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

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

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

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

While not the band's founding drummer - that title goes to Dan Mitchell, who played in Gibbons' previous band Moving ...

The band wrote on social media that the drummer needs "to attend to a health issue requiring his focus in the near term." ...

Frank Beard, the longtime drummer for the legendary rock group ZZ top, has stepped away from the current tour due to a ...

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

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

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard took a break from the group's tour to deal with an unspecified health issue in March 2025.

The Paris incident in October 2002 marked a rare moment in Frank Beard’s career. He had not been feeling well during their ...

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has announced he will be taking a break from all upcoming shows to undergo a health procedure but the dates will go ahead.