John Stamos and a spinoff group have seemingly replaced The Beach Boys on a slate of Disney World concerts in November, after the actor shared that frontman Mike Love was grappling with major health concerns.
The "Good Vibrations" band was initially scheduled to perform at EPCOT’s Eat to the Beat Concert Series in November, but is no longer listed. Instead, a new entity referred to as "John Stamos and the California Sound" is set to play Nov. 11 and 12, according to Disney World's website.
It's unclear whether Love, 85, is singing as part of the group or whether "California Sound" is his touring band performing without him.
USA TODAY has reached out to a representative for the Beach Boys for comment.
The lineup switch comes after the "Full House"
alum, 63, raised concerns about Love's health and shared an Instagram post Oct. 11. Fans were already concerned about Love's health after videos of him performing while seated went viral on social media and Rolling Stone reported that he appeared "alarmingly frail" at Cincinnati's PNC Pavilion on Oct. 10.
Love remains the last original member of The Beach Boys following Bruce Johnston's exit in March after six decades with the group. On July 22, he announced in a social media post that "we’ll be taking a short break to recharge before getting back on the road in September."
What did John Stamos say about Mike Love's health?
In the statement, which also appeared on Love's Instagram account as a collaborative post, Stamos said the "Kokomo" singer returned to the stage despite "serious health challenges," prompting doctors to tell him to "focus on his health."
"My beloved friend, father figure, musical hero and mentor, Mike Love, is facing serious health challenges. 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," he wrote in the post's caption while sharing a photo of them together.
Stamos called Love's on-stage presence a "miracle" ahead of a show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
"Mike is a fighter. Despite doctors, family and friends urging him to focus on his health, he insists on being on stage. He says he needs his band, the audience, his friends and drummer surrounding him to lift him up," he added.
After more than four decades performing together, Stamos said Love's health affected him "deeply" to "see someone larger than life face something so human and fragile." He acknowledged that the "Mike Love we see tonight may not be exactly the Mike we’ve always known. But he’s still every bit the Mike we love."
Love, who officiated Stamos and Caitlin McHugh's wedding, "didn’t just give me a place in his band. He gave me a place in his life," Stamos wrote. As a frequent guest performer, Stamos said he has "felt entrusted with being a steward of this extraordinary music, carrying it to new generations."
Stamos vowed to be "completely present" during their Nashville concert, where he hoped to "watch age, illness and time disappear." He also admitted: "Maybe the hardest part of loving someone is becoming so accustomed to the miracle of having them there that you forget it’s a miracle at all."
"I want to cherish every second without feeling those seconds slipping away. That’s what I’m giving him," he continued. "We don’t know what tomorrow brings. But we have tonight."
Contributing: KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY
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