2010 World Tour

2010 concert tour by ZZ Top 2010 World Tour ZZ Top North America South America Europe World 2010 04 23 2010 10 29 4 98 Double Down Live Tour(2009) 2010 World Tour Australian Tour(2011) The 2010 World Tour was a concert tour by rock band ZZ Top, which began in April 2010 and ended in December 2010. Like recent previous tours, it was a short outing, though for the first time in the band's career, they performed in South America, including three shows in Brazil. The band played many of their classic 1970s and 1980s hits. Critical reaction to the tour's shows was generally positive, although the absence of new material was noted. A great number of tickets were sold within a month of the tour's announcement, which prompted more dates to be added. Itinerary On December 11, 2009, it was confirmed that ZZ Top would be headlining the High Voltage Festival in July 2010.ZZTop.com 2009a The band announced five dates in South America, including three shows in Brazil;ZZTop.com 2009bZZTop.com 2010a a video message by Billy Gibbons (speaking in Spanish) was posted on the band's official website for fans in Chile.ZZTop.com 2010b Pre-sales began a month later and, according to ZZ Top's official Twitter, tickets for the May 20th show in São Paulo were sold-out. By the time the first North American leg was underway, more US concerts were announced, including festivals like Summerfest,ZZTop.com 2010c Rocklahoma,ZZTop.com 2010d and the Crossroads Guitar Festival.Vozick-Levinson 2010 Subsequent dates with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the fall were announced as well.ZZTop.com 2010e This forced the band to cancel many previously booked engagements, several of them being with the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band; shows at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in Colorado,Warren 2010 Kansas State Fair,Bickel 2010 and Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion in New HampshireWBLM 2010 were canceled. After touring Europe in the summer, the band returned to North America, where they toured with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. In October 2010, they made a brief stop in Europe, where the Doobie Brothers opened shows in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway.visitOSLO 2010 Development Donny Stuart was the production manager and has been with ZZ Top for the last four decades.MA Lighting 2007 In 1999, ZZ Top hired Toby Francis as front of house engineer, who had previously worked with Jane's Addiction and Guns N' Roses.Harvey 2010 Francis left in late 2010 to work with The Smashing Pumpkins and the band hired Jamie Rephann as a replacement.Telefunken 2010 Jake Mann, from Clair Brothers, was the monitor engineer and has worked with the band for four years.Harvey 2010 Chris Stuba was the lighting designer, working with lighting technician Bobby Dominguez and assistant lighting technician Jeff Archibeque.MA Lighting 2007 The sound was provided by Clair, consisting of Martin Audio products including WSX subwoofers and W8C loudspeakers, which were powered by Martin MA 2.8 and 4.2 power amplifiers.Martin Audio 2010 Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill did not use stage monitors or in-ear monitors; instead they relied on custom-made speaker cabinets to monitor themselves, a ritual that both Gibbons and Hill have used for years.Prown & Sharken 2003 Bandit Lites provided the lighting package, including mostly Vari-Lite fixtures, with VL3000 and VL2500 spotlights, as well as VL3500 floodlights.Link 2010 Martin Light MAC2000 floodlights, Atomic 3000 strobe lights and Color Kinetics ColorBlast 12 LED fixtures completed the lighting package.Link 2010 The lighting was controlled by a grandMA lighting control console.Link 2010 In 2005, the band had custom microphone stands made by John A. Douglas,Douglas 2005 who designed one of several skull-themed drum kits for Frank Beard used on the tour. The stands were made from truck exhaust pipes and had color-changing LED tubes built inside. Microphones were Telefunken M80s that were chrome plated.Telefunken 2010 Before beginning rehearsals for the tour, ZZ Top held a poll on their official website, asking fans to vote for their top three favorite songs.ZZTop.com 2010f The results revealed that four songs were actually added to the band's set list: "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers", "Viva Las Vegas", "Francine", and "Thunderbird".ZZTop.com 2010g The main set would include five songs from Eliminator (1983), three songs from Tres Hombres (1973), and two songs from Rio Grande Mud (1972); highlights in the show were a medley of "La Grange", "Sloppy Drunk Blues", and "Bar-B-Q". Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill wore custom-made jackets designed by Jaime Castaneda, who has worked for Nudie Cohn and Manuel Cuevas; their jackets usually consisted of rhinestones.Jaime Castaneda 2008 Concert synopsis With the house lights down, the show began with a house music introduction. After about 50–60 seconds, the microphone stands would be lit, usually in a red color, and the band members would walk on stage. They started with a performance of "Got Me Under Pressure".August 2021 The next song was "Waitin' for the Bus", which segued into "Jesus Just Left Chicago".August 2021 After a performance of "Pincushion", they would play "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide". The show continued with a 'blues hat' skit, in which Gibbons would ask for 'technicians' (one of them being Gibbons' wife) to hand him his fedora. This led into covers of "Future Blues" by Willie Brown and "Rock Me Baby" by B.B. King, followed by "Cheap Sunglasses". A snippet of "My Head's In Mississippi" was included before leading into a brief guitar solo by Gibbons and performing "I Need You Tonight". After playing a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe", the band performed "Brown Sugar" from their 1971 debut album, along with "Party on the Patio" from El Loco (1981) and "Just Got Paid" from Rio Grande Mud. The main set ended with "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Sharp Dressed Man", and "Legs". After a brief break, the band returned to the stage. The encore began with the "La Grange" medley, which included a cover of "Sloppy Drunk Blues" and "Bar-B-Q" from Rio Grande Mud. "Tush" always closed the show. "Viva Las Vegas" was sometimes preceded "La Grange". In addition, "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers", "Viva Las Vegas", "Francine", and "Thunderbird" were variously performed only during the first North American leg. Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance RevenueLeg 1: North and South AmericaApril 23, 2010TylerUnited StatesThe Oil PalaceJonathan Tyler and the Northern Lightsrowspan="4" rowspan="4" April 24, 2010BeaumontFord ParkEdgar WinterJonathan Tyler and the Northern LightsApril 25, 2010Bee CaveThe Backyard at Bee CaveJonathan Tyler and the Northern LightsApril 29, 2010West Palm BeachSunFestJonathan Tyler and the Northern LightsWhite Collar CrimeApril 30, 2010MelbourneMaxwell C. King Center1,939 / 1,939$128,573May 1, 2010St. PetersburgTropicana Field34,813 / 36,973May 4, 2010JacksonvilleMoran TheaterJonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights1,442 / 2,500$81,569May 5, 2010ColumbusColumbus Civic CenterMay 7, 2010Little RockRiverfest Amphitheatre1,930 / 3,500$104,011May 8, 2010AtlantaChastain Park Amphitheater3,710 / 6,700$213,145May 9, 2010TupeloBancorpSouth Center2,863 / 3,500$96,538May 14, 2010BeltonBell County Expo Centerrowspan="20" rowspan="20" May 18, 2010SantiagoChileMovistar ArenaEl CruceHarrison TrioMay 20, 2010São PauloBrazilVia FunchalHudson CadoriniBanda RollemaxMay 21, 2010May 23, 2010Porto AlegrePepsi on StageMay 26, 2010Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio Luna ParkMay 28, 2010SpeedwayUnited StatesIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayMay 29, 2010PryorRocklahomaCinderellaSalivaJune 5, 2010VancouverCanadaThunderbird Sports CentreWide Mouth MasonJune 6, 2010VictoriaSave-On-Foods Memorial CentreJune 8, 2010CranbrookCranbrook Recreational ComplexJune 9, 2010June 10, 2010Grande PrairieCrystal CentreJune 11, 2010EdmontonNorthern Alberta Jubilee AuditoriumJune 13, 2010Medicine HatMedicine Hat ArenaJune 15, 2010WinnipegMTS CentreJune 16, 2010Thunder BayThunder Bay Community AuditoriumJune 19, 2010BellevilleBig Music FestCollective SoulFinger ElevenJune 23, 2010BloomingtonUnited StatesU.S. Cellular ColiseumBackyard Tire FireJune 24, 2010MuskegonHeritage LandingMid-Life CrisisJune 25, 2010MilwaukeeMarcus Amphitheater35,817 / 45,774$2,331,045June 26, 2010Leg 2: EuropeJuly 2, 2010SkånevikNorwaySkånevikfjordenBjørn Bergerowspan="17" rowspan="17" July 3, 2010JärvenpääFinlandVanhankylänniemiJohn Lee Hooker Jr.Eddie CottonJuly 5, 2010Monte CarloMonacoPrince's Palace of MonacoThe StoogesPPZ RocketJuly 6, 2010ToulouseFranceZénith de ToulouseJoe BonamassaJuly 8, 2010BayonneArènes de BayonneJuly 9, 2010NîmesArena of NîmesJuly 10, 2010LocarnoSwitzerlandPiazza GrandeJeff BeckJuly 12, 2010RomeItalyIppodromo delle CapannellePino ScottoJuly 13, 2010LuccaPiazza NapoleoneJeff BeckJuly 14, 2010PadovaVilla ContariniMaurizio Solieri BandJuly 15, 2010VigevanoCastello SforzescoTower of PowerJuly 16, 2010Aix-les-BainsFranceLac du BourgetPete DohertyGogol BordelloJuly 18, 2010KemptenGermanybigBOX AllgäuSiggi SchwarzJuly 19, 2010StrasbourgFranceZénith de StrasbourgPhilip SayceJuly 20, 2010TienenBelgiumGrote MarktJohn FogertyManzarek–KriegerJuly 22, 