Zappa Plays Zappa have been confirmed for this year’s Summer Rocks weekend. Zappa Plays Zappa is a tribute act to the legendary rock guitarist and composer Frank Zappa.
Zappa Plays Zappa will perform at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Sunday 25th July 2010, during the Summer Rocks weekend, part of The Liverpool Summer Pops Festival 2010.
Zappa Plays Zappa features Dweezil Zappa, Frank’s eldest son, on lead guitar accompanied by a host of hand-picked young musical talents.
Dweezil and his band bring his father’s musical legacy to life on stage, the only official act to do so since Frank Zappa’s death in 1993.
Zappa Plays Zappa will perform a career spanning selection of Zappa’s work, including ‘Bobby Brown (Goes Down)’, ‘Peaches en Regalia’ and ‘Willy the Pimp’.
This Liverpool performance sees Dweezil Zappa follow in his father’s footsteps; Frank Zappa played Liverpool at the height of his career in the early 70s, at Mountford Hall in 1970 and Liverpool Stadium in 1973.
Dweezil said, “I’m so excited to bring Zappa Plays Zappa to Liverpool forty years after my Dad played there. We’re bringing my father’s music to new generations of music lovers, as well as long-standing Zappa fans.”
Dweezil and co have been playing the music of Frank Zappa to audiences worldwide since 2006, receiving rave reviews as they go.
In 2009, Zappa Plays Zappa was awarded a Grammy award for best rock instrumental performance for their performance of “Peaches en Regalia”.
This show joins the Liverpool Summer Pops line-up as the concluding show of the Summer Rocks weekend to run from Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th July 2010.
Acts already confirmed for The Liverpool Summer Pops Festival 2010 include Jackson Browne, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Status Quo, Jools Holland, Rod Stewart and The Australian Pink Floyd Show.
Beatles Day returns on Saturday 10th July, culminating in Beatles Day – The Concert at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
There is also a sporting first for the Summer Pops this year with the Mersey Masters football tournament at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Sunday 4th July.
Tickets for Zappa Plays Zappa are on sale a now.
SUMMER POPS HOTLINE: 0844 847 1616 – www.ticketmaster.co.uk
ECHO ARENA: 0844 8000 400 – www.echoarena.com
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