Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. When fans see ZZ Top on stage, they’ll most likely hear the classic ...

If there is one place ZZ Top feels the most at home, it's the stage. The band has been touring more or less nonstop since 1969, though they've also somehow managed to find time to record 15 studio ...

ZZ Top’s just-released 5-LP vinyl box set From the Top: 1971-1976 (Rhino Hi-Fi) sheds new light on the genesis of the most Dallas of all ZZ songs: “Tush.” The band’s only hit sung solely by ...

ZZ Top have announced a 2026 US leg of their "The Big One!" tour, taking place in addition to their upcoming run with Dwight ...

When MTV started to take off in the early 1980s, if someone had taken a poll on which prominent 70’s rock bands would thrive on the platform, ZZ Top probably wouldn’t have ranked very high. As it ...

Billy Gibbons is leaving his bearded friends from Houston behind for a minute. The ZZ Top frontman just announced he’s striking out on a solo tour with his BFG Band from December 2025 through February ...

Christopher McKittrick takes a close look at the history of ZZ Top in the new biography Gimme All Your Lovin’: The Blues, Boogie, and Beard of ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons Credit: Photo by Brian Marks.

When you spot a guitarist masked by shades, chest-length whiskers and hipster attire laying down lines of blues and boogie with touches of border radio panache and electronic mischief, you know who ...

ZZ Top followed up their massively successful 1983 album Eliminator with the space-age-themed 1985 album Afterburner, a surprising turn for a band previously best known for down-to-earth lyrical ...

ZZ Top have added 19 new tour dates to their already crowded 2026 calendar. The Texas trio will kick off the U.S. leg of The ...