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The best I can do is post some pics I've found. It is 2am or something in Brisbane so I guess we got to a while for videos/setlist

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http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2012/08/beach-boys-reviewed-by-612-breakfast-listeners.html

Some Audio about the concert

http://www.4kq.com.au/shows/laurel-gary-mark-morning/listen/bruce-johnston-on-beach-boys-tour
A radio interview with Bruce

Kinda pro-shot video of "Catch A Wave" and "Hawaii" here

http://media.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/selections/beach-boys-kick-off-tour-3592057.html?&exc_from=strap (http://media.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/selections/beach-boys-kick-off-tour-3592057.html?&exc_from=strap)

OMG WHY IS THE PIANO DARK?????????

I see that the video wall is back.  Hope they manage to track one down when in London.

Why is that audio f*cked up so badly?

Channel 10 can't get anything right!

If setlist.fm is to be believed, you lucky bastids got "Let Him Run Wild"!

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that would be amazing and hopefully some footage will show up. though i'm a little on the fence about hearing jeff's "let 'im RUN"

Yeah they did Scott sang lead.. not Bennett

This is bound to sound good! Video and audio please!

I noticed that too! Black pianos are for nobodies, Brian Wilson is one of few people to always be allocated a white piano when performing! Ofc classical pianists are exempted from this ludicrous rule I just invented ^^

"Surfin' Safari" and a bit of "Surfer Girl": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vOyQWza7Jo


Sounding good....  :3d

Review here, with photos:
http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/review-the-beach-boys-reunion-show/story-fncakrqc-1226460708138

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G'day from Brisbane, Australia! (photo courtesy Mary Ann Jardine)

Now that would be a great cover to Pet Sounds 2

Hope someone got video of Let Him Run Wild!

:o Someone please upload it quick!

Aw, nothing against Scott but Brian should have done it in a lower key like he did on the "Imagination" album.

Set-list anybody?

Do It Again
Little Honda
Catch a Wave
Hawaii
Don't Back Down
Surfin' Safari
Surfer Girl
Wendy
Getcha Back
Please Let Me Wonder
Then I Kissed Her
Isn't It Time
Kiss Me, Baby
Come Go with Me
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
When I Grow Up (to Be a Man)
Cotton Fields
Disney Girls
Good Timin'
Let Him Run Wild
Darlin'
Ballad of Ole' Betsy
Don't Worry Baby
Little Deuce Coupe
409
Shut Down
I Get Around

Pet Sounds
Add Some Music to Your Day
Heroes and Villains
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Sail on, Sailor
Sloop John B
Wouldn't It Be Nice
Be True to Your School
All This Is That
That's Why God Made the Radio
In My Room
Forever
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
California Girls
All Summer Long
Help Me, Rhonda
Rock and Roll Music
Do You Wanna Dance?
Surfin' U.S.A.

Encore :

Kokomo
Barbara Ann
Fun, Fun, Fun

Thanks DJole! Let Him Run Wild being added to the set-list is awesome, anyone know how many songs have now been played on the tour? I know Wirestone was keeping track of this...

Adding a new song in preparation for the UK shows perhaps?  I wonder what else they'll throw in?

Crossing my fingers that the Royal Albert Hall show will be filmed.

I'm going to Wembley and hoping for Cabin Essence which of course will not happen, no way would Mike be persuaded to sing that. But then again, this is the Beach Boys...

Some more Smile material is of course always welcome (perhaps dust off "Our Prayer" once again?) but heck, I wouldn't mind if they added the Life suite off TWGMTR.  A nice excerpt from the new album for something special for the UK audience would be totally great.   

Great review in today's Australian.


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/good-vibrations-surf-the-years/story-fn9d2mxu-1226461028573


Cold here in Melbourne. Maybe the most un-summer like location this tour! (until London in September anyway ;D)

If they did Surf's Up I think I would cry! ;D

We all would!

Let's hope they add a few new songs that feature a Beach Boy on lead.  Would still love to hear "Let Him Run Wild" though...I love that song.

The 50 Big Ones track list consists primarily of songs that they have been playing on the tour.  The three exceptions are "The Warmth of the Sun," "Surf's Up,"and "I Can Hear Music."  Could this be a hint of what is to come?

I would cry twice if they played "Surf's Up"; first out of excitement, then because I didn't get to see it.

I'd vote for the suite first, "Surf's Up" second.  Both would be awesome. 

In lieu of any Smiley Smilers attending, I interrogated my old parents, who attended and were in reasonably good seats, and gleaned the following lite notes.

Alholio-Mother said the show was fantastic and the group were pretty tight and set a cracking pace through each set with a strictly 20 minute interval; and not much between song banter.  She correctly guessed an encore was inevitable; give away being the Band leaving the stage after the second set without playing Fun, Fun, Fun.

A-Mum added while Brian was not overly engaged but Mike picked up the slack and pulled out a pretty good show; no suprises there based on the last 67 show reviews (give or take a few) we've read; but interesting to hear these obervations from a Joe Average fan. 

Alholio-Dad (he's 77) said one of the young fellas somewhere in the band sang three songs - from what I've read, Darian sang Darlin', Totten sang Let Him Run Wild; maybe leaving 1 up for speculation, depending the accuracy of A-Dad's memory. 

That's about all I could squeeze out of them, as A-Dad's main share was how on the way to the carpark after the gig, he tripped over a gutter and broke his index finger (yow!).

Sydney updates should come rollin' in in about 2 hours or thereabouts!

Thanks! The second Totten song would be "Betsy".

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Source (with review): http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/music/review-the-beach-boys-reunion-show/story-fncakrqc-1226460708138?sv=15bbc7b89f786005b60595faaf3a472e

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I realize only now that these are the same pictures (and probably the same review) that Emdeeh already posted. Sorry


And another video report:
http://screen.yahoo.com/beach-boys-rock-brisbane-30436220.html

FWIW, those three songs were the very ones the backing band (and Bruce, partially) soundchecked before the Oslo show. After "Surf's Up", Al came on stage and sang the "A children's song, have you listened as they played?" part.

What is that cat doing outside the bag??

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Why don't you like koalas??

Gaaaah. I need to pick up my jaw because it fell on the floor when I read that!

Yeah, me too! I think the heavens would fall if they played Surf's Up in front of an audience.

ARE YOU F-ING SERIOUS?!  :thud

Surf's Up? I'll beleive it when i see it! Who would sing I can Hear Music though? As far as 2002, Brian could still do Warmth of the Sun, albeit doubled in a slightly lower key, i'm guessing Jeff would do that one if it comes up again though.

Darian would sound pretty great on I Can Hear Music. Of The BB's, Al could probably do it.

Most likely won't turn out this way but I'd like to Bruce sing "The Warmth of the Sun". He's said in interviews in the past decade it's his favourite Beach Boys song and it's a shame they don't do it more. Though if he were to sing it he'd probably have to surrender "Disney Girls" to stay within his lead vocals quota ::)

Well, the Surf's Up rehearsal started with Scott T saying something along the lines of "Okey, I want you to entertain me, let's do Surf's Up" and then the band played it with Scott singing lead, iirc. It sounded good (obviously, with those musicians) but also like it was a song they hadn't rehearsed before/in a while. Hearing Al sing his part all alone acapella was really, really cool.

I would love to hear the BB 2012 doing Surf's Up.  :'(

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He doesn't need to be doubled. Lower the key, let 'im sing it and skip the trickery.

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