Tonnage Tour

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Tonnage Tour
Tour by ZZ Top
Location United States, Canada and Europe
Associated album Tonite at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World
Start date February 18, 2017
End date October 7, 2017
Number of shows 87
ZZ Top concert chronology

The Tonnage Tour was a 2017 concert tour by American Rock band ZZ Top.[1] The tour was announced on October 24, 2016 and consisted of 87 shows, including performances in the United States, Canada and Europe with the European tour being dubbed as the "Metric Edition". The tour was in support of their Tonight at Midnight: Live Greatest Hits from Around the World album which was due to release while on tour. "It’s gonna be a good time," frontman and guitarist Billy Gibbons assures fans. "We’ve been at this long enough that we’re starting to get good. Come and see us; it’s gonna be loud and live."[2] The tour would feature a guest appearance from Gibbons' guitar tech Francis Elwood playing the lap steel guitar during the performance of Buck Owens Act Naturally. Also the tour would feature Dusty Hill switching from bass to keyboard.


Personnel

Setlist

  • setlist from the Salt Lake City, Utah concert

1. Got Me Under Pressure
2. Waitin' For The Bus
3. Jesus Just Left Chicago
4. Gimmie All Your Lovin'
5. Pincushion
6. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7. I Gotsta Get Paid
8. Foxey Lady (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
9. My Head's In Mississippi
10. Catfish Blues (Robert Petway cover)
11. Sixteen Tons(Merle Travis 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)

References

  1. {{cite web|title=ZZ Top announced the 'Tonnage' Tour Dates|url=http://www.zztop.com/news?n_id=411
  2. {{cite web|title=ZZ Top announced the 'Tonnage' Tour Dates|url=http://www.zztop.com/news?n_id=411