El Camino Ocho Tour

El Camino Ocho Tour

Tour by ZZ Top
Location	North America Europe
Start date	May 2, 2008 (2008-05-02)
End date	September 9, 2008 (2008-09-09)
Legs	3
No. of shows	60
ZZ Top concert chronology

The El Camino Ocho Tour was a concert tour through North America and Europe, undertaken by American rock band ZZ Top. The tour's concerts were performed in casinos and fairs from May through September 2008. Band members Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill dressed in black biker jackets, along with baseball caps and boots. The El Camino Ocho Tour consisted of three legs and 60 shows. Some of the tour was depicted in the concert film Double Down Live.

Concert overview

Out of the 60 shows performed, each had a similar set list, with 16–21 songs performed. The concerts usually began with techno music played through the PA system, during which the band would walk on stage and begin the show.

Main set

The first leg of the tour opened with "Gimme All Your Lovin'", while the second and third legs opened with "Got Me Under Pressure". Following the opener, the band performed "Waitin' for the Bus", "Jesus Just Left Chicago", "Chevrolet", and "Pincushion". Every show featured "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", along with "Heard It on the X", "Just Got Paid", "I Need You Tonight", "Cheap Sunglasses", and "Planet of Women". "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" were also included.

Encores

The encores typically started with "Tube Snake Boogie". This segued into a medley of "La Grange", "Sloppy Drunk Blues", and "Bar-B-Q". The encores usually closed out with "Tush". "Jailhouse Rock" was also occasionally performed.

Additional songs

A total of 24 different songs were played throughout the tour. "My Head's In Mississippi" was featured as a snippet for a few shows. "I Thank You" was played for the first nine concerts. "It's Only Love" from the Tejas album was eventually dropped from the main set due to technical errors.

Reception

Despite the fact that the band didn't have a new album to tour with, El Camino Ocho received generally positive reviews. Many reviews did state Gibbons' voice as being "gruff" or "throaty-sounding", and compared to "road gravel". His guitar playing, however, was well received by audiences. The Toronto Sun gave a rating of 4 out of 5 for the concert on August 24, 2008.

Post-tour

Double Down Live

The tour was filmed for future DVD release by Jamie Burton Chamberlin. In October 2009, Eagle Vision released Double Down Live, which combined footage from the tour, and featured 4 of the 11 songs being filmed during the tour. An interview was included in the DVD, filmed before the concert at Zénith de Paris.

