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Among the usual touring info, this article says that the Beach Boys will be honored at the Grammys.
http://www.examiner.com/rock-music-in-new-york/the-beach-boys-surf-their-way-into-the-paramount

Did you see this ?

How come the guys wearing the least hair dye in that photo are Mike & Bruce?!

 Herbert Outfitters?!

Least hair perhaps? ;D

“There’s so many sing-along songs including, 'Barbara Ann' which was originally done by a group called ‘The Regents’ from New Jersey but it became a huge hit record for us.

“We would pause and let the audience sing the verse, ‘Help Me Rhonda, Help, Help Me Rhonda!' It’s a lot of fun!"


Yeah, baby! Help me Barbara, help me smiling gently at you!

I might repeat myself, but did you see this ?!

Yes, Al's back but I was wondering if the writer was confusing Mike and Bruce's group with the original members going to the grammys.

That line up first showed up for a BB touring group story early this year. Perhaps the first show after the Reagan gig.

A source of AGDs said it was incorrect from memory, as it has turned out to be.

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Found it.

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,9932.msg175707.html#msg175707

Trouble is, the story's so sloppily written (or possibly sloppily edited) that there are several questionable parts. Fingers crossed, but I doubt it…

Don't bands receiving Grammys (sp - Grammies?) usually play though? Can't see Al and Brian being left out of that ceremony – and I hope to goodness Dave's there too – so perhaps we'll get a brief onstage musical reunion.  As this is the first mention I've heard of a Grammy, let's wait-see if further reports surface (further reports which aren't re-writes of this report).

Really  ;D

This gonna be good

No Al (yet) but we do get John Stamos.......

www.beachboysband.net  is up to date with Smile and the December tour schedule.

On the touring page it lists the Dec dates and says,

"THE BEACH BOYS featuring: Mike Love & Bruce Johnston
with John Cowsill, Tim Bonhomme, Scott Totten, Randell Kirsch, Christian Love
John Stamos - where noted.

*John Stamos has been a longtime collaborator of The Beach Boys,
having joined them for performances since the mid-1980s. He appears
on their song “Forever,” from the Beach Boys 1992 album Summer in Paradise.
Source: JohnStamos.com."

YA know
the Grammy's should just be improved this year and ALL awards, every last one, be given to SMiLE.

The End.

We all wish, but the award will usually go to the worst, technologically altered voice.   I mean, the beach boys have never won a Grammy?   How is that even possible?   SMiLE deserves more recognition, I agree.

How current is this?

It says "The Beach Boys original star, Brian Wilson resigned from the band to pursue solo projects. He’s currently working on a Disney album."

Date is November 22, 2011

Who knows?

http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/11/23/time_off/entertainment_news/doc4ecd897503004732370360.txt


 'Dennis and Carl Wilson have passed away and both Mr. Jardine and Brian Wilson continue to tour in their own bands, but there is talk that all surviving members will reunite for a special Grammy tribute to the Beach Boys in 2012, including early members Bruce Johnston and David Marks.'

ha yah this made me lol

Didn't Al say quite early this year that everything (reunion, new releases, etc) will be announced at the Grammies ?

:lol

I think I had a dream like this

Has this appearance been confirmed?  I have verified that the Grammys will in fact include the reunion of a "legendary group", a description that fits an appearance by The Beach Boys, but I sure would like to know for certain.  I am offered a pair of tickets to the Grammys every year.  I have only gone once but this will be the year to accept if The Beach Boys are going to be there.

mps

Go for sure. Not sure of your meaning 'I have verified' though.

More please

That's all I've got.  While I have the "reunion of a legendary group" from a reliable source, this information can also be found online.  In fact, I believe it was announced officially by The Recording Academy.  Some have said its going to be Van Halen and I just now read that The Recording Academy's official Twitter account referred to this announcement and said, "Does this make you want to Jump and Dance the Night Away"?  If that is the case, then it seems it is Van Halen.  I haven't seen the Twitter page, just the reference.  You should be able to find this information via Google.  So someone is reuniting at the Grammys, but right now I have no idea who.

mps

I simply mean that I have verified that The Grammys are to include a reunion of a legendary band.  However, I have no idea who that is going to be.  It isn't hard to verify the reunion as it has been announced, though right now the band name is being withheld.  Since I hadn't seen the announcement online and didn't care to look for it, I simply spoke to someone I know who confirmed the announcement.  In other words, I don't know anything you can't find online.  If anyone can confirms it is The Beach Boys please do.

mps

Here is the official announcement that there will be a reunion of a legendary band:

http://www.grammy.com/news/valerie-simpson-mike-stoller-and-usher-to-team-for-grammy-nominee-special

And here is the post from The Grammys twitter page that indicates it will be Van Halen (this comment is the basis of all claims that it will be Van Halen):

https://twitter.com/#!/TheGRAMMYs/statuses/132257028172288001

But then this article pretty much says Van Halen will not be performing at The Grammys:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-halen-sign-to-interscope-reports-20111114

So we know straight from the Grammys there will be a reunion of a legendary band...but we don't know who it will be.

Sounds interesting!


'will feature a special live announcement from a truly iconic group regarding their historic band reunion'

Truly iconic group= The Beach Boys ;)

We'll know 'who' that band is in five days.

Thanks mps !!

I seriously don't care about Van Halen

It's Van Halen. They've got a new album in the can and they'll be touring again soon.

Van Halen were great at what they did (first album in particular) but "truly iconic"?

