Rumor’s spreadin’ ’round that ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has left the band’s Elevation Tour to focus on an unspecified ...

“Shelter Music Group, ZZ Top’s management, has announced the band’s drummer, Mr. Frank Beard, has temporarily stepped away ...

Beard, along with fellow ZZ Top members Billy F Gibbons and Elwood Francis, presently on the Elevation tour since March 5, ...

When you talk about legendary rockers ZZ Top, three B’s come to mind: Blues, beards and bad-ass guitar-driven rock and roll. It was in Houston in the waning days of 1969 that ZZ Top coalesced from the ...

Frank Beard steps away from ZZ Top's tour for a health procedure. John Douglas will temporarily take over on drums.

Longtime tech team member (and fellow Texan) John Douglas will be stepping in behind the kit in the likewise unspecified ...

ZZ Top confirmed that drummer Frank Beard has taken a leave of absence from the band's 2025 tour for health reasons. "Mr.

ZZ Top’s longtime drummer, Frank Beard, is stepping away from the band "to attend a health issue." John Douglas has been ...

ZZ Top's official Instagram account announced that Frank Beard, 75, will be stepping away from their Elevation Tour to tend ...

John Douglas, a longtime tech member of the Texas boogie band, will man the drum kit in the interim. He played with ZZ Top back in 2002 when Beard underwent an emergency appendectomy in Paris.