This August will see long time music legends and mutual admirers, ZZ TOP and JEFF BECK on tour together for the first time. The tour launches in Missoula, MT on August 8th and will run for five weeks with stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Detroit, Boston and NYC. More dates will be announced soon.

Formatted with musical synergy in mind, stops along the touring route will offer fans a full Jeff Beck set, followed by a full ZZ Top set, with a finale that joins the English fret master with the Texas rockers for a collaboration each night of the tour.

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, speaking on behalf of band mates Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, noted that Beck has long been a source of musical inspiration from the time when Beck played in the Yardbirds, the seminal hard blues-based Britrock band.

Gibbons commented: “Ever since experiencing 'Jeff’s Boogie', the prospect of performance with Jeff Beck on the deck brings us into focus with the curator of crunch.”

Likewise, Beck has been an enduring fan of ZZ Top, from even before their ascendance in popularity in the 70s and 80s. He remarked: “Ever since Eliminator I thought it would be great to play with ZZ Top,” and went on to declare Billy Gibbons, The Professor of Grunge.”

This tour is not the first live collaboration between the two camps. Gibbons joined Jeff Beck and his band on stage at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 at New York’s Madison Square Garden, where they performed THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE’s 'Foxey Lady' and ZZ Top’s hit “Rough Boy” together. The following year Jeff Beck joined ZZ Top in Lucca, Italy for an extended rendition of the band’s signature piece 'La Grange'. This, however, marks the first time Jeff Beck and ZZ Top will have done any sort of extensive touring together.

Jeff Beck with ZZ Top Tour Itinerary:

August

8 - Ogren Park - Missoula, MT
9 - Chateau Ste. Michelle - Woodinville, WA
10 - Cuthbert Amphitheatre - Eugene, OR
12 - The Mountain Winery - Saratoga, CA
13 - Greek Amphitheatre - Los Angeles, CA
15 - Ironstone Amphitheatre - Murphys, CA
16 - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV
20 - Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre - Englewood, CO
22 - Zoo Amphitheatre - Oklahoma City, OK
23 - Starlight Theater - Kansas City, MO
24 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Maryland Heights, MO
27 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Clarkston, MI
28 - Ravinia - Highland Park, IL
31 - MGM Grand Theater @ Foxwoods - Mashantucket, CT

September

2 - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion - Boston, MA
3 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD
4 - Nikon @ Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, NY
6 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Alpharetta, GA
7 - St. Augustine Amphitheater - St. Augustine, FL
12 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - The Woodlands, TX