Latest Zz Top News
Zz Top's Billy F Gibbons To Receive Bmi's Troubadour Award
ZZ Top legend Billy F Gibbons is set to receive BMI's Troubadour Award. The 73-year-old blues rock legend will be bestowed with the prestigious prize at a private ceremony on September 18 at BMI’s Nashville...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 17 August 2023
Billy Gibbons Starring In Car Reality Tv Series
The rocker has teamed up with professional hot rod builder Jimmy Shine to find the "perfect fixer-upper" to restore in Rockin Roadsters. In the show, the pair settles on a “rusted and dinged-up”...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 February 2016
Billy Gibbons Postpones The Start Of Tour
The guitarist was set to travel the U.S. with his solo project Billy Gibbons and the BFG's from 10 November (15) in Atlanta, Georgia but he has now scrapped the first dozen dates...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 October 2015
Billy Gibbons Returns To Cuban Music Roots For New Bilingual Solo Album
The Sharp Dressed Man singer took Latin percussion lessons from his bandleader father Freddie Royal's friend Tito Puente in his teens and now he's keen to show off his salsa and Afro-Cuban skills...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 10 August 2015
Eric Clapton & Billy Gibbons Add Tributes To B.b. King
The blues icon passed away in Las Vegas, aged 89, and his famous friends and fans have taken to social media to say goodbye. Clapton, who collaborated with King on the 2000...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 May 2015
Billy Gibbons Planning Latin-themed Solo Album
Zz Top star Billy Gibbons is going back to his musical roots and planning a solo album full of Latin sounds.The guitar great has always been a huge fan of Cuban music and studied the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 February 2015
Dusty Hill Returns To Stage After Hip Injury
Rocker Dusty Hill returned to the stage with his Zz Top bandmates on Monday (26Jan15) after a tour bus crash injury forced him off the road last year (14).The group had to scrap a tour...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 January 2015
Steven Tyler & Billy Gibbon To Join Kings Of Chaos On Tour In South Africa
Guns N' Roses spin-off supergroup Kings Of Chaos are swelling their ranks by recruiting Steven Tyler and Zz Top star Billy Gibbons for upcoming dates in South Africa.The part-time collective, which features Matt Sorum, Duff...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 21 August 2014
Zz Top's Billy Gibbons Working On Dance Project With David Guetta
Zz Top guitarist Billy Gibbons is seeking to branch out into the world of electronic dance music by hitting the studio with French Dj/producer David Guetta.The legendary Tush rocker recently met up with Guetta on...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 August 2014
Zz Top Star Dusty Hill To Undergo Surgery
Zz Top have delayed the first week of their upcoming summer tour to allow bassist Dusty Hill to undergo surgery.The rocker needs to have two kidney stones removed, and his doctor has advised him to...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 22 July 2014
Kid Rock To Sell Tour Tickets At Just $20 All Summer Long
Kid Rock has made a massive step in the music industry by capping his upcoming US tour ticket prices at a bargain $20 in the hope of creating a better experience for fans.The 'All Summer...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 08 April 2013
Bonnaroo Festival 2013 Lineup Announced: Our Top 5 Picks Beyond The Headlines
This year’s Bonnaroo Festival takes place in Manchester, Tennessee, on June 13-16 and the lineup is boasting some pretty heavyweight talent, with the likes of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Mumford & Sons and Sir...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 20 February 2013
Bjork, Paul Mccartney And R Kelly: Variegated Lineup For Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival
The Bonnaroo festival line-up has been released and it's something to get yourself excited about. Not got a ticket? You'll definitely want to get yourself one once you see who'll be performing. The Bonnaroo festival...
By Lorna Greville in Music / Festivals on 19 February 2013
Elvis Presley And Zz Top To Be Inducted Into Memphis Music Hall Of Fame
Elvis Presley and rockers Zz Top are to be among the first acts inducted into the new Memphis Music Hall of Fame in Tennessee next month (Nov12).The Hound Dog hitmaker and the hirsute blues-rockers will...
By WENN on 18 October 2012
Skrillex And Jack White Lead The Festivities At Virgin Mobile Freefest
Skrillex and Jack White were amongst the highlights of Saturday’s Virgin Mobile FreeFest (October 6, 2012). Over 50,000 people crowded into the Merriweather Post Pavilion to enjoy the three stages worth of music, from the...
By Hayley Avron on 08 October 2012
Zz Top To Be Awarded With Classic Rock Magazine Living Legends Award
ZZ Top are to be honored as living legends by the editors of Classic Rock magazine. The bearded rockers, writers of songs such as Gimme All Your Lovin', follow in some illustrious footsteps indeed, with...
By Contributor on 27 September 2012
Gallagher: 'Holmes Demanded I Cut Her From Website Video'
Noel Gallagher was left flabbergasted backstage at the Late Show With David Letterman earlier this week (beg07Nov11) when actress Katie Holmes asked to be deleted from video footage the rocker's pal shot.The former Oasis star...
By WENN on 13 November 2011
Johnny Depp Plays 'Surprise' Show
Johnny Depp played a surprise concert in Texas.The Hollywood heartthrob is currently in Austin to promote new movie 'The Rum Diary' and stunned the crowd at the Continental Club by performing an impromptu set with...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 October 2011
Mick Fleetwood Plans To Turn One-off Supergroup Into A Working Band
Rocker Mick Fleetwood is keen to reassemble supergroup M.O.B. because he loved working with Jonny Lang and Steven Tyler on a track for the new Zz Top tribute album.The Fleetwood Mac star and bandmate John...
By WENN on 12 October 2011
Slash Stunned By Billy Gibbons' Guitar Gift
Zz Top star Billy Gibbons left pal Slash stunned when he sent the former Guns N' Roses rocker a rare issue Les Paul guitar from his own new custom line as a wedding anniversary gift.The...
By WENN on 12 September 2011
Stars Collide For Zz Top Tribute Album
Wyclef Jean, Grace Potter and Nickelback are among the eclectic mix of stars paying tribute to bluesy rockers Zz Top on a new album.The acts have recorded new versions of the trio's hits, including Legs,...
By WENN on 23 August 2011
Zz Top Working On Long-awaited Album
Rockers Zz Top are hard at work recording their first new album in eight years and they've confirmed the long-awaited release should be available by the end of 2011.The band hasn't released any new material...
By WENN on 30 March 2011
Billy Gibbons In Talks To Front Whiskers Tv Show
Zz Top star Billy Gibbons is using his famous whiskers to land a reality Tv project.The Sharp Dressed Man singer is in talks to front a new show about competitive beard and moustache growers. In...
By WENN on 04 March 2011
Beyonce Knowles' Singapore Getaway
Beyonce Knowles is set to rent a £5 million Singapore apartment.The 'Crazy in Love' singer will be headlining the city's F1 Rocks concert next month and she and rapper husband Jay-Z want somewhere luxurious to...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 August 2009
Band Injury Forces Aerosmith To Scrap Ohio Show
A mystery band illness has put a temporary halt to AEROSMITH's summer tour with ZZ TOP.The rock supergroup postponed Wednesday's (01Jul09) concert in Cincinnati, Ohio, listing only "an injury within the band" for the cancellation....
By WENN on 02 July 2009
Nugent Rocks For Bush
Conservative rocker TED NUGENT will perform in Texas next month (JAN05) to celebrate the second inauguration of American President GEORGE W BUSH. Nugent will take to the stage at the TEXAS STATE SOCIETY's BLACK...
By WENN on 16 December 2004
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