John Douglas & Austin Hanks will complete the band
Billy F Gibbons returns for a sonic romp with 20 massive shows through Europe with his unusual trio, The BFG’s, featuring the supporting talents from John Douglas, touring drummer for Aerosmith on drums/percussion, and the Austin Hanks guitar wizardry in the lineup.
Hanks brings his weirdly unorthodox upside down and backwards guitar style alongside Douglas, a longstanding friend with ZZ Top, lending solid backbeats to the group as Matt Sorum makes temporary leave attending to important family matters at home.
“Matt’s my long-standing pal and consummate professional, and we can’t say enough how much we dig working and touring together,” Gibbons shares. “Matt’s short leave from the Europe dates called upon wrangling the work with our good friend, John Douglas, to join this Euro adventure with the BFG outfit as he exclaimed, ‘Hell yeah, I’m in!'”
Billy F Gibbons announced this renewal of his livewire solo band, to appear at select European venues late spring and early summer of 2023. The band delivers their infamous ultimate loudness leaning on that notorious heavy bottom and backbeat rhythms for the ensemble.
Billy F Gibbons: The Big One – Part 2 – ’23 Tour Dates:
June 10 – Solvesborg, Sweden @ Sweden Rock Fest.
June 12 – Tampere, Finland @ Tampere Hall
June 13 – Helsinki Finland @ House of Culture
June 15 – Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
June 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell Festival
June 19 – Hamburg, DE @ Grosse Freiheit
June 20 – Frankfurt, DE @ Batschkapp
June 21 – Nurenburg, DE @ Lowensaal
June 23 – Leipzig, DE @ Parkbuhne
June 24 – Cologne, DE @ E-Werk
June 25 – Winterbach, Germany @ Salier Halle
June 26 – Praha, Czech Republic @ O2 Universium
June 28 – Vienna, Austria @ Gasometer
June 29 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkshaus
July 2 – London, UK @ O2 Shepard’s Bush Empire
July 3 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute Birmingham
July 5 – Albi, France @ Festival Pause Guitare
July 6 – Paris, France @ Olympia
July 8 – Brussels, Belgium @ Cirque Royal
July 9 – Weert, Netherlands @ Bospop Festival
July 11 – Bournemouth, UK @ O2 Academy Bournemouth
