Necessity Is a Mother Tour Necessity Is a Mother Tour The Necessity Is a Mother Tour was a concert tour by rock band ZZ Top. Launched in the wake of the cancelled Aerosmith/ZZ Top Tour, the tour's concerts were performed in theatres and arenas from September through November 2009. Band members Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill dressed in black biker jackets, along with similar hats and boots. The Necessity Is a Mother Tour consisted of three legs and 28 shows. Out of the 28 shows performed, each had a similar set list, with 20-23 songs performed. The concerts usually began with techno music played through
Merry (band) ga Koko ni Shuketsu -" which is a tribute to Atsushi Inoue, vocalist of punk rock band New Rote'ka. The second is "Romantist – The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album -" which is a tribute album celebrating the 60th birthday of The Stalin front man, Michiro Endo. Many prominent artists pay their tributes to the founder & front man of the influential 80s punk band, including Buck-Tick, Group Tamashii, Dir en grey, Jun Togawa, Wagdug Futuristic Unity, Yuki etc. Merry covered Dir en grey's song "Schwein no Isu" for the compilation "Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-", the album