Billy F Gibbons, founder and frontman of ZZ Top for more than six decades, has set a string of new tour dates in the first quarter of 2026 for his ongoing solo project Billy F Gibbons and the BFG Band. With Billy on guitar and vocals, the group also includes fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chris “Whipper” Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) on drums and Austin legend Mike “The Drifter” Flanigin on Hammond organ, bass, and backing vocals.

The tour, the third such in-person solo endeavor by Gibbons, kicks off January 20 for a total of 28 dates across the country over the course of six weeks.

Billy F Gibbons and the BFG Band will perform live on the Southern Theatre (21 E. Main St.) stage at 7:30 pm Tuesday, February 3, 2026. Tickets, which go on sale at 10 am Friday, November 7, are $44-$103, and may be purchased at the CAPA Ticket Center at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.), online at www.capa.com, and by phone at (614) 469-0939.

Over the course of the past ten years, Billy Gibbons has released three albums on his own, including the Afro-Cuban flavored Perfectamundo, the self-explanatory follow-up titled The Big Bad Blues, and most recently, Hardware. When not on the road, Gibbons has been recording a fourth as-yet-untitled album for Concord Records, to be released early this coming year. A new track titled “Brown Paper Bag,” is expected to be released concurrent with kickoff of the new tour. Another track from Billy Gibbons, “Livin’ It Up Down In Texas,” was released earlier and is the centerpiece of the recently issued MCA Nashville album Landman [Songs From and Inspired by the Paramount+ Original Series (Volume 1)].

Chris “Whipper” Layton has long been close to Billy Gibbons and part of The Jungle Show, a confluence of great players who for many years have performed at Antone’s in Austin between Christmas and New Year. Following the tragic death of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Layton joined forces with his former Double Trouble bandmate Tommy Shannon, along with Doyle Bramhall II and Charlie Sexton, to form Arc Angels. In recent years he’s been the primary drummer on the Experience Hendrix Tour, backing topflight players ranging from Taj Mahal and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram to Eric Johnson and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Mike “The Drifter” Flanigin is a shining light of the Texas blues scene and a master of the Hammond B3 organ, known for his collaborations with Gibbons on The Jungle Show as well as with Jimmie Vaughan. He’s recorded several well received solo albums and joined forces with ZZ Top at the Montreux Jazz Festival. A musical jack of all trades, he most recently recorded a bluegrass single in Nashville of his composition “When My Baby Plays The Cannonball” with bluegrass greats Rob and Ronnie McCoury.