BEACH BOYS PLANNING REUNION GIG
Founding Beach Boy Al Jardine has announced what many Beach Boys fans have been hoping for — an onstage reunion featuring himself with Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and Bruce Johnston.
In a world exclusive, Jardine revealed to us that plans are in the works for the group to reform later this year in London, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of their 1966 Pet Sounds album. Jardine said that if all goes well, a possible reunion tour might follow: „Actually, a reunion tour is not out of the question, because with this Pet Sounds anniversary coming up, it’s a very good possibility that we’ll be performing it live in London in November. It would be like a Pet Sounds reunion. Mike is open to it and Brian appears to be open to it and you never know what might spring from that. So if (a reunion tour) is in the cards, we’ll do it. You never know. It might just work. “
Jardine and Brian Wilson have been in various legal battles with Love over the past few years, and have not performed with the group since 1998 and 1996, respectively. Love and Johnston continue to tour under the Beach Boys name.
Conspicuously absent from the reunion is Beach Boys co-founder David Marks, who has been performing joint gigs with Jardine over the course of the past year. Jardine explained that although Marks was a co-founder and played a crucial part in most of the group’s early recordings, the reunion show would only feature group members who participated in the actual Pet Sounds sessions. Marks quit the group in November 1963 after performing on their first five albums.
Jardine did not give a date when the concert plans would be finalized, who would be backing the group onstage, or when the concert would be announced.
Pet Sounds, which was released on May 16th, 1966, featured such Beach Boys classics as „Wouldn’t It Be Nice,“ „Sloop John B.,“ „I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times,“ and „God Only Knows.“ Jardine and David Marks will team up with Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean for the „Cruisin‘ With The Legends Of Surf Music“ cruise, set for October 2nd through 6th.
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Wenn ich meinen Hund beleidigen will nenne ich ihn Mensch. (AS) „Weißt du, was ich manchmal denke? Es müsste immer Musik da sein. Bei allem was du machst. Und wenn's so richtig Scheiße ist, dann ist wenigstens noch die Musik da. Und an der Stelle, wo es am allerschönsten ist, da müsste die Platte springen und du hörst immer nur diesen einen Moment.“