UPDATE: Mike love shared a get-well note for his cousin and former bandmate, Brian Wilson, after the former Beach Boy postponed a handful of live dates to undergo back surgery. “I know what it’s like to have the (Wilson) back gene,” Love wrote on Facebook alongside a picture of himself and Wilson playing basketball. “I am sympathetic and empathetic, as I myself have had back problems as early as junior high. I hope one day we’ll be able to do something like this again; great memories. Looking forward to perhaps one day throwing some hoops.”

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Brian Wilson is postponing his May tour dates in order to have back surgery “immediately,” he said on Thursday.

“As some of you might know, I have been having some issues with my back that have very recently gotten worse,” Wilson wrote on Twitter. “It runs in my family; Carl had back problems as well. My doctors have told me that I need to have back surgery immediately. They are optimistic that this will finally relieve the pain.”