WILMINGTON — After a recent series of unconfirmed sightings in the Cape Fear area, ZZ Top has announced they will be coming to the Port City.
The Texas three-piece has been recording and touring with the same three members for 45 years – longer than any other major-label rock group – but has rarely made it to Wilmington. The trio will come to the Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson on Oct. 5 to remedy that.
The 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will play hits from their 15 albums. ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons said of the trio, which also includes bassist and vocalist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard (who is ironically beardless), “we’re the same three guys, bashing out the same three chords.”
Tickets to see the trio play those three chords will be available online, starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 19. In-person ticket sales start at 2 p.m. the same day, at the Wilson Center’s ticket window, located at 703 N. 3rd Street. Tickets will also be available by phone at 910-362-7999.
Ticket hours are Monday–Friday, 2 – 6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
