Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa - Wolverhampton Civic Hall: Friday 23rd July 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’.

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 were awarded a Grammy award for best rock instrumental performance for their performance of “Peaches en Regalia”.

The upcoming Liverpool Summer Pops Festival 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.”

Official Website: http://www.zappaplayszappa.com/  

Tickets priced £27.50 will be available from 9.00am on Thursday 1st April at Midland Box Office: 0870 320 7000 or online at http://www.wolvescivic.co.uk/