By Lana Sweeten-Shults/Times Record News Bottomzz up to ZZ Top, indeed. Torin Halsey/ Times Record News click here for more pictures ZZ Top, those consummate showmen, never fail to pop a top on a little Texas style, and they did it in prime fashion Sunday night at Kay Yeager Coliseum with Los Lonely Boys for a two-fer Texas evening. San Angelo's Los Lonely Boys is everything a Texas band should be - some conjunto, a smidgen of blues, Stevie Ray, Santana, doo-wop, piercing rock guitar and ear-pleasing melody. Bassist Jojo Garza was right when he called the trio's music in a past Times Record News interview a big, fat, "musical burrito."
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From the Houstonist.com Houstonist joined over 70,000 rodeo fans and rock music lovers in Reliant Stadium last night for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo finale. This wasn't our first Houston Rodeo, but it was the first time Houstonist had attended with a rodeo nut. We were skeptical about arriving at 10:45 AM on a day when the main events did not commence until 3:45 PM. How were we to occupy our time until the stadium opened?
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If your definition of rock 'n roll is massive four-on-the-floor hits delivered by larger-than-life artists through stacks of high-decibel amps, then this is your destination...this is "where rock lives."� The first annual ROCK ON THE RANGE is set for Saturday, May 19 at Ohio's Columbus Crew Stadium. Presented by Right Arm Entertainment and AEG LIVE, the heavyweight bill includes ZZ Top, Evanescence and Velvet Revolver, along with a host of platinum-selling artists. General admission tickets, priced at $49.50, go on sale Saturday, March 10 at noon (ET) at www.ticketmaster.com (keyword: "Rock On The Range") and all Ticketmaster outlets.
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VH1 Rock Honors will pay tribute to ZZ Top, Genesis, Heart, and Ozzy Osbourne at the second annual ceremony, which will be taped May 12 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Highlights will air May 24 on VH1. Read the full press release at prnewswire.com
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By JUSTIN HOOKS SUN HERALD KARI GOODNOUGH/SUN HERALD ZZ Top played the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Wednesday night. More photos BILOXI - Plenty of beer drinkers and hell raisers descended on the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Tuesday night for the kickoff of ZZ Top's 2007 national tour. The band ran the crowd of about 4,000 through a marathon of their best-loved songs, including a 15-minute blues-rock fusion jam of "La Grange."
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By PETE TATTERSALL from The Sun Herald Tradition, and good public relations, dictates that a touring band know a little bit of the local jargon. But credit ZZ Top lead singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons for going that extra mile. And for being completely credible while doing it.
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By PETE TATTERSALL for The Sun Herald Earlier this week, ZZ Top lead singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons spoke to the Sun Herald about the band's upcoming tour, set to launch Tuesday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi; why the Texas-based trio (Gibbons, Dusty Hill/bass, Frank Beard/drums) is eager to return to the Coast; how those famous beards came to be; and a whole bunch of other interesting stuff.
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