Editing ZZ Top (section)

==Other appearances==
[[File:ZZTopEliminator.jpg|thumb|ZZ Top Eliminator at the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], 2010]]

ZZ Top appeared in a cameo in ''[[Back to the Future Part III]]'' as an [[American frontier|Old West]] band, playing an acoustic version of their song "[[Doubleback (song)|Doubleback]]" with a large fiddle band.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Andy |last= Greene |title= Flashback: ZZ Top Visit Hill Valley in 'Back to the Future Part III' |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= July 25, 2019 |access-date= May 3, 2022 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/zz-top-back-to-the-future-cameo-863220/}}</ref>

ZZ Top played [[Super Bowl XXXI]] in 1997, along with [[the Blues Brothers]] and [[James Brown]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Doriean |last= Stevenson |title= Best and worst Super Bowl halftime shows |publisher= [[CBS News]] |date= January 25, 2021 |access-date= March 5, 2021 |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/best-worst-super-bowl-halftime-shows/}}</ref> They also performed at the 2008 [[Orange Bowl]] game in [[Miami]], as well as the [[Auto Club 400|Auto Club 500]] [[NASCAR]] event at the [[Auto Club Speedway]] in [[Fontana, California]]. On June 23, 2008, the band celebrated the release of their first live concert DVD titled ''[[Live from Texas]]'' with the world premiere, a special appearance, and charity auction at the [[Hard Rock Cafe]] in Houston.<ref>{{cite web|title= Events |date= June 23, 2008 |website= Hardrock.com |access-date= October 2, 2011 |url= http://www.hardrock.com/Locations/Cafes3/events.aspx?LocationID=56&MIBenumID=3&EventID=31464 |archive-date= September 28, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928224155/http://www.hardrock.com/Locations/Cafes3/events.aspx?LocationID=56&MIBenumID=3&EventID=31464}}</ref> The DVD was officially released on June 24, 2008. The featured performance was culled from a concert filmed at the Nokia Theater in [[Grand Prairie, Texas]], on November 1, 2007.

On January 22, 2010, Billy Gibbons, [[Will Ferrell]], and [[Beck]] joined a band playing [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]'s "[[Free Bird]]" on [[Conan O'Brien]]'s last ''Tonight Show'' appearance. O'Brien joined in on guitar.<ref>{{cite press release|first= Natalie|last= Rotman|title= O'Brien ends run on 'Tonight' show after 7 months |agency=[[Associated Press]]|date= January 23, 2010|access-date= May 9, 2015|url=http://newsok.com/obrien-ends-run-on-tonight-show-after-7-months/article/feed/126519|archive-date=June 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602182241/http://newsok.com/obrien-ends-run-on-tonight-show-after-7-months/article/feed/126519}}</ref> In June 2011, various media sources reported that the new song "Flyin' High" would debut in space. Astronaut and friend of ZZ Top [[Michael E. Fossum|Michael Fossum]] was given the released single to listen to on his trip to the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite web|title= ZZ Top Debuts New Song in Space |website= [[Ultimate Guitar]] |date= August 6, 2001 |access-date= July 28, 2014 |url= http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/zz_top_debuts_new_song_in_space.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Spencer |last= Kaufman |title= ZZ Top Premiere New Song 'Flyin' High' on Russian Spacecraft |website= [[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date= June 9, 2011 |access-date= September 30, 2019 |url= http://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-flyin-high-russian-spacecraft/}}</ref> On June 4, 2014, ZZ Top opened the [[CMT Music Awards|CMT Awards]] ceremony, performing "La Grange" with [[Luke Bryan]] and [[Florida Georgia Line]].{{Cn|date=March 2025}}