ZZ Top & Gov’t Mule Announce Small Co-Tour for this year! :
Topping the charts this year as the hottest blues & rock concerts is most likely to be the small tour of ZZ Top and Gov’t Mule. The two bands have actually announced co-tour dates with each other. The two bands will join together in September with live concert shows in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois, and Missouri. Hopefully more states will be added to the schedule. ZZ Top’s main man Billy Gibbons shared a quote about the upcoming tour on ZZ Top’s official website: “Both ZZ Top and Gov’t Mule are cut from the same dyed-in-the blues cloth… I’ve long admired the band and Warren Haynes’ guitar work. He has a certain grit to everything he does. We’re gonna have a fine time.”
In addition to touring with ZZ Top, Gov’t Mule will also make their annual appearance at Mountain Jam. which will be held June 2-5 at the Hunter Mountain ski resort in Hunter, N.Y. Also on the performers list for the music festival are the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Beck, Wilco and Train, who will perform Led Zeppelin‘s second album in its entirety. That should be awesome!
Check below for the latest list of Official Gov’t Mule tour dates, links to look for tickets, plus some cool music videos.
GOV’T MULE TOUR DATES & CONCERT TICKETS
Gov’t Mule is a Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 as a side project of The Allman Brothers Band by guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody. Fans often refer to Gov’t Mule simply as Mule.
Don’t miss your chance to see an awesome live show of ZZ Top and Gov’t Mule!
GOV’T MULE TOUR DATES & CONCERT TICKETS ( * = w/ ZZ TOP)
- 5/18 at Ulmer Zet Festival in Ulm, Germany
- 5/19 at Huxley’s in Berlin, Germany
- 5/20 at Fabrik in Hamburg, Germany
- 5/21 at Train in Aarhus, Denmark
- 6/2 – 6/5 at Mountain Jam Music Festival at Hunter Mountain in Hunter, NY
- 8/11 at Maine State Pier in Portland, ME
- 8/12 at Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, NJ
- 8/13 at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston, MA
- 8/16 at Saranac Brewery in Utica, NY
- 8/17 at River Stage at Great Plaza – Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, PA
- 8/18 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, PA
- 8/19 at Meadow Brook Amphitheatre in Rochester, MI
- 8/20 at The Rose Music Center at The Heights in Huber Heights, OH
- 8/22 at CEFCU Center Stage in Peoria, IL
- 8/23 at Simon Estes Amphitheater in Des Moines, IA
- 8/25 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO
- 8/27 at Humphreys Concerts By the Bay in San Diego, CA
- 8/28 at Vina Robles Amphitheater in Paso Robles, CA
- 8/30 at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA
- 9/3 at Big Sky Brewing Company in Missoula, MT
- 9/9 at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY *
- 9/11 at Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, PA *
- 9/13 at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore, MD *
- 9/14 at Booth Amphitheatre At Regency Park in Cary, NC *
- 9/15 at Celebrate Virginia Live in Fredericksburg, VA *
- 9/17 at Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, IL *
- 9/18 at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, MO *
- 9/20 at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, MO *
- 9/21 at Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts in Salina, KS *
- 9/23 at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA
- 9/24 at Jannus Live in Saint Petersburg, FL
- 9/25 at The Fillmore At Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, FL
- 9/27 at Avondale Brewing Company in Birmingham, AL
- 9/29 at Innsbrook Pavilion in Glen Allen, VA
- 9/30 at Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center in Cherokee, NC
- 10/1 at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre in Charlotte, NC
- 1/14/2017 – 1/18 at Gov’t Mule’s Island Exodus 8 at Jewel Paradise Cove in Runaway Bay, Jamaica
Check back often to see if any more new tour dates are added to Gov’t Mule or ZZ Top tour schedule.
In related news, Gov’t Mule is just about ready to put out an archival record named ‘The Tel-Star Sessions‘, which contains never-before-released demos that the band recorded at Florida’s Tel-Star Studios back in 1994. You can get a feel of what will be included on that release by listening to a rocking cover of ZZ Top’s “Just Got Paid” the band released as the first single last week. (See videos below)
MUSIC VIDEO – Gov’t Mule – Just Got Paid
MUSIC VIDEO – Gov’t Mule – Jesus Just Left Chicago- w/David Hidalgo – December 2010
MUSIC VIDEO – Gov’t Mule – Broke Down on the Brazos – w/ Billy Gibbons on Guitar
Written by Craig Scott