In addition to playing three nights as part of their 50th Anniversary Texas Bash across Texas later this month, the band will continue their anniversary summer tour with an international leg of dates beginning on June 4th in Helsinki, Finland. The band is one of the headlining acts scheduled to perform at the inaugural Exit 111 Fest in Manchester, TN this fall, which takes place on the same site as Bonnaroo. The album is scheduled to arrive on August 16th via Warner Bros. Recently, ZZ Top announced their plans to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a new, career-spanning compilation album, Goin’ 50. Fans have often told us that we’ve provided the soundtrack to their lives, and this is very much in line with that kind of enthusiastic thinking.” Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment, led by Michael Gruber and Jason Gastwirth, is developing the show, which was written by Robert Cary and Jonathan Tolins.Ī press release explains, “ Sharp Dressed Man is an outrageous, bawdy musical romp about a Lone Star auto mechanic who becomes a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing hearts - and car parts - with the help of his merry band of beer drinkers and hell raisers.”īilly Gibbons added his thoughts on the new production in a statement, explaining, “We’re excited about this fantastic project and look forward to hearing our music in a new innovative context. The forthcoming show is executive produced by ZZ Top members Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard, and Dusty Hill, as well as produced by their longtime managers Prem Akkaraju and Carl Stubner. A new ZZ Top rock musical, Sharp Dressed Man, is in the works and set to premiere in 2020.
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