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ZZ Top<\/a> drummer Frank Beard<\/a> has temporarily stepped away from the band’s current tour in order to focus on an unspecified health issue.<\/p>\n Read More: ZZ Top Lineup Changes: A Complete Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The band’s management revealed the news in a Saturday afternoon statement<\/a>, explaining that longtime tech team member (and, importantly, “fellow Texan”) John Douglas will fill in for Beard until his return, and that Beard was “looking forward to a speedy recovery.”<\/p>\n Douglas previously played with ZZ Top after Beard underwent an emergency appendectomy during the band’s 2002 European tour.<\/p>\n According to SetList.fm, Beard was not present at the band’s most recent concert, which took place Friday night<\/a> at Florida’s St. Augustine Amphitheatre.<\/p>\n ZZ Top’s current lineup includes singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons<\/a> and bass player Elwood Francis, who took over<\/a> for the late Dusty Hill<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n ZZ Top is scheduled to perform Sunday night<\/a> at the Seven Seas Food Festival in Orlando. The band’s current North American tour is scheduled to conclude on April 12, after which they will travel to Australia and New Zealand before returning back to North America for more dates in June.<\/p>\n ZZ Top’s 2025 Elevation Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n 3\/16\/2025 \u2013 Seven Seas Food Festival @ Orlando, FL From the first album to ‘La Futura,’ we check out the Little ‘ol Band From Texas’ studio records.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Nick DeRiso<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
3\/18\/2025 \u2013 Anderson Music Hall @ Hiawassee, GA
3\/19\/2025 \u2013 North Charleston Performing Arts Center @ North Charleston, SC
3\/21\/2025 \u2013 Crown Theatre @ Fayetteville, NC
3\/22\/2025 \u2013 Bell Auditorium @ Augusta, GA
3\/23\/2025 \u2013 Montgomery Performing Arts Centre @ Montgomery, AL
3\/26\/2025 \u2013 John Hunt Auditorium @ Tifton, GA
3\/28\/2025 \u2013 SKyPAC @ Bowling Green, KY
4\/1\/2025 \u2013 Brown County Music Center @ Nashville, IN
4\/2\/2025 \u2013 Blue Gate Performing Arts Center @ Shipshewana, IN
4\/3\/2025 \u2013 FIM Capitol Theatre @ Flint, MI
4\/5\/2025 \u2013 State Farm Center @ Champaign, IL
4\/6\/2025 \u2013 The Riverside Theatre @ Milwaukee, WI
4\/8\/2025 \u2013 Andrew J Brady Music Center @ Cincinnati, OH
4\/11\/2025 – Show Me Center @ Cape Girardeau, MO
4\/12\/2025 \u2013 East Arkansas Community College @ Forrest City, AR<\/p>\nRanking Every ZZ Top Album<\/h2>\n