# ZZ Top Cancel Hollywood Bowl Concert Due to ‘Insurmountable Obstacles’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/zz-top-cancel-hollywood-bowl-concert-due-to-insurmountable-obstacles/
- Published: 2026-08-06T03:52:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-06T04:03:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/zz-top-cancel-hollywood-bowl-concert-cheap-trick-troubador-1235604394/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Music

## Key points

- ZZ Top cancelled their Hollywood Bowl show over unspecified "insurmountable obstacles"
- Ticket holders will get automatic refunds, including parking passes
- Cheap Trick held a sold-out replacement show at the Troubadour instead

## Summary

ZZ Top cancelled their scheduled Hollywood Bowl performance in Los Angeles on Wednesday 5 August, citing "insurmountable obstacles" in a statement from frontman Billy Gibbons. No further details on the reason for the cancellation were given, and the band asked fans to "bear with us for this brief interruption." Ticket holders will automatically receive refunds, including for parking and transportation passes, at their original point of purchase.

The cancellation comes as part of ZZ Top's ongoing "The Big One" tour, which continues with dates in Fresno, California, on Friday, and further stops in Saratoga, New York, and Modesto, California, over the weekend. The band had extended its 2026 tour earlier this year with nearly two dozen additional summer dates. Meanwhile, tourmates Cheap Trick stepped in to fill the gap, announcing a sold-out "intimate" show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood in place of the cancelled Bowl concert.

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