ZZ TOP PERORMS IN CONCERT IN BOCA RATON
Frank Beard of ZZ Top performs in concert at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca Raton, Florida on March 12, 2007. (UPI Photo/Michael Bush)
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UPI Almanac for Monday, June 11, 2012.
Billy F. Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill, better known as the rock 'n' roll trio ZZ Top, say they plan to tour numerous intimate U.S. venues this fall.
The Texas rock band ZZ Top has ended its 37-year relationship with the company that has managed its career since it began, Lone Wolf Management.
Veteran rockers ZZ Top are set to hit the road in support of the band's 14th album, "Mescalero," due out April 15.
Hard rockers System of a Down and filmmaker Michael Moore are collaborating on an anti-war video for the band's track "Boom!"
Today's birthdays include famed producer and talent scout John Hammond Sr., who was born in 1910; Chad Stuart of Chad and Jeremy fame in 1943 (age 59); Commodores drummer Walter Orange and Ace Kefford, bassist with The Move, both in 1946 (age 56); ZZ Top
The weekly UPI Today in Music package for Dec. 7-13.
Joni Mitchell, calling the music industry a "cesspool," said in an interview with Rolling Stone she'll never make another major label deal again. The 58-year-old singer songwriter said she is "ashamed" to be part of the music business and may retire from
The Who's Pete Townshend has said he plans to record with Roger Daltrey again, but probably not as The Who. The Who have been on tour this year despite the death of bassist John Entwistle, who died on the eve of its opening night.
Today's musical birthdays include the late jazz drummer Shelly Manne, who was born in 1920; James "Pookie" Hudson of the Spaniels in 1934 (age 68); Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starlighters in 1940 (age 62); Peter Albin in 1944 (age 58); Uriah Heep's John
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