La Futura Tour

La Futura Tour

World tour by ZZ Top
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Location	North America, Australia, Europe
Associated album	La Futura
Start date	October 2, 2012
End date	July 2, 2014
Legs	8
No. of shows	176
ZZ Top concert chronology

The La Futura Tour is a worldwide concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Presented in support of their latest album, La Futura, the tour is visiting indoor and outdoor theaters, arenas, and festivals in North America, Australia, and Europe. To represent the novelty of La Futura, it was intended to differ from the group's tours in the past. The tour was an intermediately staged visual presentation by incorporating a "feature film" for each song performed.

The concept behind the La Futura Tour was inspired by the concept of cinema. The stage includes a large backdrop video screen that shows abstract images that align with the content of each song in the set list. Whereas they were known for their elaborate stage sets in the 1970s, ZZ Top's La Futura performances were largely visual; on stage, a portion of the group's MTV music videos are shown on the backdrop. In contrast to other ZZ Top tours, the set list featured songs from La Futura.

Consisting of eight legs and 176 shows, the tour began on October 2, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois and finished on July 2, 2014 in Saarbrücken, Germany. The first four legs alternated between North America, Australia, and Europe. Although the tour evoked a variety of responses from music critics, it was mostly well received.

Tour dates

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1: indoor/outdoor theaters and arenas in North America
October 2, 2012	Chicago	United States	Chicago Theatre		2,136 / 3,372	$147,225
October 3, 2012	Akron		Akron Civic Theatre		—	—
October 5, 2012	Glenside		Keswick Theatre
October 6, 2012	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion (Virgin Mobile FreeFest)	Alabama Shakes, Ben Folds Five
October 7, 2012	Red Bank		Count Basie Theatre
October 9, 2012	Louisville		Palace Theatre	Brent James & the Contraband
October 10, 2012	Durham		Durham Performing Arts Center	Will McBride Group	2,479 / 2,712	$127,467
October 12, 2012	Marksville		Paragon Casino Mari Center		—	—
October 14, 2012	Huntsville		Von Braun Center Arena	Dave Anderson
October 16, 2012	Kansas City		The Midland by AMC	Bryant Carter Band
October 18, 2012	Catoosa		The Joint Tulsa
October 19, 2012	Thackerville		Global Event Center	The Cadillac Black
October 20, 2012	Sugar Land		Constellation Field	Kenny Wayne Shepherd
October 21, 2012	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre	The Cadillac Black
October 22, 2012
October 25, 2012	Amarillo		Cal Farley Coliseum	Andy Chase Cundiff
October 26, 2012	Midland		Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center	Leopold and His Fiction
October 27, 2012	Bee Cave		The Backyard at Bee Cave (La Grange Fest)	Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Randolph
October 28, 2012	Tyler		The Oil Palace	Hudson Moore, Not in the Face
November 1, 2012	Toledo		Stranahan Theater	John Sevilla & Severe Weather
November 2, 2012	Rochester		Marina Jeep Arena	Tommy Brunett Band
November 3, 2012	Kingston	Canada	K-Rock Centre	JD & The Straight Shot, Lorenza Ponce
November 4, 2012	London		Budweiser Gardens		4,056 / 4,434	$231,804
November 7, 2012	Montreal		Bell Centre		4,499 / 4,960	$287,284
November 8, 2012	Ottawa		Southam Hall		—	—
November 10, 2012	Rama		Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
December 4, 2012	West Hollywood	United States	House of Blues	Flogging Molly
December 5, 2012	Las Vegas			Beau Hodges Band
December 7, 2012
December 8, 2012	Chandler		Ovations LIVE! Showroom
December 9, 2012	Tucson		AVA Amphitheater	Los Nawdy Dawgs
Leg 2: indoor/outdoor theaters and arenas in Australia
March 9, 2013	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena	Rose Tattoo	8,543 / 9,351	$974,058
March 12, 2013	Sydney		Allphones Arena		6,593 / 9,779	$819,931
March 13, 2013	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre		820 / 2,619	$95,003
March 15, 2013	Sydney		Metro Theatre	The Dead Daisies, Voodoo Sons	—	—
March 16, 2013	Melbourne		Sidney Myer Music Bowl	Rose Tattoo
March 17, 2013
March 19, 2013	Southport		RSL Club Southport	The Dead Daisies
March 20, 2013	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Rose Tattoo	7,491 / 8,382	$1,060,090
Leg 3: indoor/outdoor theaters and festivals in the United States
May 2, 2013	Newkirk	United States	Council Bluff Event Center		—	—
May 3, 2013	Concho		Lucky Star Events Center
