We're excited to get out there and play our music for everybody. Charleen McCrory, the widow of ZZ TOP 's Dusty Hill, has offered her first public comments since the bassist's death. When ZZ TOP announced the tour, Hill - who joined the band a year after its formation in 1969 - commented: 'They shut the door right after our 50th-anniversary tour and now it's back open. 'We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre. Looking ahead to 2022, a coast-to-coast Canadian tour has been announced for April and May. (CNN) Dusty Hill, the bearded bassist with American blues-rock band ZZ Top, has died, according to the band's official website. A residency at The Venetian Theater in Las Vegas that had been postponed from last year is now set to start in early October.

In the fall, the legendary act, which was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame by Keith Richards of THE ROLLING STONES, will play dates in the East, South and in their native Texas. The trek, dubbed 'A Celebration With ZZ Top', will continue in August with dates in the South, Midwest and Far West. ZZ TOP kicked off its latest tour less than two weeks ago in Manchester, Iowa. On July 21, ZZ TOP canceled its concert in Evansville, Indiana because of a 'health issue within the band,' according to local news outlet Evansville Courier & Press. Filling in for him at the gig was longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis. ZZ TOP played without Hill last Friday night (July 23) at the Village Commons in New Lenox, Illinois after he was forced to return to Texas to address a hip issue. Tickets purchased at or will be automatically refunded.ДЇuneral arrangements for Hill have not yet been publicly announced. Refunds are available at points of purchase. The ZZ TOP concert scheduled to take place tonight (Wednesday, July 28) in Simpsonville, South Carolina has been canceled in the wake of Hill's sudden death. Trunk added in a separate message, 'Also this from : ' Dusty emphatically grabbed my arm and said, 'Give Elwood the bottom end and take it to the top.' He meant it, amigo.

Billy told me okay to share w/fans: As Dusty said upon his departure, 'Let the show go on!'.andвЂ¦with respect, we'll do well to get beyond this and honor his wishes.' We are saddened by the news today that our Compadre, Dusty Hill, has passed away in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas, surviving. His rep confirmed the musicianвЂ™s death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown. Trunk tweeted: 'Received this just now via text from regarding passing of Dusty Hill. ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. He was 72.Д®arlier this evening, SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk shared a message he received from ZZ TOP frontman Billy Gibbons about the group's future plans. The band, with the addition of Elwood Francis, played a show Friday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Hill died in his sleep at home in Houston, Texas, according to the band's official web site. ZZ Top performed for the first time live since the death of longtime band member Dusty Hill. ZZ TOP will carry on following the passing of the band's bassist Dusty Hill.

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