Beach Boys

Record Store Day - Black Friday 2012

For the third year, Record Store Day will have a secondary event on Black Friday (aka the day after Thanksgiving 11/23 this year) with a bunch of exclusive releases that might just make good holiday presents for the collector on your list…

Mike Love officially kicks Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Dave Marks out of The Beach Boys

Mike Love of The Beach Boys at Jones Beach, June 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) We knew this was coming, but now, as the Beach Boy‘s reunion tour comes to its scheduled end in the UK, it’s official:The reunion of founding members of the Beach Boys will not continue beyond this week, according to the band’s frontman Mike Love…

The Beach Boys played PNC Bank Arts Center (review)

Beach Boys at Jones Beach, 6/24/2012 (more by Greg Cristman) The Beach Boys brought their 50th anniversary tour, which sees the band reunited with Brian WIlson for the first tour in a long time, to NJ last night (6/27) for a show at PNC Bank Arts Center…

Mike Love booking non-Brian Wilson, post-reunion tour Beach Boy shows (and so Nutty Jerry's show in Winnie is cancelled)

Beach Boys @ Jones Beach the other night (more by Greg Cristman) As you know, Brian Wilson (who recently turned 70) is back with the Beach Boys who are currently touring in reunited form across the world, but Rolling Stone reports that Mike Love is already looking past this and booking shows that don’t include Brian…

The Beach Boys played Jones Beach (pics & setlist)

The Beach Boys brought their tour, which already hit Beacon Theater, Bonnaroo, and Central Park for Good Morning America, to Jones Beach on Sunday (6/24)…

The Beach Boys celebrated Brian Wilson's 70th with an awesome cake & balloons, played Central Park

As we mentioned yesterday, June 20 was Brian Wilson‘s 70th birthday. Happy birthday again Brian! The band celebrated backstage at a show in Montreal as you can see in the picture above (a bigger shot of the cake is below)…

The Beach Boys played Bonnaroo (pics & setlist), play Central Park Friday morning, streaming new album now

” The band has a treasure trove of outright classics, and they performed what felt like all of them during their Sunday afternoon set. “Surfer Girl,” “Barbara Ann,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” “Sloop John B,” “Surfin’ Safari,” even “Kokomo” — you name it, they probably played it…

Beach Boys streaming new LP; here are some pics from their 2nd Chicago Theatre show

The Beach Boys are now streaming their new album, That’s Why God Made the Radio, which hit stores on June 5 via Capitol Records. You can take a listen to the LP in its entirety at the bottom of this post…

What's going on Tuesday?

Dark Dark Dark @ Drom in October (more by Chris La Putt) today in Chicago * James McCartney @ Bottom Lounge * Ane Brun, Gemma Ray @ Lincoln Hall * M…

The Beach Boys played The Chicago Theatre (night 1 setlist)

The Beach Boys @ Chicago Theatre on 5/21/2012 (photo by Steven Loos) On Monday night (5/21), The Beach Boys played their first of two Chicago Theatre shows on their 50th anniversary tour…
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