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Mike Love faces serious health challenges, John Stamos says
Beach Boys singer Mike Love, 85, is facing serious health challenges, according to his longtime friend and fellow performer John Stamos.
The band played its first public concert in three months in Cincinnati on Saturday after delays and cancellations during its reunion tour.
Stamos told the crowd that Love had health issues, then helped him onto the stage, where he sat through the performance.
Stamos said Love planned to perform at a concert in Nashville the following night.
He said Love wanted to be on stage despite doctors, family and friends urging him to focus on his health.
Stamos has performed with the Beach Boys since the 1980s and said he has played music with Love for 41 years.
Love’s health and future plans remain uncertain, Stamos said, while the band’s next stated performance was the Nashville concert.
John Stamos said Beach Boys singer Mike Love is facing serious health challenges.
Love performed at the band’s first public concert in three months in Cincinnati on Saturday.
Stamos said Love insisted on performing despite doctors, family and friends urging him to focus on his health.
Love sat on stage for the Cincinnati performance, and Stamos said he planned to perform with him in Nashville.
Stamos said the future was uncertain but hoped Love would continue doing what he loves for years to come.
- Who
- Mike Love, Beach Boys singer, and his longtime friend John Stamos.
- What
- Stamos said Love is facing serious health challenges but insists on performing with the band.
- When
- Stamos shared the update in an Instagram post on Sunday. The band played in Cincinnati on Saturday.
- Where
- Cincinnati, followed by a planned concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
- Why
- Love said he needed to “recharge” amid the reunion tour, and Stamos said Love wants the support of his band, audience, friends and drummer.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
My beloved friend, father figure, musical hero and mentor, Mike Love, is facing serious health challenges.
Mike is a fighter. Despite doctors, family and friends urging him to focus on his health, he insists on being on stage.
We hope he’ll be doing what he loves for years to come, but we don’t know what the future holds. We have tonight.
The Beach Boys played their first public concert in three months in Cincinnati, and Love performed seated on stage.
Stamos said in an Instagram post that he was travelling to Nashville to perform with the band at the Ryman Auditorium.
- Age
- Love is 85
- Cincinnati concert
- The band’s first public concert in three months
- Nashville venue
- Ryman Auditorium
- Stamos and Love
- Stamos said he had played music with Love for 41 years
- Beach Boys concerts
- Stamos referred to more than 7,000 concerts
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