{"id":2233128,"date":"2026-08-11T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/?p=2233128"},"modified":"2026-08-11T15:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T19:53:53","slug":"zz-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/2026\/08\/zz-top\/","title":{"rendered":"ZZ TOP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Frank Beard<\/strong><\/a> — the longtime drummer of the rock band ZZ Top — is dealing with serious health issues … and it’s so bad it’s affecting their tour … TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The health update comes just days after ZZ Top cancelled their August 5 show at the Hollywood Bowl. At the time, frontman Billy Gibbons<\/strong><\/a> said on social media … “Insurmountable obstacles require canceling our Hollywood Bowl performance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continued … “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.”Drummer John Douglas<\/strong><\/a> has subbed in for Frank in the past … like last year, when Frank briefly stepped away from the band “to attend to a health issue” … but in Frank’s recent absence, it’s been Michael Monahan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank’s been with ZZ Top since 1969.ZZ Top performed without Frank on Saturday night in Saratoga, CA \u2026 and their next show is scheduled for Tuesday in Redmond, WA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frank Beard — the longtime drummer of the rock band ZZ Top — is dealing with serious health issues … and it’s so bad it’s affecting their tour … TMZ has learned. The health update comes just days after ZZ Top cancelled their August 5 show at the Hollywood Bowl. At the time, frontman Billy Gibbons said on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233129,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233128\/revisions\/2233129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}