M & B Tour 2013

[J.G. Dev]

Looks like M&B have added some December shows. This is from a write up in a Kansas paper.

Beach Boys to perform Dec. 19 at Hartman ArenaBeach Boys to perform Dec. 19 at Hartman Arena
 
The Beach Boys will perform their hits, plus songs from “The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album,” on Dec. 19 at Hartman Arena, 8151 N. Hartman Arena Drive in Park City, venue managers have announced.
The concert will feature much of the original lineup of the band. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 8 and will cost $29.50, $49.50, $69.50 and $89.50. They’ll be available at Stage1tickets.com, select CD Tradepost outlets, the Hartman Arena box office or by calling 316-927-3999.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/11/01/3089499/beach-boys-to-perform-dec-19-at.html#storylink=cpy

The concert will feature much of the original lineup of the band
 

[Cabinessenceking]

They bribed David Marks and found Ricky Fataar. Suck on it Brianistas!

[Wah Wah Wah Ooooo]

Looks like M&B have added some December shows. This is from a write up in a Kansas paper.

Beach Boys to perform Dec. 19 at Hartman ArenaBeach Boys to perform Dec. 19 at Hartman Arena
 
The Beach Boys will perform their hits, plus songs from “The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album,” on Dec. 19 at Hartman Arena, 8151 N. Hartman Arena Drive in Park City, venue managers have announced.
The concert will feature much of the original lineup of the band. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 8 and will cost $29.50, $49.50, $69.50 and $89.50. They’ll be available at Stage1tickets.com, select CD Tradepost outlets, the Hartman Arena box office or by calling 316-927-3999.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/11/01/3089499/beach-boys-to-perform-dec-19-at.html#storylink=cpy

The concert will feature much of the original lineup of the band
 

Much? WTF? 1/6 is much of the original band. I've tried to be kinda neutral on taking sides in the last year, but that is an asinine statement to put in a concert ad, when there's only 1 person from the original lineup there, compared to HALF the original lineup (I believe there were 6 original members) on stage at a Brian show.

[RubberSoul13]

Calling it much is well...a bit much 

But I don't think anyone takes the term "original" as seriously as people here do. I think the general public considers originals to be the wilson brothers, mike love, what about that guy...uhh...Al Jardine? He was the keyboardist right? Wait...wasn't Glen Campbell in the beach boys? Or was that The Grass Roots...

My point being, the people that are buying these tickets because they want to say they saw the beach boys (which is most of M&B's audiences) probably don't have a clue or care who is on stage. They'll probably recognize Mike by name and face, and maybe Bruce by face.

If Brian were there, they'd know it. But Al and David? Probably in the same boat as Bruce but even MORE obscure for David...

[baseball95]

Calling it much is well...a bit much  

But I don't think anyone takes the term "original" as seriously as people here do. I think the general public considers originals to be the wilson brothers, mike love, what about that guy...uhh...Al Jardine? He was the keyboardist right? Wait...wasn't Glen Campbell in the beach boys? Or was that The Grass Roots...

My point being, the people that are buying these tickets because they want to say they saw the beach boys (which is most of M&B's audiences) probably don't have a clue or care who is on stage. They'll probably recognize Mike by name and face, and maybe Bruce by face.

If Brian were there, they'd know it. But Al and David? Probably in the same boat as Bruce but even MORE obscure for David...

Agreed i was at a M&B show earlier this year and the guy asks me how many of them were originals and i said mike and bruce came a little later and the guy looks at me and says" oh yeah i know Mike Love who are the other people again don't they tour separate?" and i said yes and he says "Do they ever get together?" so that means there are people who didn't even know the reunion took place!!!!!! they just know the name The Beach Boys.

Oh and "the great John Stamos" as he said 

[RubberSoul13]

Calling it much is well...a bit much  

But I don't think anyone takes the term "original" as seriously as people here do. I think the general public considers originals to be the wilson brothers, mike love, what about that guy...uhh...Al Jardine? He was the keyboardist right? Wait...wasn't Glen Campbell in the beach boys? Or was that The Grass Roots...

My point being, the people that are buying these tickets because they want to say they saw the beach boys (which is most of M&B's audiences) probably don't have a clue or care who is on stage. They'll probably recognize Mike by name and face, and maybe Bruce by face.

