ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Facing Health Issues Following Show Cancellation

Update

Billy Gibbons and Elwood Francis will continue the tour with a fill-in for the musician, a spokesperson told Rolling Stone

ZZ Top‘s longtime drummer, Frank Beard, has been facing health issues that led to the cancellation of their Hollywood Bowl concert last week, Rolling Stone has learned.

A spokesperson for the band said that members Billy Gibbons and Elwood Francis will continue the tour with drummer Michael Monahan filling in for Beard.

The update arrives just days after ZZ Top abruptly called off their show in Los Angeles. In a statement posted to the band’s social media, Gibbons said, “Insurmountable obstacles require canceling our Hollywood Bowl performance.” He added: “Friends, fans and followers of ZZ Top are the best in the business and the band is counting on everyone to bear with us for this brief interruption.”