Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour

Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour

Tour by ZZ Top
Associated album	Mescalero
Start date	March 4, 2003
End date	November 22, 2003
Legs	1
Number of shows	93
ZZ Top concert chronology

The Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. Presented by Clear Channel Communications and promoted by Beaver Productions, the tour supported their fourteenth studio album, Mescalero, released on April 15, 2003. The last show of the tour, at the Compaq Center in Houston, Texas, was the last event to be held at the venue, before it was renovated into a church.

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons - Guitar, Vocals
• Dusty Hill - Bass, Vocals
• Frank Beard - Drums, Percussion

Setlist

• "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
• "Pincushion"
• "Waitin' for the Bus"
• "Jesus Just Left Chicago"
• "Precious and Grace"
• "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
• "Rough Boy"
• "Cheap Sunglasses"
• "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers"
• "I Love the Woman"
• "Buck Nekkid"
• "Piece"
• "Manic Mechanic"
• "Just Got Paid"
• "Sharp Dressed Man"
• "Legs"
• "Tube Snake Boogie"
• "La Grange"
• "Tush"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)
Leg 1: amphitheaters and arenas in North America
April 25, 2003	Bossier City	United States	CenturyTel Center	Ted Nugent
April 26, 2003	Pelham		Oak Mountain Amphitheatre	Ted Nugent Gov't Mule Cowboy Mouth
April 29, 2003	Selma		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Kenny Wayne Shepherd
April 30, 2003	Laredo		Laredo Entertainment Center
May 2, 2003	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum	Ted Nugent
May 3, 2003	Oklahoma City		Ford Center
May 4, 2003	Memphis		Beale Street Music Festival	North Mississippi Allstars Robert Randolph & the Family Band
May 7, 2003	West Palm Beach		Coral Sky Amphitheatre	Ted Nugent Kenny Wayne Shepherd
May 9, 2003	Raleigh		Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek
May 10, 2003	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Ted Nugent Kenny Wayne Shepherd Contagious
May 11, 2003	Virginia Beach		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Ted Nugent Kenny Wayne Shepherd
May 13, 2003	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
May 14, 2003	Columbus		Germain Amphitheater
May 16, 2003	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake
May 17, 2003	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center
May 18, 2003	Cleveland		Tower City Amphitheater
May 20, 2003	Mansfield		Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
May 21, 2003	Camden		Tweeter Center at the Waterfront	Kenny Wayne Shepherd Ted Nugent
May 23, 2003	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Center	Kenny Wayne Shepherd
May 24, 2003	Tinley Park		Tweeter Center	Ted Nugent Kenny Wayne Shepherd
May 25, 2003	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
May 27, 2003	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
May 30, 2003	Antioch		AmSouth Amphitheatre
May 31, 2003	Maryland Heights		UMB Bank Pavilion
June 1, 2003	Bonner Springs		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 3, 2003	Albuquerque		Journal Pavilion
June 4, 2003	Phoenix		Cricket Pavilion
June 6, 2003	Marysville		Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 7, 2003	Devore		Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen
June 8, 2003	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 12, 2003	Tulsa		Tulsa Convention Center	Kenny Wayne Shepherd
June 13, 2003	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
June 14, 2003	Dallas		American Airlines Center
June 17, 2003	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena	Ted Nugent
June 18, 2003	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center
June 20, 2003	Orlando		TD Waterhouse Centre
June 21, 2003	Duluth		Gwinnett Civic Center Arena
Leg 2: amphitheaters and arenas in Europe
July 4, 2003	Sundsvall	Sweden	Gatufesten
July 5, 2003	Sunne		Rottneros Park
July 6, 2003	Oslo	Norway	Rockefeller Music Hall
July 8, 2003	Schwerin	Germany	Sport- und Kongresshalle	Mike Tramp
July 9, 2003	Bonn		Museumsmeile
July 11, 2003	Weert	Netherlands	Sportpark Boshoven (Bospop)	Motörhead Dio
July 12, 2003	Differdange	Luxembourg	Centre Sportif	Born
July 14, 2003	Montereau	France	Festival de Montereau Confluences	Van Wilks Reverend Blues Gang
July 16, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	The Hellacopters
July 18, 2003	Erfurt	Germany	Messehalle	Mike Tramp
July 20, 2003	Montreux	Switzerland	Auditorium Stravinski (Montreux Jazz Festival)	Krokus Kotaro Oshio
July 21, 2003	Zürich		Swiss National Museum (Live at Sunset)
July 23, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	Petofi Csarnok
July 24, 2003	Dresden	Germany	Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park	Mike Tramp
July 25, 2003	Lauda-Königshofen		Tauberfrankenhalle
July 27, 2003	Birmingham	England	Carling Academy	The Vaults
July 28, 2003	Newcastle		Telewest Arena
July 29, 2003	Liverpool		King's Dock (Liverpool Summer Pops)
July 30, 2003	London		Brixton Academy
August 1, 2003	Xanten	Germany	Freilichtbühne	Mike Tramp
August 3, 2003	Rastatt		BadnerHalle	Gotthard
August 5, 2003	Hanover		Parkbühne	Mike Tramp
August 6, 2003	Hamburg		Stadtpark
August 7, 2003	Skanderborg	Denmark	Bøgescenerne (Skanderborg Festival)	Kashmir Robert Plant
August 9, 2003	Liège	Belgium	Open Air Stage (Nandrin Festival)	Mass Hysteria Machiavel
August 11, 2003	Colmar	France	Parc des Expositions (Foire Aux Vins D'Alsace)
Leg 3: amphitheaters and arenas in North America
August 20, 2003	Las Vegas	United States	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Franky Perez & the Highway Saints
August 22, 2003	Kelseyville		Konocti Harbor
August 23, 2003	Stateline		Harveys Resort & Casino
August 24, 2003	Lancaster		Antelope Valley Fairgrounds Grandstand (Antelope Valley Fair)
August 26, 2003	Englewood		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 27, 2003	Lincoln		Bob Devaney Sports Center (Nebraska State Fair)
August 29, 2003	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	Ted Nugent
August 31, 2003	Brookfield		Yankee Lake Ballroom
September 3, 2003	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
September 5, 2003	Gilford		Meadowbrook Musical Arts Center
September 6, 2003	Big Flats		Summer Stage at Tag's
September 7, 2003	Hershey		Giant Center
September 12, 2003	Ashwaubenon		Resch Center
September 13, 2003	Somerset		Float Rite Park Amphitheatre
September 17, 2003	West Valley City		USANA Amphitheatre
September 19, 2003	Ridgefield		Clark County Amphitheater
September 20, 2003	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre
Leg 4: amphitheaters and arenas in North America
November 5, 2003	Coarsegold	United States	Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino
November 7, 2003	Bakersfield		Centennial Garden
November 8, 2003	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	Franky Perez & the Highway Saints
November 9, 2003	Castaic		Castaic Lake State Recreation Area (Love Ride XX)
November 14, 2003	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
November 16, 2003	Monterrey		Auditorio Coca-Cola
November 20, 2003	Knoxville	United States	Knoxville Civic Coliseum
November 21, 2003	Gulfport		Grand Casino Pavilion
November 22, 2003	Houston		Compaq Center	Los Lobos Cross Canadian Ragweed

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