If Brian were there, they'd know it. But Al and David? Probably in the same boat as Bruce but even MORE obscure for David...

Agreed i was at a M&B show earlier this year and the guy asks me how many of them were originals and i said mike and bruce came a little later and the guy looks at me and says" oh yeah i know Mike Love who are the other people again don't they tour separate?" and i said yes and he says "Do they ever get together?" so that means there are people who didn't even know the reunion took place!!!!!! they just know the name The Beach Boys.

Oh and "the great John Stamos" as he said 

Weren't you at the Pier Six show too? I was talking to a lovely couple, really nice and fun and all that...this was their first time seeing the beach boys (even though they were in their 50's) and had bought the reunion tour dvd expecting something like that. They knew all the members except David Marks, which is to be expected.

At the other two shows I saw this year, no one said anything at one...but the next one, the woman next to me asked me who Carl Wilson was when they did the "God Only Knows" recording...

[KittyKat]

Maybe they meant much of the original line-up of the band (that was touring as the Beach Boys prior to 2012 on the temporary  "reunion" tour). That would be accurate.

[ontor pertawst]

Uh  huh. I'm SURE that's what it means. So if you somehow get the idea that it's much of the original lineup because the press for it says it's much of the original lineup, it's your own damn fault... not the sliiiightly disingenuous press. Paging Nutty Jerry, Nutty Jerry to the courtesy phone...

[RubberSoul13]

Uh  huh. I'm SURE that's what it means. So if you somehow get the idea that it's much of the original lineup because the press for it says it's much of the original lineup, it's your own damn fault... not the sliiiightly disingenuous press. Paging Nutty Jerry, Nutty Jerry to the courtesy phone...

While I do think it's a load of crap to advertise it that way...I really, really doubt Mike and/or Bruce or whomever specified that those words be used. They seem to be quite good about that sort of thing. It's typically lazy press work that results in these sorts of things.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Mike's people send out press material for the promoters to use but, as has been noted in the recent past, they can't be held responsible when one of them goes off-topic and prints something like that. I'm guessing that writeup will soon be modified.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I have three grandchildren under 4 years old and I'm teaching them to sing "Barbara Ann."

Bruce Johnston
Montecito
October 23, 2013

 

Well OK... that's one less on the Xmas card list this year. 

[Emdeeh]

I agree with AGD, thinking it's an error on the press's part. Even if you count Bruce (even though he's not an original), the math still doesn't qualify for a majority of "original" members.

[filledeplage]

I have three grandchildren under 4 years old and I'm teaching them to sing "Barbara Ann."

Bruce Johnston
Montecito
October 23, 2013

 

Well OK... that's one less on the Xmas card list this year. 

No kind posters, Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba Ba Barbara Ann is exactly what he should be teaching them, especially for the youngest one experimenting with sounds...all that repetition.  Exactly developmentally appropriate.  Then, matching the tones in an appropriate key in the correct range for children's voices.  F, G, Bb, Eb, D. 

Good job! 

The    isn't for the kids!

[baseball95]

Calling it much is well...a bit much  

But I don't think anyone takes the term "original" as seriously as people here do. I think the general public considers originals to be the wilson brothers, mike love, what about that guy...uhh...Al Jardine? He was the keyboardist right? Wait...wasn't Glen Campbell in the beach boys? Or was that The Grass Roots...

My point being, the people that are buying these tickets because they want to say they saw the beach boys (which is most of M&B's audiences) probably don't have a clue or care who is on stage. They'll probably recognize Mike by name and face, and maybe Bruce by face.

If Brian were there, they'd know it. But Al and David? Probably in the same boat as Bruce but even MORE obscure for David...

Agreed i was at a M&B show earlier this year and the guy asks me how many of them were originals and i said mike and bruce came a little later and the guy looks at me and says" oh yeah i know Mike Love who are the other people again don't they tour separate?" and i said yes and he says "Do they ever get together?" so that means there are people who didn't even know the reunion took place!!!!!! they just know the name The Beach Boys.

Oh and "the great John Stamos" as he said 

Weren't you at the Pier Six show too? I was talking to a lovely couple, really nice and fun and all that...this was their first time seeing the beach boys (even though they were in their 50's) and had bought the reunion tour dvd expecting something like that. They knew all the members except David Marks, which is to be expected.

