The Beach Boys have canceled their last scheduled show of 2026. The Nov. 13 date at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Bristol, Virginia, is off — the latest casualty in a year that has seen the band scrap roughly 30 dates as co-founder Mike Love, 85, deals with unspecified health issues.

It’s been a rough few months for fans of America’s band. In July, the Beach Boys axed 30 gigs from their 60 Years of Pet Sounds tour; in September, more shows were canceled again. In October, Love performed seated and visibly frail at shows in Cincinnati and Nashville. Even the band’s Nov. 11–12 dates at EPCOT in Walt Disney World were handed over — John Stamos stepped in with the California Sound to keep the music going. (We covered Stamos stepping in here.)

Love, the only remaining original member touring under the Beach Boys name, has been candid about the toll. He told The New York Times he is “putting my full energy into rehab so I can get back to the music.”

For now, there is just one date left on the itinerary: May 8, 2027, at River Cree Resort & Casino in Enoch, Alberta. Whether Love makes it back to the stage by then is the question every Beach Boys fan is asking — and hoping the answer is yes.

Sources: Paste Magazine · Far Out Magazine

The Beach Boys in 2012. Photo: Wikimedia Commons