Hollywood Blues Tour

The Hollywood Blues Tour was a concert tour through the United States and Canada, undertaken by American rock band ZZ Top. Named after a warm-up show at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California, the tour was their second of which to be staged without a supporting album. As a result, they did not perform any newer material. Although this was a criticism for the tour, it was generally well-received—a critic from The Florida Times-Union regarded the band as "one of rock's most reliable acts; you just know they're going to put on a good show". In contrast to ZZ Top's elaborately-staged productions from previous tours, the Hollywood Blues Tour utilized an austere stage setup. To embrace the group's renowned concept of visual imagery, the stage featured an LED drape for a backdrop video screen that showed visual effects, video clips and flashing text phrases, along with amplifiers stacks and a Van de Graaff generator.

Hollywood Blues Tour
Tour by ZZ Top
LocationUnited States, Canada
Start dateMarch 6, 2007 (2007-03-06)
End dateDecember 31, 2007 (2007-12-31)
Legs4
No. of shows97
Box officeUS$17,800,000
ZZ Top concert chronology

Consisting of four legs and 97 shows, the tour began in Biloxi, Mississippi on March 6, 2007 and ended in Aspen, Colorado on December 31, 2007. After the first leg, the tour was expanded for a summer tour with the Stray Cats and The Pretenders, which was branded as "Summer Scorcher". With a total gross of $17.8 million, Hollywood Blues sold over 380,000 tickets at its conclusion. The band's 2008 live album and DVD Live from Texas was filmed and recorded during a show in Grand Prairie, Texas. A portion of the tour is shown in the Eagle Rock 2009 concert film Double Down Live.

Tour dates
List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening Act(s) Attendance Revenue
Leg 1: amphitheaters and arenas in North America[1][2]
March 6, 2007 Biloxi United States Mississippi Coast Coliseum Robert Fortune Band N/A N/A
March 8, 2007 Timmonsville Palmetto Arabian Farms
March 9, 2007 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall Robert Fortune Band 2,180 / 2,180
March 10, 2007 Fort Myers Centennial Park Robert Fortune Band, Mark Haney & the Buzzards N/A
March 12, 2007 Boca Raton Mizner Park Amphitheater Robert Fortune Band
March 13, 2007 Jacksonville Florida Theatre 1,918 / 1,918
March 14, 2007 Orange Beach The Wharf Amphitheater N/A
March 17, 2007 Durant Choctaw Coliseum 10,000 / 10,000
March 18, 2007 Houston Reliant Stadium 70,014 / 71,500
March 23, 2007 Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena Robert Fortune Band N/A
March 24, 2007 Belton Bell County Expo Center
March 25, 2007 Wichita Falls Kay Yeager Coliseum Los Lonely Boys
March 30, 2007 Winchester Las Vegas Hilton Bang Bang Bang 3,600 / 3,600
March 31, 2007
April 6, 2007 Kinder Coushatta Casino Resort N/A
April 7, 2007 Beaumont Ford Park Pavilion Los Lonely Boys, Cross Canadian Ragweed
April 11, 2007 Rio Rancho Santa Ana Star Center Bang Bang Bang
April 12, 2007 Mescalero Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort
April 14, 2007 Austin The Backyard 5,000 / 5,000
April 15, 2007 N/A
April 18, 2007 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
April 20, 2007 Reno Peppermill Concert Hall Laidlaw
April 21, 2007 Kelseyville Konocti Field Amphitheatre
April 23, 2007 Alpine Viejas Casino
April 24, 2007 Prescott Valley Tim's Toyota Center
April 26, 2007 Santa Ynez Chumash Casino Resort
April 27, 2007 Laughlin Aquarius Casino Resort
April 28, 2007
April 29, 2007 Pala Pala Casino Resort and Spa
May 2, 2007 St. Louis America's Center
May 4, 2007 New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course Luther Kent, Chuck Leavell with the Randall Bramblett Band
Leg 2: amphitheaters and arenas in North America ("Summer Scorcher")[3]
July 14, 2007 The Woodlands United States Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Hank Williams III, Old 97's N/A N/A
July 15, 2007 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre Old 97's, Shooter Jennings
July 19, 2007 Bridgeview Toyota Park REO Speedwagon, The Pretenders
July 21, 2007 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
July 22, 2007 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater The Pretenders, Stray Cats
July 23, 2007 Atlantic City Borgata Event Center
July 25, 2007 Sterling Heights Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
July 26, 2007 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 28, 2007 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
July 29, 2007 St. Louis Scottrade Center
July 31, 2007 Birmingham Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham Blackberry Smoke
August 1, 2007 Nashville Sommet Center The Pretenders, Stray Cats
August 3, 2007 Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
August 4, 2007 Lubbock United Spirit Arena Whitestarr
August 5, 2007 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater The Pretenders, Stray Cats
August 9, 2007 Sturgis Buffalo Chip Campground Buckcherry
August 11, 2007 Las Vegas Orleans Arena The Pretenders, Stray Cats 5,186 / 9,000 $268,652
August 13, 2007 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre N/A N/A
August 15, 2007 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
August 17, 2007 Fresno Save Mart Center at Fresno State
August 18, 2007 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 14,216 / 16,009 $716,966
August 19, 2007 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre N/A N/A
August 21, 2007 Sacramento ARCO Arena
August 23, 2007 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
August 25, 2007 Puyallup United States Puyallup Fair
August 26, 2007 Ridgefield Clark County Amphitheater
August 31, 2007 Hidalgo Dodge Arena
September 6, 2007 Southaven Snowden Grove Amphitheater American Bang 6,103 / 11,000
September 7, 2007 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre Blackberry Smoke N/A
September 9, 2007 Toledo SeaGate Convention Centre Chris Duarte
September 11, 2007 Merrillville Star Plaza Theatre Blackberry Smoke
September 12, 2007 South Bend Morris Performing Arts Center
September 14, 2007 Council Bluffs Mid-America Center
September 16, 2007 Peoria Peoria Civic Center Arena
September 19, 2007 Niagara Falls Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel
September 20, 2007 Verona Turning Stone Resort Casino Blackberry Smoke
September 21, 2007 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
September 22, 2007 Gilford Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
September 25, 2007 Bangor Bangor Auditorium
September 27, 2007 New York City Beacon Theatre
September 28, 2007
September 29, 2007 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
Leg 3: arenas and auditoriums in the United States
October 5, 2007 Fayetteville United States Randal Tyson Track Center Blackberry Smoke N/A N/A
October 7, 2007 Knoxville Tennessee Theatre
October 10, 2007 Orlando Hard Rock Live Orlando
October 12, 2007 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena
October 13, 2007 Evansville Roberts Stadium Travis Tritt
October 14, 2007 Dayton Ervin J. Nutter Center
October 17, 2007 Fort Wayne Embassy Theatre Sulentic Brothers Band
October 19, 2007 Harris Island Resort & Casino
October 20, 2007
October 21, 2007 East Lansing Wharton Center for Performing Arts Blackberry Smoke
October 23, 2007 Dubuque Five Flags Center
October 25, 2007 Thackerville Global Event Center
October 26, 2007 Norman Riverwind Casino
October 27, 2007 Miami Buffalo Run Casino & Resort Blackberry Smoke
November 1, 2007 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie 6,333 / 6,333 $158,325
November 3, 2007 Reno Grand Sierra Resort N/A N/A
November 4, 2007 San Francisco The Warfield 2,300 / 2,300
November 9, 2007 Los Angeles Greek Theatre Dr. John N/A
November 11, 2007 Las Vegas Las Vegas Hilton Laugh Out Loud, The Scintas
November 14, 2007 Coachella Spotlight 29 Casino
Leg 4: arenas and auditoriums in the United States
December 28, 2007 Hollywood United States Hard Rock Live N/A N/A
December 29, 2007 Melbourne King Center for the Performing Arts Blackberry Smoke
December 30, 2007 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
December 31, 2007 Aspen Belly Up Aspen 450 / 450

