***** LAST CONCERT AT HISTORIC VENUE *****

ZZ TOP SET TO ROCK THE SUMMIT/COMPAQ CENTER ONE LAST TIME - RESERVED SEAT 
TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY OCTOBER 11

ZZ TOP will be the last concert event at Houston's Compaq Center, formerly 
known as The Houston Summit, prior to the venue's transformation into Lakewood 
International Center, a ministry facility.

ZZ TOP first performed at The Houston Summit on November 25, 1975. That was 
the first of 22 concerts they would eventually play there - more than any 
other act that has ever appeared in the venue. On Saturday, November 22nd, 
ZZ TOP will play Compaq Center for the 23rd and very last time in a special 
concert that will celebrate the huge role the facility has played in the 
cultural and recreational life of the City of Houston. 

Reserved seat tickets for the concert that will be ZZ TOP's historic farewell 
to Compaq Center, presented by Beaver Productions and KLOL, will go on sale 
October 11th. 

The Center, the longtime home of the Houston Rockets, Ringling Bros. Circus,
thousands of sporting events including boxing, wrestling, hockey as well as 
a myriad of stage shows, has been the setting for most of Houston's major 
musical events including concerts by rock, pop, R&B, classical and country 
headliners. While ZZ TOP has played Summit/Compaq more times than any other 
musical act, it should be noted that Willie Nelson and Neil Diamond are tied 
for second place with 17 appearances each.

The band's formation predates their Summit/Compaq debut by six years. Today, 
they continue with the same line-up they have always had: Billy F Gibbons, 
Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. They recently looked back at their almost 28 year 
history with the venue.

"We've been playing The Summit since jump," notes bassist Dusty Hill. "It's 
been like a second home to us when you consider that, besides the gigs we've 
done there, all three of us have attended hundreds of games and shows by 
artists we wanted to see, just like everybody else in Houston."

Guitarist Billy F Gibbons, commented, "We're really looking forward to the 
show on November 22; it's going to be very special. The music and the memories 
are always going to be there for us and for our fans." Gibbons remarked that 
ZZ TOP will have played there far more than the 23 official concerts for 
which they're credited. "We've also rehearsed there for a national tour so if 
you add up all those performances, it's probably something like 30 shows for 
us."

Over the course of their record-breaking history with The Summit/Compaq Center,
ZZ TOP performed before 309,434 ticket holders. They brought the legendary 
ZZ TOP's World Wide Texas Tour, complete with a longhorn steer, rattle snakes, 
buzzards and a buffalo to their Summit debut in 1975 and kept up the pace as 
they went on to become one of the major concert attractions in the world with 
numerous hit albums, including Eliminator, Afterburner, Antenna, Deguello and 
El Loco to their credit. 

ZZ TOP rang in the new millennium at Compaq Center on December 31, 1999 and it 
is there that they will conclude their current worldwide Beer Drinkers and 
Hell Raisers tour. The performance will feature music from breadth of their 
career as well as highlight the music of Mescalero, their recently released 
RCA album. It is certain to be a night among nights to remember.

"We'll miss the place," says drummer Frank Beard, "It's been very special for 
us not only as a hometown concert venue but as a place to enjoy ourselves as 
'civilians,' so to speak. It was fun while it lasted."