Rebels and Bandoleros Tour

Rebels and Bandoleros Tour

World tour by ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd
Location	North America, Europe
Start date	May 12, 2011
End date	December 1, 2011
Legs	3
No. of shows	79
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The Rebels and Bandoleros Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. First joining forces in 1974, Lynyrd Skynyrd toured with the group for two-and-a-half weeks during its initial leg, and for the latter part of the second leg in the United States. In contrast to ZZ Top's elaborately staged events from previous tours, the Rebels and Bandoleros Tour stage design was simple, yet embellishing. The stage featured dozens of lights and a large projection screen displayed behind the stage, which showed visual effects, video clips, and text phrases. Whereas ZZ Top was known for their enthusiastic live show in the 1970s, the group's Rebels and Bandoleros performances were intentionally ironic and self-reflective. Like other ZZ Top tours, each of the Rebels and Bandoleros shows opened with the same three songs before other material was played.

With three legs and 79 shows, the tour began in Wichita, Kansas on May 12, 2011 and ended in Charleston, West Virginia on October 30, 2011. Its initial two legs visited the US and Europe before returning for a final leg in North America. After its conclusion, three shows were booked for the Rock Legends Cruise in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which featured acts such as George Thorogood and Steppenwolf. The tour was generally well received and gained positive reactions from music critics. Although it wasn't one of the highest-grossing tours of 2011, a concert in Orange Beach, Alabama with Lynyrd Skynyrd was the highest-grossing show of the Rebels and Bandoleros tour.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Supporting act(s)
Leg 1: United States
May 12, 2011	Wichita	United States	Intrust Bank Arena	Lynyrd Skynyrd
May 13, 2011	Belton		Bell County Exposition Center
May 14, 2011	Oklahoma City		Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
May 15, 2011	Lubbock		United Spirit Arena	Drake White, Lynyrd Skynyrd
May 19, 2011	Bangor		Bangor Waterfront Pavilion	Lynyrd Skynyrd
May 21, 2011	Albany		Times Union Center
May 22, 2011	Youngstown		Covelli Centre
May 24, 2011	Columbus		Value City Arena
May 26, 2011	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
May 27, 2011	Lampe		Black Oak Mountain Amphitheater
May 28, 2011	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center
May 29, 2011	Orange Beach		Amphitheater at the Wharf
May 31, 2011	Portsmouth		nTelos Wireless Pavilion
June 3, 2011	Knoxville		Tennessee Theatre	Mic Harrison and the High Score
June 4, 2011	Memphis		Live at the Garden
June 5, 2011	Nashville		Woods Amphitheater at Fontanel
June 7, 2011	Orlando		Hard Rock Live
June 8, 2011	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live
Leg 2: Europe
June 25, 2011	Sursee	Switzerland	Summer Sound Festival	The Cult, Black Country Communion, Tempesta
June 26, 2011	Abenberg	Germany	Burg Abenberg
June 27, 2011	Cologne		Tanzbrunnen
June 29, 2011	Mainz		Zollhafen
July 1, 2011	Lille	France	Zénith de Lille
July 2, 2011	Hérouville		Festival Beauregard	Cold War Kids, Morcheeba, AaRON, Stromae, Agnes Obel, Herman Düne
July 3, 2011	Tours		Grand Hall
July 5, 2011	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier
July 6, 2011	Cournon-d'Auvergne		Zénith d'Auvergne
July 7, 2011	Cognac		Festival Cognac Blues Passions
July 9, 2011	Argelès-sur-Mer		Festival les Déferlantes
July 10, 2011	Juan-les-Pins		La Pinède
July 12, 2011	Marseille		Le Dôme	Thin Lizzy
July 13, 2011	Barcelona	Spain	Poble Espanyol
July 14, 2011	Madrid		La Riviera
July 16, 2011	Córdoba		Teatro Axerquía
Leg 3: North America
July 31, 2011	Big Flats	United States	Tag's Summer Stage
August 2, 2011	Lewiston		Artpark	Jony James Blues Band
August 3, 2011	Rama	Canada	Casino Rama
August 5, 2011	Mount Pleasant	United States	Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort	Ted Nugent
August 6, 2011	Greenville		Lions Park
August 7, 2011	Hammond		Horseshoe Casino
August 9, 2011	West Allis		Wisconsin State Fair
August 11, 2011	Prior Lake		Mystic Showroom
August 12, 2011	Hankinson		Dakota Magic Casino Resort
August 13, 2011	Tower		Fortune Bay Resort Casino
August 15, 2011	Wabash		Honeywell Center
August 17, 2011	Kettering		Fraze Pavilion
August 19, 2011	Pittsburgh		Stage AE	Cadillac Black
August 20, 2011	Bushkill		Mountain Laurel Center
August 21, 2011	Solomons		Calvert Marine Museum	Joan Jett
August 25, 2011	Danbury		Ives Concert Park
August 26, 2011	Ledyard		MGM Grand Theater
August 27, 2011	Gilford		Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion	Cadillac Black
August 29, 2011 (rescheduled from August 28, 2011, because of Hurricane Irene)	Westbury		NYCB Theatre at Westbury
August 30, 2011	Newark		New Jersey Performing Arts Center
August 31, 2011	Red Bank		Count Basie Theatre
September 3, 2011	Virginia Beach		Verizon Wireless American Music Festival	River City Gang
September 4, 2011	Cherokee		Harrah's Casino & Hotel
September 23, 2011	Tulsa		Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
September 28, 2011	Mescalero		Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino
September 30, 2011	Phoenix		Comerica Theatre	Philip Sayce
October 1, 2011	Henderson		Sunset Station
October 2, 2011	Coachella		Spotlight 29 Casino	Philip Sayce
October 4, 2011	Saratoga		Mountain Winery
October 5, 2011	Fresno		Paul Paul Theatre
October 10, 2011	Denver		Paramount Theatre
October 11, 2011	Colorado Springs		Pikes Peak Center
October 13, 2011	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum	Lynyrd Skynyrd
October 14, 2011	Dodge City		United Wireless Arena
October 16, 2011	Tuscaloosa		Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
October 20, 2011	Hidalgo		State Farm Arena
October 21, 2011	Corpus Christi		American Bank Center
October 22, 2011	Austin		The Backyard
October 23, 2011	Laredo		Laredo Energy Arena
October 27, 2011	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre
October 28, 2011	Clear Lake		Surf Ballroom
October 29, 2011	Champaign		Assembly Hall	Lynyrd Skynyrd
October 30, 2011	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
Post-tour shows
December 2, 2011	Fort Lauderdale	United States	Rock Legends Cruise	George Thorogood, Outlaws
December 3, 2011				Molly Hatchet, Johnny Winter
December 4, 2011				Steppenwolf, Marshall Tucker Band, Edgar Winter

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