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)
Leg 1: North America
May 2, 2008	Bossier City	United States	Horseshoe Bossier City
May 7, 2008	Tucson		AVA Amphitheater	Rosie Flores
May 9, 2008	Dixon		Dixon May Fair
May 10, 2008	Valley Center		Harrah's Rincon
May 15, 2008	Austin		The Backyard	Rosie Flores
May 16, 2008	Corpus Christi		American Bank Center Arena	Sun Salutation
May 22, 2008	St. Augustine		St. Augustine Amphitheatre	Blackberry Smoke
May 23, 2008	Orange Beach		The Amphitheater at the Wharf	38 Special
May 24, 2008	Robinsonville		Harrah's Casino Tunica
May 25, 2008	Little Rock		RiverFest	38 Special, Bucket of Blues
May 29, 2008	Pelham		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Zac Brown Band
May 30, 2008	Johnson City		Freedom Hall Civic Center	Joe Diffie
May 31, 2008	Fort Knox		Godman Army Airfield	Blackberry Smoke
June 3, 2008	Knoxville		Tennessee Theatre
June 5, 2008	Marksville		Paragon Casino Resort
June 6, 2008	Enterprise		BamaJam	Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence
June 7, 2008	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheatre	Zac Brown Band
June 8, 2008	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum	Blackberry Smoke
June 12, 2008	Chattanooga		Riverbend Festival	Steel Mill
June 13, 2008	Jackson		Jubilee! Jam	Blind Melon, Eric Church
June 14, 2008	Valdosta		Wild Adventures	Blackberry Smoke
June 17, 2008	Solomons		Calvert Marine Museum
June 19, 2008	Gilford		Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
June 20, 2008	Wallingford		Chevrolet Theatre
June 21, 2008	Rutland		Vermont State Fairgrounds
June 22, 2008	Aberdeen		Aberdeen Proving Ground
Leg 2: Europe
July 4, 2008	Porto	Portugal	Parque da Cidade	Love and Rockets, David Fonseca
July 6, 2008	Bilbao	Spain	Bilbao BBK Live	Riders on the Storm, The Blues Brothers
July 7, 2008	Carcassonne	France	Théâtre Jean-Deschamps
July 8, 2008	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier
July 10, 2008	Paris		Zénith de Paris
July 11, 2008	Bonn	Germany	Museumsmeile
July 12, 2008	Potsdam		Lustwiese	Thin Lizzy, Free
July 13, 2008	Weert	Netherlands	Bospop	Europe, Ted Nugent
July 15, 2008	Differdange	Luxembourg	Aréna du Centenaire	Lance Lopez
July 16, 2008	Singen	Germany	Hohentwielfestival
July 18, 2008	Carhaix	France	Vieilles Charrues Festival	Christophe Maé, Yael Naim
July 20, 2008	Six-Fours-les-Plages		Festival Les Voix du Gaou	Steve Lukather
July 21, 2008	Monte Carlo	Monaco	Sporting Summer Festival
Leg 3: North America
August 1, 2008	Albuquerque	United States	Journal Pavilion	Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins
August 2, 2008	Phoenix		Cricket Wireless Pavilion
August 3, 2008	San Bernardino		San Manuel Amphitheater
August 5, 2008	Nampa		Idaho Center Amphitheater	Steve Richard
August 7, 2008	Sturgis		Buffalo Chip Campground	Sugarland
August 8, 2008	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place	Rodney Atkins
August 9, 2008	Auburn	United States	White River Amphitheatre	Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins
August 14, 2008	Louisville		Freedom Hall
August 15, 2008	Springfield		Illinois State Fairgrounds Grandstand	Brooks & Dunn, Heidi Newfield
August 16, 2008	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha	Brooks & Dunn, Justin Moore
August 17, 2008	Oklahoma City		Ford Center	Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins
August 23, 2008	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 24, 2008	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 25, 2008	Syracuse	United States	Mohegan Sun Grandstand	Brooks & Dunn, James Otto
August 26, 2008	Allentown		Allentown Fairgrounds
August 29, 2008	Milwaukee		Henry Maier Festival Park	Gary Allan, Fisher Stevenson
August 31, 2008	Fort Leonard Wood		Fort Leonard Wood	Bowling for Soup
September 5, 2008	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Rodney Atkins
September 6, 2008	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion	Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins
September 7, 2008	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena	Rodney Atkins
September 9, 2008	York		York Fairgrounds
Leg 4: North America ("In Your Face")
September 26, 2008	Wichita	United States	Century II Concert Hall	Blackberry Smoke
September 27, 2008	Fort Smith		Fort Smith Convention Center
September 28, 2008	Tulsa		SpiritBank Event Center
September 30, 2008	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
October 1, 2008	Kansas City		Midland Theatre
October 3, 2008	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium
October 4, 2008	Huntington		Keith-Albee Theatre
October 5, 2008	Cleveland		Allen Theatre
October 10, 2008	Columbus		Palace Theatre
October 11, 2008	Indianapolis		Murat Theatre
October 12, 2008	Milwaukee		Riverside Theater
October 15, 2008	Pittsburgh		Post-Gazette Pavilion	Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Atkins
October 16, 2008	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
October 17, 2008	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre	Blackberry Smoke
October 18, 2008	Grand Forks		Chester Fritz Auditorium
October 19, 2008	Sioux Falls		Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
October 22, 2008	Portland		Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
October 23, 2008	Pullman		Beasley Coliseum
October 26, 2008	Pomona		Fairplex	The Tubes, Georgia Satellites
October 30, 2008	Colorado Springs		Pikes Peak Center	Blackberry Smoke
October 31, 2008	Denver		Paramount Theatre
November 1, 2008	Amarillo		Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium

External links

• Peter Zurich's ZZ Top Gallery