May 4, 2013	Memphis		Tom Lee Park (Beale Street Music Festival)	Jerry Lee Lewis, Mavis Staples
May 5, 2013	Richmond		EKU Center for the Arts
May 8, 2013	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre	JD & The Straight Shot, Lorenza Ponce
May 9, 2013	Morristown		Mayo Performing Arts Center
May 10, 2013	Crewe		Hooper Park Pavilion
May 11, 2013	Atlantic City		Revel Ovation Hall
May 13, 2013	Lancaster		American Music Theatre	Ben Miller Band
May 14, 2013	Englewood		Bergen Performing Arts Center
May 15, 2013	Westbury		NYCB Theatre at Westbury
May 17, 2013	Hampton		Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
May 18, 2013	Lynn		Lynn Auditorium
May 19, 2013	Baltimore		Pier Six Pavilion
May 21, 2013	Knoxville		Tennessee Theatre
May 23, 2013	Savannah		Johnny Mercer Theatre		1,946 / 2,396	$103,806
May 24, 2013	Panama City Beach		Aaron Bessant Park	Heritage, Jacobs Brock & Brews Band	—	—
May 25, 2013	Biloxi		Studio A at IP Casino
June 14, 2013	Manchester		Great Stage Park (Bonnaroo Music Festival)	Jim James, Foals
Leg 4: indoor/outdoor theaters, arenas and festivals in Europe
June 18, 2013	Paris	France	Le Zénith	Jesus Volt	—	—
June 19, 2013	Rouen		Zénith de Rouen
June 20, 2013	Dijon		Zénith de Dijon
June 22, 2013	Clisson		Val de Moine (Hellfest)	Accept, Down
June 24, 2013	London	England	Hammersmith Apollo	Ben Miller Band
June 25, 2013	Manchester		O2 Apollo Manchester
June 27, 2013	Cork	Ireland	Docklands (Live at the Marquee)
June 30, 2013	Hamburg	Germany	Stadtpark Freilichtbühne
July 1, 2013	Berlin		Spandau Citadel
July 2, 2013	Munich		Olympiapark (Tollwood Festival)
July 4, 2013	Locarno	Switzerland	Piazza Grande (Moon and Stars Festival)	Krokus
July 6, 2013	Wiesen	Austria	Ottakringer Arena (Lovely Days Festival)	Status Quo, Steve Winwood
July 7, 2013	Linz		Burg Clam (Clam Rock)	Status Quo, Roger Chapman & the Shortlist
July 8, 2013	Pardubice	Czech Republic	ČEZ Aréna	Ben Miller Band
July 10, 2013	Montreux	Switzerland	Auditorium Stravinski (Montreux Jazz Festival)	George Thorogood & the Destroyers
July 12, 2013	Epernay	France	Le Millésium	Ben Miller Band
July 13, 2013	Zottegem	Belgium	Bevegemse Vijvers (Rock Zottegem)	Hooverphonic, Black Box Revelation
July 14, 2013	Weert	Netherlands	Festivalterrein (Bospop)	Golden Earring, George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Leg 5: indoor/outdoor theaters and festivals in the United States
July 28, 2013	Mountain View	United States	Shoreline Amphitheatre	Uncle Kracker	—	—
July 30, 2013	Paso Robles		Vina Robles Amphitheatre
July 31, 2013	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 1, 2013	Costa Mesa		Pacific Amphitheatre
August 3, 2013	Englewood		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 4, 2013	Sturgis		Buffalo Chip Campground (Sturgis Motorcycle Rally)	Halestorm
August 6, 2013	Saint Paul		The Myth	Sena Ehrhardt Band
August 8, 2013	Interlochen		Kresge Auditorium
August 9, 2013	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 10, 2013
August 11, 2013
August 14, 2013
August 16, 2013
August 17, 2013
August 19, 2013
August 20, 2013
August 22, 2013	Plainfield Township		Fifth Third Ballpark (Rock the Rapids)	Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Junior Valentine
August 24, 2013	St. Louis		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Uncle Kracker
August 25, 2013	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
August 27, 2013	Lewiston		Artpark	The Sheepdogs
August 28, 2013	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center	Uncle Kracker
August 30, 2013	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 31, 2013	Milwaukee		Henry Maier Festival Park (Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary)	Blackberry Smoke, JD McPherson
September 1, 2013	Cleveland		Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica	Austin Walkin' Cane
September 4, 2013	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	Uncle Kracker
September 6, 2013	Bethel		Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
September 7, 2013	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion
September 8, 2013	Newport News		Ferguson Center for the Arts	Seth Steinback & Roosterfoot
September 10, 2013	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Uncle Kracker
September 11, 2013	Vienna		Filene Center	Tom Principato
September 13, 2013	Chattanooga		Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium	Mic Harrison & the High Score
September 14, 2013	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood	Uncle Kracker
September 15, 2013	Tampa		Live Nation Amphitheatre
Leg 6: indoor/outdoor theaters and arenas in North America
