On Wednesday, October 16, The Amp will be host to rock icons ZZ Top and guest Cheap Trick as the ZZ Top “50th Anniversary Tour” routes through St. Augustine, Florida. 

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top are celebrating their 50th year with a massive North American tour this summer. Kicking off the “ZZ Five-Oh Tour”/ZZFifty/ZZ50/ZZ TOP@50/ Año ZZincuenta Gira” August 16, the real Tres Hombres will play coast to coast and border to border. Cheap Trick will also join the tour on select dates as it snakes through the country into late October. 

ZZ Top still maintains the most consistently stable lineup in the history of rock music: Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. In 1969, BFG formed ZZ Top with drummer Beard and bass-guitarist Hill, both from the Dallas. Fifteen studio albums, 30 million record sales and 5 decades later, “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” is still going strong, playing timeless hits like “La Grange,” “Legs,” “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Tush” to audiences the world over.

Billy Gibbons looked back at the history of the band, while also looking forward to the 50th Anniversary tour dates. “It’s been five decades, and I think we’re starting to get pretty good at all this! The beards, Frank excepted, are perhaps a bit longer, yet nothing else has changed. We're keeping it that way.”   

Combining a love for British guitar pop song craft with crunching power chords and a flair for the absurd, Cheap Trick provided the necessary links between '60s pop, heavy metal, and punk. Led by guitarist Rick Nielsen, the band's early albums were filled with highly melodic, well-written songs that drew equally from the crafted pop of the Beatles, the sonic assault of the Who, and the tongue-in-cheek musical eclecticism and humor of the Move.

ZZ Top Meet & Greet Package $407.50: One reserved ticket located in the Pit in rows 1-5, Meet & Greet with ZZ Top, Personal photograph with ZZ Top, $50 Merchandise Voucher to be used in the ZZ Top Online Store, Copy of ZZ Top's New Album "Live" Greatest Hits From Around the World, ZZ Top 50th Anniversary Tour Official meet & greet laminate.

ZZ Top VIP Package $282.50: One reserved ticket located in the Pit in rows 6-15, $40 Merchandise Voucher to be used in the ZZ Top Online Store, Copy of ZZ Top's New Album "Live" Greatest Hits From Around the World, ZZ Top 50th Anniversary Tour Commemorative laminate. (*please note, this package does not include a meet and greet.)

Cheap Trick Meet & Greet Package $357.50: One reserved ticket located in the Pit in rows 1-5, Meet & Greet with Cheap Trick.

Cheap Trick VIP Package $232.50: One reserved ticket located in the Pit in rows 6-15.

Tickets: 

$154.00 – Seated Pit Rows A-E

$129.00 – Seated Pit and Level 100 Rows A-D

$104.00 – Level 100 and Level 200 Rows O-P

$84.00 – Level 200 Rows Q-Z

$64.00 – Level 300

Gates open at 5:30PM | Starts 7:00PM