Beach Boys' Mike Love performs despite serious health challenges

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 12 Oct, 11:01 · Archive

The 85-year-old Beach Boys co-founder performed in Cincinnati on Saturday despite facing serious health challenges, aided by his son and actor John Stamos.

The Beach Boys played their first public show since July in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday, with co-founder Mike Love joining the band on stage. The 85-year-old was helped on to the stage by his son Christian Love and actor John Stamos, who has performed with the band for 41 years.

Love remained seated for the performance with a microphone positioned before him. He sang back-up vocals and spoke to the audience to thank them for coming. The musician wore a cap, hoodie and scarf during the show.

On Sunday, Stamos posted on Instagram that Love is "facing serious health challenges" and said he has been urged by doctors to focus on his health. However, Stamos wrote that Love "insists on being on stage" and needs the band and audience to lift him up. The band performed in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium after the Cincinnati show.

How it is being reported

• Mike Love of the Beach Boys ‘facing serious health challenges’, says friendJohn Stamos said Love, 85, has been urged by doctors to ‘focus on his health’.Evening Standard · 12 Oct, 10:41
• The Beach Boys’ Mike Love returns to the stage despite ‘facing serious health challenges’The 85-year-old was helped on stage by actor John Stamos, who shared an emotional message about his ‘musical hero and mentor’ After months of cancelled comeback tours, the Beach Boys have played their first public show since July – with co-founder and frontman Mike Love joining the band on stage in Cincinnati, Ohio, despite “facing serious health challenges”. Love was helped on to the stage by his son Christian Love and the actor and band member John Stamos, who told the audience at PNC Pavilion on Saturday night that Love has “been going through some health issues … but he would not miss…The Guardian · 12 Oct, 01:33

In this story: Mike Love · John Stamos · The Beach Boys · Cincinnati · Nashville

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