BB reunion at the Grammys would be very interesting to say the least.

Could be the Beach Boys. They've got a new album in the can and they'll be touring again soon. :lol

It's gonna be Van Halen, you can't take that twitter message any other way

Still, as long as The Beach Boys are at the Grammys, that's all that matters

Edit..

Just saw The Rolling Stone article was long after the twitter post, hmmm, then the press release was after that..

Complicated, but still we have hope  ;D

Rocker: I don't care about Van Halen either, I was trying to communicate all pertinent info as to whether or not it is going to be The Beach Boys.

Jason: To clarify, the link below states it will not be Van Halen, at least according to a source at Rolling Stone:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-halen-sign-to-interscope-reports-20111114

Also, I don't think Van Halen could be called "truly iconic".  I could understand someone referencing them as "iconic" but "truly iconic", to me, is like saying, "We aren't talking about possibly inconic bands such as Van Halen, Black Sabbath, etc., but rather truly iconic bands, like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, etc."  Futher, there is little that is "historic" about a Van Halen reunion.  First, as far as I can tell, the VH reunion will not include Michael Anthony so its not really a reunion (see next point).  Second, the current lineup just toured a few years ago so there is nothing historic about them reuniting, even for an album.  Third, VH has already reunited, made an album, etc.  They can't announce what they've already announced and done.  I am pretty sure it is not VH.

mps

There are other ways to take the Twitter message.  The guy was asking who people thought it would be and threw out VH as a suggestion.  Trust me, Recording Academy employees are not permitted to breath a word of this.  If he was annoucing the act the post would have been pulled and he would have been fired.  The post wasn't pulled and he wasn't fired.  The existence of the post indicates that it isn't VH.

Keep in mind Al's interview back in Feb, the same story he broke the news of the SMiLE release.

'I would like to see us doing the Grammys this year as a Lifetime Achievement situation, but unfortunately that’s not gonna happen because the group would rather start next year, so that gives me a year to prepare.

So for 2012 we hope to kick-off the Grammys, then a worldwide tour.  I think you’ll get a chance to see us live, because it will be quite a coming-out party in 2012.

Brian’s team has been very encouraging; we just have to figure out how to do it, you know, who will the players be and who will be involved, but everyone has agreed in principle to do it.'



Sounds to me as he had a tip- off about a invite to perform unlike the award presentation only of 01.

I think Van Halen was truly iconic. 100 million albums sold around the world and one of the few artists in history to have two albums sell over 10 million copies. Eddie is widely regarded as one of the five greatest rock guitarists of all-time and Alex is no slouch in the drumming category. Dave places highly on frontman lists. They were basically America's version of Led Zeppelin.

And this album would be the first with Dave since 1983.

Wait, Van Halen reunited officially two years ago. Toured and toured since then, and are now working on a new album.

I am not fully persuaded that VH is "truly iconic" but you make a good case.  I agree that Eddie is a truly iconic rock guitarist, but I'm not sure that is enough to make VH truly iconic.  I may be overstating the case, but I bet half of Gen Y couldn't tell you the name of a single VH album.  If they can name an album I'd bet double or nothing they can't name two.  I just don't see VH in the same league as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and The Beach Boys.  I realize this is a super-exclusive list, but that is the point, they are "truly iconic", not just Van Halen, Black Sabbath, U2 type iconic.

I agree mypetsounds. My own 'truly iconic' list is very short!

But I also think the grammy people may over-hype any act if the intention is for the program to make money, priority 1 nowdays. Heck...we could be talking the Partridge Family!

Pretty funny, and I agree.  I may be reading waaaaay too much into it, but this is my whole take on "truly" preceding iconic.  Its as if they realize they would call The Partridge Family and Van Halen and Black Sabbath iconic, so in order to cut through their own BS they add the word "truly," as in, "this isn't just talk, this isn't fluff, we aren't just building suspense, the group we have lined up is *truly* iconic."  But I could be wrong, it could just be more BS.  If the group truly is iconic, though, then it pretty much has to be The Beach Boys.

Semantics. Inserting 'truly' before 'iconic' adds Nothing to the meaning. I'd I say something is 'truly red' is it any redder that if I simply described it as 'red'? No. It's just the Grammy people trying to be dramatic and creating a superlative out of nothing.

I'm no generation y bloke, btw, but I couldn't name one Van Halen LP; never liked that genre. That said, I've quite a few Led Zepp albums! I don't think Van Halen are in the same upper echelons of rock as The Beach Boys or Led Zeppelin.

Hmm... Led Zeppelin... Now there would be a truly iconic reunion, album and tour!

Well, the Beach Boys also had a "Dancin' the night away"....sort of....  :-D

No, Van Halen is not in the same category as the Beach Boys or Led Zeppelins or Rolling Stones of the world. They are a notch below, with the Polices, Aerosmiths and Fleetwood Macs. Even then, they are still in the upper upper echelons of artists who have existed. Therefore, I would say they are "truly iconic".

I don't care what it is, as long as all the guys are standing on stage together I'll be happy

Comparing Van Halen and the Beach Boys is like comparing uhhh... a pizza and a blanket or something. They're... both very warm but otherwise have got f*** all to do with each other. That was terrible. You get my point.

Shut up, you guys!

Also of relevance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2CyQ7Eslg4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2CyQ7Eslg4)

Yes. And the Beatles are above both groups with only Bach and Vince Guilardi joining them.

No.