ZZ Top have announced a packed 2026 live calendar, titled The Big One! Tour, combining a long stretch of U.S. shows with a summer run across Europe. Alongside them for the American dates is country-rock icon Dwight Yoakam, creating a two-legend bill built on swagger, twang, and decades of stage mileage.
The U.S. leg begins March 21 in Abilene, Texas, before hitting theaters and arenas throughout the spring. The route crosses the South, Midwest, and Southwest, ensuring fans in multiple regions get their chance to see the band up close. The dates mark one of ZZ Top’s most extensive domestic runs in recent years.
Before the main tour begins, Billy Gibbons will warm things up with his solo project, the BFG Band. Those appearances run in January and February 2026, hitting smaller venues and offering fans a low-ceiling, high-volume show that leans more heavily into Gibbons’ raw blues roots. It’s a complementary experience: the intimate rooms earlier in the year, then the big-room stomp as ZZ Top hit the highway.
After the final U.S. stop in late spring, ZZ Top will head overseas for their first European tour in two years. Opening June 22 in Tartu, Estonia, the run includes shows in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and more before finishing July 25 in Cadiz, Spain. The schedule combines festivals with standalone headline dates, reinforcing the band’s ongoing international pull.
Gibbons summed up the mood with characteristic ease: “We’ve been spending a lot of time on the road and the more we’re out there, the more it feels like home. Our philosophy is to keep on keeping on because… we’ve been having a good time and see no reason to stop.”
The road, as always, remains part of ZZ Top’s identity. From dusty Texas stages to European summer nights, 2026 offers fans the sound, the riffs, and the unmistakable cool that has defined the band for five decades. It’s not nostalgia; it’s continuation.
