Billy Gibbons
By: Staff
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons recently confirmed to Fox 26‘s David Morales that the bearded band are currently recording a new studio album.
Bravewords.com reports that according to Gibbons, the new album, which will be ZZ Top’s first studio album since their 2003 album Mescalero, is “loud, it’s fast, it’s streamlined. It’s ZZ Top. It’s just what it is.” Speaking of the recording process, Gibbons says, “We’re having a blast.”
The band’s most recent release was May 31st’s live CD, Live In Germany 1980, which saw ZZ Top touring in support of their 1979 album Deguello. The power trio play nine tracks from that CD, peppered with other hits like “Fandango,” “La Grange” and “Tres Hombres”.
Live in Germany 1980 track list:
‘El Deguello’
‘I Thank You’
‘Waitin’ For the Bus’
‘Jesus Just Left Chicago’
‘Precious And Grace’
‘Manic Mechanic’
‘Lowdown In The Street’
‘Heard It On The X’
‘Fool For Your Stockings’
‘Cheap Sunglasses’
‘Arrested For Driving While Blind’
‘Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers’
‘La Grange / Sloppy Drunk / Bar-B-Q’
‘Dust My Broom’
‘Jailhouse Rock’
‘Tush’
ZZ Top is currently touring across Europe. Their remaining dates are:
June
29 – Mainz, Germany – Volkspark
July
1 – Lille, France – Zenith
2 – Heroville St Clair, France – Beauregard Festival
3 – Tours, France – Grand Hall
5 – Lyon, France – Hall Toni Garnier
6 – Clermont Ferrand, France – Le Zenith
7 – Cognac, France – Cognac Blues Festival
9 – Perpignan, France – Argeles Festival
11 – Marseillles, France – Le Dome
12 – Juan Les Pins, France – Pinede Gould
13 – Barcelona, Spain – Pablo Espagnol
14 – Madrid, Spain – Riviera
16 – Cordoba, Spain – Teatro de la Axerquia
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