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Worldwide Texas Tour
The Worldwide Texas Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Launched in support of their 1975 album ''Fandango!'', the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 1976 to 1977. To mirror the newfound success of ''Fandango!'', the tour was meant to differ from their previous expectations of the band. In contrast to ZZ Top's sparse stage setups from previous tours, the Worldwide Texas Tour was an elaborately staged event. It exaggerated the group's hometown culture by utilizing various props and wildlife on stage. To further their reputation as a successful touring act, ZZ Top adopted a more playful and self-deprecating image on tour. The Worldwide Texas Tour and ''Fandango!'' were central to the group's success in the 1970s.
The tour's concept was inspired by the outdoor environment and wildlife of Texas. The stage featured several scrims that formed a three-dimensional panorama of the Texas prairies stretching to the Sierra Madre mountains. Live animals, plants, and visual effects were incorporated into the shows. Although ZZ Top was known for their modest live performances in the early 1970s, the group's Worldwide Texas Tour performances were intentionally ironic and energetic; on stage, they wore studded Western suits.
With five legs and 96 shows, the tour began in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on May 29, 1976 and finished in Fort Worth, Texas, on December 31, 1977. After the cancellation of performances in Europe, Japan, Australia, and Mexico, a second route in the US was scheduled to begin in February 1977. Although the tour generated a variety of reactions from music critics, it was generally well-received. Along with broken attendance records and capacity audiences, the Worldwide Texas Tour sold around 1.2 million tickets over its five legs. The band's 1976 album ''Tejas'', which expanded the group's musical boundaries, was recorded during breaks in the tour, and its songs were played in 1977.
==Background==
ZZ Top's 1973 album ''Tres Hombres'' and the supporting single, "La Grange", brought them to a national level of commercial and critical success in the United States. The band gained a reputation as one of the top rock acts in the country and earned them the nickname "that little ol' band from Texas", an image that was further employed after their September 1, 1974 Labor Day show at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. The concert—photographs of which were taken and used for their 1975 ''Fandango!'' album—was the last to be held at the stadium until a May 7, 1995 Eagles concert, as the artificial turf was damaged by rowdy fans. In a 2008 ''Texas Monthly Talks'' interview, guitarist and vocalist Billy Gibbons recalled the event: "I remember having to sit face-to-face in front of Darrell Royal, trying to explain why his AstroTurf had been carved out in the shape of Texas, which took up the 50-yard line into the 40-yard line, but we had a great time. Santana came along, and Joe Cocker performed. Bad Company was there, as well as Jay Boy Adams and Jimmy Page. It was just such a huge turnout—a great, great event."
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