The Beach Boys are set to reform for a new album and an international tour as their 50th anniversary looms.
One of pop music’s true cornerstones, the Beach Boys helped to define the 60s. Yet the joy the band’s output has brought to millions of fans is matched by almost three decades of legal dispute and truculent interviews.
Yet time heals everything, and with their 50th anniversary looming the Beach Boys have agreed to head back out on the road. Each remaining original member has agreed to take part, alongside newer musicians who have helped to keep the flame burning.
Set to record a new studio album, the Beach Boys have also confirmed plans for a fifty date international tour. Brian Wilson commented: “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.”
Announced this afternoon (December 16th) the press release was accompanied by a series of quotes, which ClashMusic have decided to publish in their entirety:
Mike Love
“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
“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
“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.”
Daivd Marks
“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.”
…and here’s a clip of the re-united band in the studio.
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Full details of the new album and international tour are set to follow.
