The Beach Boys announce 50th anniversary reunion
Written by admin on December 16, 2011 – 6:16 pm -| The surviving founders of The Beach Boys will reunite in 2012 for a global 50th Anniversary celebration, including a new studio album and 50-date tour.
The tour, featuring Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks, will begin in April with a headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (“Jazz Fest”). Other dates are yet to be announced. |
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Each of the band members have commented on the news…
Brian Wilson says:
| “This anniversary is special to me because I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again.” |
Mike Love says:
| “We got together at Capitol Records and re-recorded ‘Do It Again.’ Brian and I wrote that song which went to number 1 in Great Britain, Australia and elsewhere some 44 years ago. Brian paid me a compliment saying, ‘How can a guy sound that great so many years later?’ Later on, while working out some harmonies on a new song Brian had written, I got a chance to return the compliment. It was a thrill to be around a piano again with Brian, Alan and Bruce and experience firsthand the brilliance of Cousin Brian’s gift for vocal arrangements. I am very much looking forward to David Marks joining us and thrilling with his surf guitar licks. Music has been the unifying and harmonizing fact of life in our family since childhood. It has been a huge blessing that we have been able to share with the world. Wouldn’t It Be Nice to Do It Again? Absolutely!” |
Al Jardine says:
| “The Beach Boys were recently inducted into the California Hall of Fame. From our humble beginnings as brothers, cousins and friends, we have been honored to sing the praises of California, and I’m really excited for our fans to be able to see us again in concert on the world stage, and to celebrate our 50th anniversary together with a new studio album.” |
Bruce Johnston says:
| “I will be looking forward to singing Brian Wilson’s melodies and Mike Love’s lyrics once again in concert with many of the original band members, but imagine what we all could come up with vocally in a recording studio atmosphere under Brian’s musical direction.” |
David Marks says:
| “I’m really looking forward to celebrating this important milestone in The Beach Boys’ history with the other guys, and with Capitol Records – where it all began 50 years ago. It means a lot to me that we can all reunite and pay tribute to the fans who have kept the music alive.” |
Details are scarce on the new album, which will be the first in decades to feature the original surviving members of the band. It is known that the album will be produced by Brian Wilson and executive produced by Mike Love, and that several tracks have already been recorded.
Here’s footage of the guys in the studio earlier this year recording “Do It Again” for the new album:
There will also be a number of 50th Anniversary commemorative Beach Boys releases in 2012, including a new hits collection and a career-spanning box set.
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