“Shelter Music Group, ZZ Top’s management, has announced the band’s drummer, Mr. Frank Beard, has temporarily stepped away from the current tour to attend to a health issue requiring his focus in the near term,” the statement read. “He is looking forward to a speedy recovery.”

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees ZZ Top have announced that their longtime drummer, Frank Beard, is taking a break from touring to treat an undisclosed ailment. The “Sharp Dressed Man” performers revealed in an Instagram statement on Sunday that Beard,

The band wrote on social media that the drummer needs "to attend to a health issue requiring his focus in the near term."