1985-1987
ZZ Top Afterburner World Tour includes dates in America, Europe, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. ZZ Plays few first shows with "eliminator setlist, but those shows includes "Can't Stop Rockin' from the Afterburner album. In december -85 starts Afterburner Tour with stageshow ,which includes lazer shows, "egyptian head" (from Sleeping Bag single album cover) on the stage, fuzzy guitars etc. Really cool and setlist includes new songs. Specially -85 gigs includes lot of Afterburner stuff. Delirious, Planet Of Women etc. Also "Stages" was there for a while. Frank's drum kit where higher than before and Billy And Dusty plays custom made Dean Explorel style guitars and Explorel guitars with different neck. But yeah this tour was really awesome and there are lot of recordings.
Festival at Ostend Airport - Ostend, Belgium - 08/15/1985
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Got Me Under Pressure
- I Got The Six
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Ten Foot Pole
- TV Dinners
- Manic Mechanic
- I Heard It On The X
- I Need You Tonight
- Pearl Necklace
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Legs
- Tube Snake Boogie
- Jailhouse Rock
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- La Grange
- Tush
Castle Donington Raceway, - Derbyshire, United Kindom - 08/17/1985
- Got Me Under Pressure
- I Got The Six
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Ten Foot Pole
- TV Dinners
- Manic Mechanic
- I Heard It On The X
- I Need You Tonight
- Pearl Necklace
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Legs
- Tube Snake Boogie
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- La Grange
- Tush
Notes: This is "Rockin' The Castle" Bootleg. I think keyboard is used during "TV Dinners" and "Legs". Sounds really cool!
RDS Arena - Dublin, Ireland - 08/18/1985
Setlist coming soon, when i transfer old casette tape.
Montreal Forum - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 12/01/1985
Notes: Techno intro before "Planet Of Women". This intro was used later that tour usually before "Sharp Dressed Man" with 10 second countdown. Really cool show, laser lighting used during few songs.
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For Driving While Blind
- Party On The Patio
- Legs
- Planet Of Women
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Stages
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Delirious
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- Jailhouse Rock
- La Grange
- Tush
Dane County Coliseum - Madison, Wisconsin - 02/05/1086
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Civic Center Arena - St. Paul, Minnesota - 02/07/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Notes: ZZ plays 3 shows at Civic Center (february 6-8th). If you have february 6th or 8th show, please let me know.
Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa - 02/14/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Stages
- Part On The Patio
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Civic Arena - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 04/10/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Stages
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Civic Arena - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 04/11/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Stages
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, Michigan - 04/18/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Stages
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana - 04/30/1986
Notes: Video recording is incomplete, but audio recording is the full show.
- Sleeping Bag (Start in the Middle)
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For Driving While Blind
- Legs
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Stages
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
"Mountain Aire '86 Festival" - Calavaras County Fairgrounds, Angels Camp, California - 07/20/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Party On The Patio
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Isstadion - Stockholm, Sweden - 09/13/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Scandinavium - Gothenburg, Sweden - 09/14/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Icehall - Helsinki, Finland - 09/16/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Notes: This recording is on an Tape record . I haven't digitized it yet. Super Rare recording.
Eisstadion - Mannheim, West Germany - 09/22/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Eissporthalle - Frankfurt, Germany - 09/23/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Delirious
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Notes: This show includes very rare live performance of "Delirious". Last concert recording, which I have heard of this song was at Montreal december 1985. This recording is on an Vinyl record. (Afterburnin´ Frankfurt Bootleg) I haven't digitized it yet.
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy - Paris, France - 09/29/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Les Arenes - Nîmes, France - 10/05/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Rijnhal, Arnhem, Holland - 10/13/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Deutschlanderhalle, Berlin, West Germany - 10/25/1986
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Gimme All Your Lovin`
- Manic Mechanic
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can`t Stop Rocking
- Velcro Fly
- La Grange
- Tush
Notes: This is a bootleg LP/CD "Top Guns". This is shorter than a normal show. They skip "Wait/Jesus, Ten Foot Pole, etc". First I think that there may be something missing from this recording. But when listening show, Billy talks very little between the songs and there´s no any "cutting" between songs. it sounded like they were in a little hurry.
Osaka Jo-Hall - Osaka, Japan - 02/19/1987
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Note: This recording is released two different bootlegs "Live In The Usa & "Una Hermosa Noche". Sounds like soundboard recording. Really nice.
Olympic Park - Melbourne, Australia - 02/25/1987
Notes: Rare recording from Australia!
- Got Me Under Pressure
- Sleeping Bag
- Waitin' For The Bus
- Jesus Just Left Chicago
- Gimme All Your Lovin'
- Ten Foot Pole
- Manic Mechanic
- Heard It On The X
- Rough Boy
- Cheap Sunglasses
- Arrested For driving While Blind
- Legs
- Sharp Dressed Man
- Can't Stop Rockin'
- Velcro Fly
- Tube Snake Boogie
- La Grange
- Tush
Interviews & TV Appearances 1985-1987
- "Sleeping Bag" - Japan TV
- "Stages"- Rock TV Japan
- "Stages" - Japan TV (filmed at Lousiana swamp) 1986
- "Sharp Dressed Man" & "Tush" - NBC Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Tonight Show with Johnny Carson) 05/16/1986"
- Can't Stop Rockin'" - Noel Edwards Show 1986
- MTV Promo, MTV Liberty crusie promo 1986
- Interview England TV 1986 & "Stages" live.
- "Can´t Stop Rockin´" - The Tube 1987
