Drummer Frank Beard has temporarily parted ways with ZZ Top, stepping away from their ongoing Elevation tour. The tour, which kicked off last October, will continue without Beard for the time being.

Shelter Music Group, ZZ Top’s management, has announced the band’s drummer, Mr. Frank Beard, has temporarily stepped away from the current tour to attend to a health issue requiring his focus ...

AUCKLAND: THUSDAY, MARCH 20 - Rock n Roll Hall of fame inductees and legends of rock, ZZ TOP are thrilled to announce the addition of a Christchurch show on Thursday, May 15 to The Elevation Tour of ...

AUCKLAND: THUSDAY, MARCH 20 - Rock n Roll Hall of fame inductees and legends of rock, ZZ TOP are thrilled to announce the addition of a Christchurch show on Thursday, May 15 to The Elevation Tour ...

Howdy, folks. After traveling to 1955 to ensure the courtship of an unlikely couple and venturing to 2015 to prevent Marty’s son from ruining his family’s future, we’re heading to 1885 to ...

Beard, along with fellow ZZ Top members Billy F Gibbons and Elwood Francis, presently on the Elevation tour since March 5, have engaged fellow Texan and longtime tech member, percussionist and ...

Since 2015, ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons has embarked upon a unique solo career, using his rare time away from Texas’ favorite beer drinkers and hell raisers to explore an array of diverse ...

John Douglas, who has performed with ZZ Top in the past, will join the band throughout their remaining tour stops Gary Miller/WireImage ZZ Top's Frank Beard is taking a leave of absence while ...

Rumor’s spreadin’ ’round that ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has left the band’s Elevation Tour to focus on an unspecified “health issue.” The Texas trio’s reps said Saturday that its co ...

Cocker has been eligible for induction into the Rock Hall for 36 years but was nominated for the first time in 2025. Gibbons’ statement begins, “[I] received an alert that Joe Cocker ...

In July 2021, Beard and bandmate Billy Gibbons announced via Facebook that original bassist Dusty Hill had died at age 72 following a battle with chronic bursitis.

ZZ Top confirmed that drummer Frank Beard has taken a leave of absence from the band’s 2025 tour for health reasons. “Mr. Frank Beard has temporarily stepped away from the current tour to ...