The Tonnage Tour was a worldwide
concert tour by American
rock band
ZZ Top in support of their 2016 live album ''Live! Greatest Hits from Around the World''. The tour consisted of six legs that alternated between indoor and outdoor shows in the US, along with arenas and festivals in Europe. Much like their recent tours, the Tonnage Tour featured a stripped-down, intimate stage design. The band played a mixture of older and newer material during their set, which included songs from their latest studio album ''
La Futura'' (2012).
Kevin Kinder from the ''Fayetteville Flyer'' thought the concert was "a highly choreographed concert, both subtly in the way
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and bassist
Dusty Hill swayed in unison during several moments, and more overtly in the way the show was paced." The last eighteen dates in 2017 were cancelled to due
Dusty Hill having an ailment.
After 90 concerts in 2017, the Tonnage Tour grossed US$11.2 million, making it one of the top 200 grossing tours of the year. For the first two legs alone, the tour grossed $6.3 million with 166,943 tickets sold. After the fourth leg in the US, the tour's schedule was expanded to feature a co-headlining leg with
John Fogerty
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, which was branded as "Blues & Bayous", and grossed $9 million with 359,553 tickets sold. At its conclusion, the Tonnage Tour had sold 1,083,675 tickets – with 154 shows – for a total gross of $26.2 million.
Personnel
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Billy Gibbons - Guitar, Vocals
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Dusty Hill - Bass, Vocals
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Frank Beard - Drums, Percussion
Setlist
*setlist from the Salt Lake City, Utah concert
1.
Got Me Under Pressure
"Got Me Under Pressure" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album '' Eliminator''.
Overview
The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. David Blayney (ZZ Top's stage manager of 15 years), in his boo ...
2. Waitin' For The Bus
3. Jesus Just Left Chicago
4.
Gimme All Your Lovin'
5.
Pincushion
6. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7. I Gotsta Get Paid
8.
Foxy Lady (
The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
9.
My Head's in Mississippi
"My Head's In Mississippi" is a song by ZZ Top from their album '' Recycler''. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. In December 1990, the song reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Album R ...
10. Catfish Blues (
Robert Petway
Robert Petway (born c. 1903, date of death unknown) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He recorded only 16 songs, but it has been said that he was an influence on many notable blues and rock musicians, including John Lee Hooker, Muddy Wat ...
cover)
11.
Sixteen Tons (
Tennessee Ernie Ford cover)
12. Act Naturally (
Buck Owens cover)*featuring Francis Elwood
13. Just Got Paid
14.
Sharp Dressed Man
15.
Legs
encore
16.
La Grange/BBQ/Sloppy Drunk Jam
17.
Tush
second encore
18.
Jailhouse Rock (
Elvis Presley cover)
Tour dates
References
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ZZ Top concert tours
2017 concert tours