2010NantesFranceZénith de Nantes MétropolePhilip SayceJuly 24, 2010LondonEnglandVictoria ParkHeaven & HellForeignerLeg 3: North AmericaJuly 31, 2010StillwaterUnited StatesTumbleweed Concert ArenaCorey SmithAugust 1, 2010SouthavenSnowden Grove AmphitheaterYoung Guns3,958 / 10,353$87,985August 4, 2010ClearfieldClearfield County Fairrowspan="21" rowspan="21" August 7, 2010Wisconsin DellsCrystal Grand Music TheatreAugust 9, 2010SturgisBuffalo Chip CampgroundBuckcherryAugust 10, 2010Sioux FallsSioux Empire FairThe LugnutsAugust 13, 2010West WendoverPeppermill WendoverAugust 14, 2010MurphysIronstone AmphitheatreJoan Jett & the BlackheartsAugust 15, 2010Costa MesaPacific AmphitheatreAugust 19, 2010AlbuquerqueLegends TheaterAugust 20, 2010Las VegasLas Vegas HiltonAugust 21, 2010August 22, 2010JackpotCactus Pete'sAugust 24, 2010LancasterAntelope Valley FairAugust 25, 2010LivermoreWente VineyardsAugust 27, 2010SalemL.B. Day Comcast AmphitheatreAugust 29, 2010SnoqualmieSnoqualmie CasinoSeptember 2, 2010Avila BeachAvila Beach Golf ResortTommy CastroSeptember 3, 2010Mountain ViewShoreline AmphitheatreEagles of Death MetalSeptember 4, 2010Del MarDel Mar RacetrackSeptember 5, 2010LaughlinAquarius Casino ResortSeptember 9, 2010OrilliaCanadaCasino Rama Entertainment CentreSeptember 10, 2010September 12, 2010New York CityUnited StatesBeacon TheatreMoreland and Arbuckle4,342 / 5,162$264,689September 13, 2010September 14, 2010RichmondNational TheaterBarrelhouseSeptember 16, 2010TampaSt. Pete Times Forum14,369 / 16,755$1,135,296September 18, 2010RaleighTime Warner Cable Music Pavilion18,456 / 19,669$693,042September 19, 2010CharlotteVerizon Wireless Amphitheater16,311 / 18,739$677,372September 21, 2010DallasSuperpages.com Center14,320 / 18,000$787,276September 23, 2010TulsaBOK Center12,887 / 13,222$1,055,145September 24, 2010The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion15,871 / 15,871$1,053,362September 26, 2010PhoenixUS Airways Centerrowspan="2" rowspan="2" September 28, 2010Chula VistaCricket Wireless AmphitheatreOctober 1, 2010Los AngelesHollywood Bowl17,415 / 17,415$1,691,714October 2, 2010IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheater14,932 / 14,932$1,096,208Leg 4: EuropeOctober 14, 2010GrazAustriaStadthalle Grazrowspan="2" rowspan="2" October 15, 2010ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadionThe Doobie BrothersOctober 16, 2010ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy8,031 / 9,286$758,389October 18, 2010BrusselsBelgiumForest Nationalrowspan="8" rowspan="8" October 19, 2010EnschedeNetherlandsGo Planet Expo HallOctober 21, 2010CopenhagenDenmarkForum CopenhagenOctober 22, 2010GothenburgSwedenScandinaviumOctober 23, 2010OsloNorwayOslo SpektrumOctober 24, 2010StockholmSwedenAnnexetOctober 27, 2010Saint PetersburgRussiaYubileyny Sports PalaceOctober 29, 2010MoscowCrocus City Hall Citations 20em References 40em Top-selling act ZZ Top cancels show Bickel, Amy http://www.hutchnews.com/Todaystop/state-fair-ZZ-Top--1 The Hutchinson News May 18, 2010 CITEREFBickel2010 May 3, 2011 September 27, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927032526/http://www.hutchnews.com/Todaystop/state-fair-ZZ-Top--1 Douglas, John A. ZZ Top mic stands May 26, 2005 http://johndouglas.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1846&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 May 6, 2011 CITEREFDouglas2005September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.proaudioreview.com/article/28962 Toby Francis' DiGiCo SD8 Live Digital Mixing Console June 1, 2010 Harvey, Steve May 3, 2011 CITEREFHarvey2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101220011409/http://proaudioreview.com/article/28962 December 20, 2010 Jaime Castaneda Custom Tailor and Western Wear 2008 A Bit of History http://www.jaimecustomtailoring.net/history.htm May 6, 2011 CITEREFJaime_Castaneda2008 http://blog.livedesignonline.com/briefingroom/2010/11/09/zz-top-and-bandit-both-40-plus/ ZZ Top and Bandit, both 40 plus November 9, 2010 Link, Cori May 6, 2011 CITEREFLink2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110812152635/http://blog.livedesignonline.com/briefingroom/2010/11/09/zz-top-and-bandit-both-40-plus/ August 12, 2011 http://www.malighting.com/113.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=773&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1300330802&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=112&cHash=d1f8246295 Bluesrock with brilliance: grandMA accompanies ZZ Top through the US August 8, 2007 MA Lighting May 3, 2011 March 15, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120315205957/http://www.malighting.com/113.