Houston's rock titans/sharp-dressed men ZZ Top will embark on a classic rock bonanza next year when the legends and Lynyrd Skynyrd hit The Woodlands as part of their first co-headlining tour, "The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour," which will stop at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on Sunday, July 30, 2023.
come to Fort Worth as part of their first co-headlining tour, "The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour," which will stop at Dickies Arena on July 29, 2023.
Houston-The Woodlands will be the fifth of 22 stops around North America for the tour in summer 2023. It will kick off in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 21 and last around two months, finishing in Camden, New Jersey on September 17. In addition to Fort Worth, the tour will also play in The Woodlands, outside Houston, on July 30.
The name of the tour cheekily combines two of the bands' most popular songs, ZZ Top's 1983 single "Sharp Dressed Man," and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man," a song that wasn't even released as a single in 1973, but which has gone on to be one of their most iconic tunes.
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of both Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album, Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd’, and the 50th anniversary of ZZ Top's breakthrough album, Tres Hombres.
As local fans are aware, the band made headlines when an unauthorized estate sale promised trinkets and valuables belonging to dearly departed founding bassist Dusty Hill. "Devastated" widow Charleen Hill was forced to speak out and take action against the organizers in an effort to protect her husband's — and the band's — reputation.
But back to the music: Fans have lovingly embraced Hill's replacement, Elwood Francis, who spent 30 years as a guitar tech and has even grown a ZZ-worthy beard of his own since the pandemic and is ready to rock.
Houston legends ZZ Top hits the road again with a co-headlining tour with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Tickets for the tour go on sale starting Friday, December 16 at 10 am at LiveNation.com.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD & ZZ TOP: THE SHARP DRESSED SIMPLE MAN TOUR 2023 DATES:
Friday, July 21 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Sunday, July 23 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Friday, July 28 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Saturday, July 29 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
Sunday, July 30 – Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
Monday, August 7 – Denver, CO – Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre*
Thursday, August 10 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
Friday, August 11 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
Sunday, August 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
Thursday, August 17 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - St. Louis, MO
Saturday, August 19 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - Chicago, IL
Sunday, August 20 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Friday, August 25 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
Saturday, August 26 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sunday, August 27 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Friday, September 1 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Saturday, September 2 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Sunday, September 3 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
Friday, September 8 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saturday, September 9 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
Sunday, September 10 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Friday, September 15 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Sunday, September 17 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
