Billy Bob Thornton who plays Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida on Aug. 15, 2025. Credit: Photo via Featureflash Photo Agency
Billy Bob Thornton more or less keeps his head down when it comes to Hollywood, and the 69-year-old is in town—not to sling some kind of vodka or crypto scheme, but to play some music.

Thornton’s band, the Boxmasters—which includes J.D. Andrew, Kirk McKim, Raymond Hardy, and Nick Davidson—released Pepper Tree Hill, its 19th album, in July.

Expect the group, which has opened for Willie Nelson and ZZ Top in its nearly 20 year history, to showcase its love for 60s power-pop (think The Kinks, Beatles, Badfinger) using jangly guitars, Mellotron, and a whole lot of nostalgia.

Tickets start at $38 for Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters in Clearwater on Friday, Aug. 15.

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This article appears in Aug 7-13, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...