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=773&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1300330802&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=112&cHash=d1f8246295 ZZ Top rolls through Canada with BPG and Martin Audio http://www.martin-audio.com/pressdetail.asp?pressID=274 Martin Audio January 27, 2010 May 3, 2011 CITEREFMartin_Audio2010 dead 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100201070139/http://www.martin-audio.com/pressdetail.asp?pressID=274 Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends: How to Sound Like Your Favorite Players Prown, Pete Sharken, Lisa 2003 Hal Leonard Corporation Milwaukee 978-0-87930-751-6 74 https://books.google.com/books?id=vqQjuzPrqIwC&pg=PA75 May 3, 2011 CITEREFPrown_&_Sharken2003 http://www.telefunken-elektroakustik.com/pros/pros_zztop.php An in-depth look at Telefunken pros ZZ Top March 17, 2010 Telefunken May 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724163617/http://www.telefunken-elektroakustik.com/pros/pros_zztop.php July 24, 2011 ZZ Top and The Doobie Brothers to Oslo Spektrum http://www.visitoslo.com/en/zz-top-and-the-doobie-brothers-to-oslo-spektrum.49108.437534r6bb.tln.html August 4, 2010 visitOSLO May 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20100806182915/http://www.visitoslo.com/en/zz-top-and-the-doobie-brothers-to-oslo-spektrum.49108.437534r6bb.tln.html August 6, 2010 Eric Clapton announces 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival lineup: John Mayer, ZZ Top, Allman Brothers Band, and more Vozick-Levinson, Simon http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/10/eric-clapton-crossroads-guitar-festival/ Entertainment Weekly New York City February 10, 2010 CITEREFVozick-Levinson2010 ZZ Top cancels Telluride visit Warren, Kathrine https://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2011/02/06/news/doc4c0858983ab32078745384.txt Telluride Daily Planet June 4, 2010 CITEREFWarren2010 http://www.wblm.com/Article.asp?id=1802711&spid=22222 ZZ Top cancelled at Meadowbrook 2010 WBLM May 3, 2011 Fan Favorites Poll Results http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=236 April 27, 2010 ZZTop.com May 6, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2010g June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032424/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=236 dead Make your picks for ZZ Top's set list http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=233 April 6, 2010 ZZTop.com May 6, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2010f June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032436/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=233 dead http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=227 May 23, Porto Alegre, Brazil Tickets now on sale March 5, 2010 ZZTop.com May 3, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2010a June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032417/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=227 dead Video message to fans in Chile http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=229 March 17, 2010 ZZTop.com May 3, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2010b June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032401/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=229 dead ZZ Top at Rocklahoma http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=232 April 5, 2010 ZZTop.com May 3, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2010d June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032440/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=232 dead http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=221 ZZ Top set their sites South December 11, 2009 ZZTop.com May 3, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2009b June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032608/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=221 dead http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=237 ZZ Top hares the stage with Tom Petty May 17, 2010 ZZTop.com May 3, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2010e June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032516/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=237 dead ZZTop.com ZZ Top to headline 2010 High Voltage Festival in London December 11, 2009 http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=220 May 3, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2009a June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032614/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=220 dead http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=225 ZZ Top to play Summerfest March 3, 2010 ZZTop.com May 3, 2011 CITEREFZZTop.com2010c June 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110623032409/http://www.zztop.com/?module=news_item&news_item_id=225 dead Category:2010 concert tours Category:ZZ Top concert tours