Fox 26 correspondent David Morales recently caught up with ZZ TOP's Billy Gibbons, who revealed the band is gearing up for the release of a new album, their first studio outing since 2003’s Mescalero. Check it out below.

Gibbons comments: "We’re having a blast. It’s loud, it’s fast, it’s streamlined. It’s ZZ Top. It’s just what it is."

ZZ Top's European tour schedule is currently as follows:

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

As previously reported, on May 31st, Eagle Rock Entertainment released ZZ TOP Live in Germany 1980. It is available on CD for the first time. This 16-song Texas manifesto features guitarist Billy F Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill, in an onstage explosion of barrelhouse jump blues and boogie.

The Grugahalle in Essen was rockin’ on that night in 1980. ZZ Top, touring in support of 1979’s Deguello, is totally energized on nine of Deguello’s tracks, complemented by fan favorites from Tres Hombres (1973) and Fandango (1975), as well as righteous roots-reverent covers of ELMORE JAMES and ELVIS PRESLEY. (The concert was filmed for German television’s popular Rockpalast program and released on DVD as Double Down Live in 2009.)

Live in Germany 1980 tracklisting:

'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'