ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard is taking time out from the band’s “Elevation” tour due to a “health issue requiring his attention in the near term,” it has emerged.

The band’s management company confirmed that Beard “has temporarily stepped away” from the tour Saturday on X.

“Beard, along with fellow ZZ Top members Billy F. Gibbons and Elwood Francis, presently on the Elevation tour since March 5, have engaged fellow Texan and longtime tech member, percussionist and drummer, John Douglas, for the interim,” the announcement read.

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