Notes
  1. "Past ZZ Top Concert Information". The Little ol' Web Page from Texas. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  2. First leg opening act information:
    • March 6 and 9–14, 2007: Hooks, Justin (March 8, 2007). "ZZ Top gives Coast all its loving". Sun Herald. Biloxi, MS. p. A9. The tour continues through March with dates across the Southeast with opening act The Robert Fortune Band. The Mandeville-based trio held an impressive jam session of heavy blues-rock originals...
    • March 10, 2007: Dorsey, David (March 9, 2007). "ZZ Top still rocking after all these years". The News-Press. Fort Myers, FL. p. 12. ZZ Top, with local bands LST and Mark Haney and the Buzzards opening the show. The Robert Fortune Band will open for ZZ Top.
    • March 23, 2007: Hinojosa, Cassandra (March 23, 2007). "'You gotta whip it up' - That little ol' band from Texas ready to put on a rock n' roll fandango tonight". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. p. E14. Warming the stage for ZZ Top are New Orleans based-rockers, The Robert Fortune Band...
    • March 24, 2007: Hoover, Carl (March 23, 2007). "Catch some ZZs: ZZ Top latest tour stops in Belton". Waco Tribune-Herald. Opening the evening's concert is the Robert Fortune Band.
    • March 25, 2007: Sweeten-Shults, Lana (March 26, 2007). "ZZ Top, Boys serve it up in style". Wichita Falls Times Record News. p. A6. ZZ Top, those consummate showmen, never fail to pop a top on a little Texas style, and they did it in prime fashion Sunday night at Kay Yeager Coliseum with Los Lonely Boys for a two-fer Texas evening.
    • March 30–April 18, 2007: "Bang Bang Bang: journal". Bang Bang Bang. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
    • April 20–29, 2007: "Past ZZ Top Concert Information". The Little ol' Web Page from Texas. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
    • May 4, 2007 "New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival schedule". The Baton Rouge Advocate. May 4, 2007. p. 10FUN. ...2:10 p.m.: Chuck Leavell with the Randall Bramblett Band, 3:45 p.m.: Luther Kent and Trickbag...
  3. Second leg opening act information:
    • July 14, 2007: "ZZ Top with Hank III, Old 97's & David Allan Coe". The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Official Website. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
    • July 19, 2007: Snow, Vickie (July 21, 2007). "Concert Review: Bridgeview concert zaps back with '80s greats". Daily Southtown. Chicago. p. A5. Joan Jett, the Stray Cats, the Pretenders, REO Speedwagon and ZZ Top -- in that order -- totally rocked Toyota Park Thursday.

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