October 4, 2013	Rogers	United States	Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion	Ben Miller Band	—	—
October 5, 2013	Bossier City		Harrah's Horseshoe Riverdome		1,338 / 1,338	$97,377
October 6, 2013	Gretna		Festival Grounds (Gretna Heritage Festival)	Ben Miller Band, Tab Benoit	—	—
October 8, 2013	San Antonio		Majestic Theatre	Ben Miller Band
October 9, 2013	Austin		Moody Theater (Austin City Limits Live)
October 11, 2013	Mescalero		Inn of the Mountain Gods Event Center
October 12, 2013	Santa Fe		Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
October 13, 2013	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Arizona State Fair)
October 15, 2013	Midland		Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center	Ben Miller Band	1,727 / 1,767	$150,465
October 18, 2013	Catoosa		The Joint Tulsa		—	—
October 19, 2013	Thackerville		Global Event Center
October 20, 2013	Salina		Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts	Ben Miller Band
October 23, 2013	Springfield		Sangamon Auditorium
October 24, 2013	Elizabeth		Harrah's Horseshoe Showroom		1,186 / 1,328	$51,511
October 25, 2013	Lima		Veterans Memorial Civic Center	Ben Miller Band	—	—
October 26, 2013	Mount Pleasant		Soaring Eagle Entertainment Hall
November 6, 2013	London	Canada	Budweiser Gardens	Autumns Cannon	3,435 / 3,941	$191,346
November 7, 2013	Sudbury		Sudbury Arena		—	—
November 8, 2013	Sault Saint Marie		Essar Centre
November 9, 2013	Rama		Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
November 11, 2013	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre	Autumns Cannon
November 12, 2013	Quebec City		Pavillon de la Jeunesse		1,915 / 2,307	$127,031
November 13, 2013	Moncton		The Centre at Casino New Brunswick		—	—
November 15, 2013	Lincoln	United States	Twin River Event Center
November 16, 2013	Huntington		The Paramount	The Slim Kings	2,532 / 3,110	$205,591
November 17, 2013
November 18, 2013	New Brunswick		State Theatre		1,701 / 1,827	$157,135
November 21, 2013	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium	Tim Montana & the Shrednecks	—	—
December 27, 2013	Clearwater		Ruth Eckerd Hall	Radio Crime
December 28, 2013	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live
December 29, 2013	Orlando		Hard Rock Live
December 31, 2013	Cherokee		Harrah's Cherokee Event Center		2,677 / 3,009	$228,000
Leg 7: indoor/outdoor theaters and arenas in North America
March 7, 2014	Aspen	United States	Belly Up	28 North	—	—
March 8, 2014	Denver		Paramount Theatre
March 9, 2014	Lincoln		Pershing Center
March 12, 2014	Brandon	Canada	Keystone Centre	Flash Lightnin'
March 13, 2014	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
March 14, 2014	Moose Jaw		Mosaic Place
March 16, 2014	Cold Lake		Cold Lake Energy Centre
March 17, 2014	Calgary		Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
March 18, 2014	Edmonton		Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
March 20, 2014	Kelowna		Prospera Place
March 21, 2014	Victoria		Save On Foods Memorial Centre
March 22, 2014	Vancouver		Queen Elizabeth Theatre
March 23, 2014	Seattle	United States	Moore Theatre	Tim Montana & the Shrednecks
March 26, 2014	Bozeman		Brick Breeden Fieldhouse		3,626 / 3,626	$166,904
March 28, 2014	West Wendover		Peppermill Concert Hall		—	—
March 29, 2014	Laughlin		Riverside Amphitheater
March 30, 2014	Temecula		Pechanga Theater
April 2, 2014	Visalia		Visalia Fox Theatre
April 4, 2014	Rancho Mirage		The Show at Agua Caliente
April 5, 2014	Scottsdale		WestWorld (Arizona Bike Week)	Trailer Park
Leg 8: arenas, amphitheaters, stadiums and festivals in Europe
June 11, 2014	Bergen	Norway	Bergenhus Fortress (Bergenfest)	Thomas Dybdahl, Wovenhand	—	—
June 13, 2014	Oulu	Finland	Raatti Stadium	Ben Miller Band, Melrose
June 14, 2014	Helsinki		Kaisaniemi Park (Rockin' Hellsinki)
June 16, 2014	Stockholm	Sweden	Gröna Lund
June 18, 2014	Aalborg	Denmark	Skovdalen (Skovrock)	Ben Miller Band
June 20, 2014	Cologne	Germany	Tanzbrunnen
June 21, 2014	Stuttgart		Schleyerhalle
June 22, 2014	Hinwil	Switzerland	Autobahnkreisel Betzholz (Rock the Ring)	Peter Maffay, Krokus
June 24, 2014	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall	Ben Miller Band
June 25, 2014	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National		4,036 / 8,399	$268,537
June 26, 2014	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal		—	—
June 28, 2014	Nimes	France	Arena of Nîmes (Festival de Nîmes)
June 29, 2014	Lyon		Ancient Theatre of Fourvière (Nuits de Fourvière)
June 30, 2014	Milan	Italy	Ippodromo del Galoppo (City Sound Milano)	Jeff Beck
July 2, 2014	Saarbrücken	Germany	Saarlandhalle	Ben Miller Band