{"id":412401,"date":"2026-08-21T01:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412401\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:12:11","slug":"zz-tops-austin-shows-will-go-on-to-honor-late-drummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412401\/","title":{"rendered":"ZZ Top&#8217;s Austin shows will go on to honor late drummer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response,\u00a0ZZ Top canceled their shows in Salt Lake City on Tuesday and Colorado Springs on Wednesday, but the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcMVOyKoFE0\/?img_index=1\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">band confirmed on social media<\/a> that it will resume its tour this weekend with two shows in Austin.\u00a0ZZ Top said that Austin City Limits was, &#8220;one of Frank\u2019s favorite venues and in a city that had been something of a second home for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These performances will honor Frank&#8217;s life and legacy at one of his favorite venues and in a city that held a special place in his heart,&#8221; ACL Live wrote on its Instagram post. &#8220;At ACL Live, we join fans everywhere in celebrating the music, memories, and enduring impact of a true Texas legend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Founding ZZ Top member, Beard had been a part of the band for nearly 60 years.\u00a0He helped form\u00a0ZZ Top in Houston in 1969, alongside Dusty Hill, who died in 2021, and Billy Gibbons, who is still the band&#8217;s guitarist and lead singer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beard was in hospice care when he died Tuesday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas. He was best known for keeping the tempo for some of \u00a0ZZ Top&#8217;s biggest hits including\u00a0\u201cSharp Dressed Man,\u201d \u201cGimme All Your Lovin&#8217;\u201d and \u201cLa Grange.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The band has sold more than 50 million records and had six singles that reached No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. ZZ Top&#8217;s current members are Gibbons, bass player Elwood Francis (who joined after Hill&#8217;s passing in 2021), and drummer Michael Monahan.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In response,\u00a0ZZ Top canceled their shows in Salt Lake City on Tuesday and Colorado Springs on Wednesday, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2107,820,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-412401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysaentertainment","tag-mysastaff","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}