They announced their summer plans last Feb. 26 and on Saturday night (May 26), John Fogerty and ZZ Top played the second night of their “Blues & Bayous” tour in Holmdel, NJ, following their opener the night prior in Atlantic City, NJ.
The May 26 concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center featured a 14-song set from ZZ Top including performances of “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Legs,” “Sharp Dressed Man” and a cover of Sam & Dave’s “I Thank You.” (See the complete setlist below.)
Fogerty‘s 24-song set was dominated by Creedence Clearwater Revival favorites including “Green River,” “Up Around the Bend” and “Fortunate Son,” and many from his sizable solo catalog (“Rock and Roll Girls,” “Centerfield”). His setlist also included a cover of “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor), a 1979 hit for Robert Palmer.
Fogerty debuted a new song, “Holy Grail,” which he recorded with ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons. (The song will be released by BMG on June 8. (See complete setlist below.)
Listen to a portion of the new recording
Watch the first encore of ZZ Top’s set, “La Grange”
ZZ Top May 26, 2018 Setlist
Got Me Under Pressure
I Thank You
Waitin’ For the Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Gimme All Your Lovin’
Pearl Necklace
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide
I Gotsta Get Paid
Sixteen Tons
Just Got Paid
Sharp Dressed Man
Legs
Encore
La Grange
Tush
Watch Gibbons join Fogerty for the new song, “Holy Grail”
Gibbons remained onstage to join in on the Robert Palmer cover
A CCR classic…
John Fogerty May 25, 2018 Setlist
Travelin’ Band
Green River
Lookin’ Out My Back Door
Hey Tonight
Rock and Roll Girls
Long as I Can See the Light
Love and War
Who’ll Stop the Rain
Good Golly Miss Molly
Up Around the Bend
Holy Grail
Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
I Heart it Through the Grapevine
Born on the Bayou
My Toot Toot
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
New Orleans
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Down on the Corner
Centerfield
The Old Man Down the Road
Fortunate Son
Bad Mooon Rising
Proud Mary
Blues and Bayous Tour Dates (Tickets are available here and here)
5/27 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
5/29 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
5/30 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap
6/1 – Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Bay Center
6/2 – Clearwater, FL – Coachman Park
6/3 – West Palm Beach,FL – Coral Sky Amphitheater
6/5 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater
6/6 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheater
6/10 – Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheater
6/12 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival
6/13 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
6/14 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
6/16 – Southaven, MS – BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove
6/17 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
6/19 – Youngstown, OH – Covelli Centre
6/20 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Heath at Jones Beach Theater
6/22 – Gilford, NH – Bank of NH Pavillion
6/23 – Canandaigua, NY – Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
6/24 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
6/26 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort *
6/27 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
6/29 – Red Wing, MN – Treasure Island Resort & Casino
*with Willie Nelson
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