Waitin’ for the Tour Bus: ZZ Top and Billy Gibbons’ Solo Band Announce 2025 Tour Dates

With ZZ Top’s 2024 Elevation Tour scheduled to run into late November, the Texas rock legends have confirmed plans for a 2025 edition of the trek.

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The newly announced dates run from a March 5 concert in Dothan, Alabama, through an April 12 show in Forrest City, Arkansas. The U.S. tour currently features more than 20 performances, and includes stops throughout the Southeast and Midwest.

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Prior to ZZ Top’s 2025 outing gets underway, frontman Billy Gibbons will mount his own 27-show U.S. tour with his solo group The BFGs.

Gibbons’ trek begins with a four-show engagement at the Blue Note Hawaii in Honolulu from January 17 to January 20. That will be followed by another four-date stand, from January 21 to January 24, at the Blue Note Napa in Napa, California.

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The tour will proceed to hit venues across the U.S., winding down on February 20 in Bristol, Tennessee.

Gibbons and The BFGs also will close out 2024 with a trio of late-December gigs in Texas. They’ll play a December 27-28 stand at the historic Austin blues club Antone’s. Gibbons and company will then head to Fort Worth for a December 29 concert at Tannahill’s Tavern and Music Hall.

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The current incarnation of The BFGs features Gibbons’ longtime collaborator Mike Flanigan on keyboards and Chris Layton, drummer of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band Double Trouble.

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Meanwhile, Gibbons will celebrate his 75th birthday this December with three special concerts at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. The shows, which are scheduled for December 18, 19, and 20, will feature the singer/guitarist joined by some as-yet-unannounced special guests.

ZZ Top’s Remaining 2024 Tour Dates

ZZ Top’s 2024 Elevation Tour continues on October 29 with a show in Thousand Oaks, California. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have 18 concerts left on this year’s itinerary, which winds down on November 24 in Lubbock, Texas.

Tickets for ZZ Top’s concerts and Gibbons’ shows are available now via various outlets, including StubHub.

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