“It’s a little known fact that ZZ Top gave Lynyrd Skynyrd one of their first official paying gigs, way, way back in the day.' 'It was kind of a rekindling of kindred spirits,” Billy Gibbons told UCR in July as the tour kicked off. Both bands relished the chance to hit the road together again earlier this year. ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd have toured together extensively in the past, including a lengthy string of dates in 19.