ZZ Top Abruptly Cancels Concert Hours Before Hollywood Bowl Show Over ‘Personnel Matters’

Charna FlamThu, August 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM UTC

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Elwood Francis and Billy Gibbons in November 2025Credit: Daniel Knighton/Getty -

ZZ Top canceled their Aug. 5 Hollywood Bowl concert due to “unforeseen personnel matters”

“The band is counting on everyone to bear with us for this brief interruption,” Billy Gibbons said

The band is scheduled to continue touring with Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Elwood Francis on Friday, Aug. 7, in Fresno, Calif.

ZZ Top abruptly canceled a concert, hours before they were scheduled to take the stage on Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Los Angeles.

“The ZZ Top tour has unforeseen personnel matters that have forced the band to cancel its appearance at the Los Angeles landmark,” the group said in a Tuesday, Aug. 4, statement posted on their website.

The audience will be refunded for tickets purchased, including transportation and parking passes.

The group also announced the cancellation on Instagram.

“Insurmountable obstacles require canceling our Hollywood Bowl performance,” frontman Billy Gibbons said. “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.”

PEOPLE reached out to representatives for ZZ Top for comment.

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Elwood Francis and Billy Gibbons in July 2026Credit: Mariano Regidor/Getty

Cheap Trick was also supposed to perform at the Hollywood Bowl, but the rock band announced a “very special and intimate” sold-out show at the Troubadour on Wednesday instead.

ZZ Top currently features guitarist Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Elwood Francis. Francis joined the band after Dusty Hill died in July 2021 at 72.

ZZ Top’s latest album is 2022’s RAW, a collection of classic songs recorded by the band’s original lineup in 2019 to coincide with their Netflix documentary, That Little Ol’ Band From Texas.

“‘The Dust’ may have left the building but he’s still very much with us,” Gibbons and Beard said in a statement when announcing the album, referencing the late Hill.

ZZ Top is scheduled to continue The Big One tour on Friday, Aug. 7, in Fresno, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 8, in Saratoga, Calif., and Sunday, Aug. 9, in Modesto, Calif.

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