At the other two shows I saw this year, no one said anything at one...but the next one, the woman next to me asked me who Carl Wilson was when they did the "God Only Knows" recording...

yeah it's true the name "The Beach Boys" does really carry a lot of weight to the casual fan who doesn't know any better when it comes to the people in the band. Besides bands form the 60's and 70's have such few original members still all touring that few originals is to be expected.

[baseball95]

Christmas Set From Last Night:

Do It Again
Little Honda
Catch a Wave
Hawaii
Surf City
Surfin' Safari
Surfer Girl
Don't Worry Baby
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I Get Around
Ballad of Ole' Betsy
Getcha Back
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Be True to Your School
Disney Girls
The Warmth of the Sun
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
California Dreamin'
Sloop John B
Wouldn't It Be Nice
California Girls
White Christmas
The Man With All the Toys
Santa's Beard
Little Saint Nick
Kokomo
Help Me, Rhonda
Rock and Roll Music
Do You Wanna Dance?
Barbara Ann
Fun, Fun, Fun

Wild Honey
Goin' to the Beach
Surfin' U.S.A.

[EgoHanger1966]

Not bad, not bad at all. I have tickets to see them next Sunday - hope they add back "Please Let Me Wonder" and Darlin'!

[baseball95]

Set From Mike's Facebook:

Happy Friday the 13th! Here's the set list from tonight's show!


READING 13 DECEMBER 2013

DO IT AGAIN
HONDA
CATCH
HAWAII
SURF CITY
SAFARI

SURFER GIRL
WENDY
GETCHA BACK

DARLIN
FOOLS
GROW UP

WARMTH
GOD-Carl

DON’T WORRY
DEUCE COUPE
409
SHUT DOWN
GET AROUND


CAL DREAMIN
SLOOP
NICE

CAL GIRLS
DISNEY

I’LL BE HOME
FROSTY
WHITE XMAS
MAN W TOYS
SANTAS BEARD
ST NICK

VIBES

KOKOMO
RHONDA
WANNA DANCE
BARBARA ANN
FUN FUN FUN - Eb
ROCK ROLL
GOIN TO BEACH
SURFIN USA - E

[startBBtoday]

Looks like they revved up the hot rods one more time.

[STE]

I’LL BE HOME
FROSTY
WHITE XMAS
MAN W TOYS
SANTAS BEARD
ST NICK

That's half of the Christmas album!
Were I'll be Home For Christmas and Frosty The Snowman ever played before?
Was any album half-played before by the Beach Boys?

[Eric Aniversario]

I’LL BE HOME
FROSTY
WHITE XMAS
MAN W TOYS
SANTAS BEARD
ST NICK

That's half of the Christmas album!
Were I'll be Home For Christmas and Frosty The Snowman ever played before?
Was any album half-played before by the Beach Boys?

Both have been performed in recent years. The only albums that i can think of that were half performed by Mike and Bruce: Still Cruisin and Today

[filledeplage]

I’LL BE HOME
FROSTY
WHITE XMAS
MAN W TOYS
SANTAS BEARD
ST NICK

That's half of the Christmas album!
Were I'll be Home For Christmas and Frosty The Snowman ever played before?
Was any album half-played before by the Beach Boys?

Thanks to Baseball95 for posting the list.  I'm jealous.  Sounds like a great show.

They usually play at least four. This is a great list!

And, I'll  to that! 

[Mr. Wilson]

89.50 to see Mike + Bruce ?  Have the top tier tickets gone up for M+B since C50.. ?   With extra charges that's over 100.00 a ticket.. Bit steep I would think.. In Indio Ca  C50  May 2012 a top seat was a 110.00 plus charges.. So for 20.00 more you got the real BB..

[SMiLE Brian]

Exactly, Mr. Wilson!

[baseball95]

I got two front row tickets on Stub Hub for the show last night $40 a seat, it was a great show!!!

[Cyncie]

It depends on the venue. I pointed that out a while back when people were using the excuse that Mike and Bruce preferred the smaller tours to keep the ticket costs down. I paid $80 for a mid level seat for a Mike and Bruce show about a year before C50. I paid $50 for a mid level C50 seat. Now, granted, the C50 venue was larger, so you were not as close to the stage, but cheaper seats are not necessarily a given.