ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons has issued a statement calling for the late Joe Cocker to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of ...

ZZ Top's drummer Frank Beard is taking a leave of absence from the band's Elevations Tour for an unspecified "health ...

Beard will be replaced by "fellow Texan and longtime tech member, percussionist and drummer, John Douglas" during his absence ...

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

John Douglas, a longtime tech member of the Texas boogie band, will man the drum kit in the interim. He played with ZZ Top ...

While Beard recovers, ‘fellow Texan and longtime tech member, percussionist and drummer’ John Douglas will step in as drummer ...

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard will be absent from the group's upcoming tour plans, citing a "health issue" as the reason for his ...

The band formed in 1969 with Beard on drums, Billy Gibbons singing and on guitar, along with bassist-singer Dusty Hill, who died in 2021. Francis, 63, stepped in on bass after Hill's death.

Alongside vocalist and guitarist Billy Gibbons, Mitchell and bassist Lanier ... with their lineup remaining unchanged for 51 years until Hill’s death at 72 in 2021. Elwood Francis has since ...

ZZ Top drummer and co-founder Frank Beard has stepped aside from the band temporarily due to unspecified health issues.

In July 2021, Beard and bandmate Billy Gibbons announced via Facebook ... Asked whether ZZ Top considered retirement after Hill’s death, Gibbons replied: “Well, it was an unexpected reality ...