trek will launch in early June somewhere in Scandinavia and will wrap up in late July in the U.K. So far, only five shows have been confirmed — taking place June 19 at the Prague Rocks festival in Prague, Czech Republic; June 25 at Forest National in Brussels, Belgium; June 29 at Castle Clam in Linz, Austria; July 5 at the Barcelona Rock Fest in Barcelona, Span; and July 12 at the SSE Arena Wembley in London.
Regarding the band’s anniversary plans, frontman Billy Gibbons says, “It’s been 50 years, and I think we’re starting to get pretty good! We’re just as excited to play Barcelona this summer as we were to play Beaumont [Texas] back in ’69. The beards are, perhaps, a bit longer, but nothing much else has changed and we hope to keep it that way.”
As previously, reported, ZZ Top also has a Las Vegas residency and several concerts in California lined up for January and February, although these performances don’t appear to be part of the band’s 50th anniversary festivities. Check out the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ full itinerary at ZZTop.com.
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