Tim McGraw is on the mend and ready to get back on stage after several surgeries on his back and knees.

His problems started more than a year ago. "I had a back surgery before tour last year, and that sort of went south on me right at the beginning of the tour," Tim says. "And so, sort of compensating for that, my knees went out like three weeks into the tour." As a result, Tim has had three back surgeries and double knee replacements. His pain didn't stop there. "I had my knee surgeries done, and then in the process of recovering from knee surgeries, my back went out again. I had to have another back surgery," Tim explains. His first live performance is set for May 31, when he performs at Nashville's first-ever rodeo, Music City Rodeo.