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Maybe I've missed something in my catching up, but currently there's the following dates listed, either on the Bloo or by the venues themselves:

7/20   The Grand at The Golden Nugget, Atlantic City, NJ
7/21 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
7/25 Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, OH
7/26   Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL
7/27 Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley, MN
10/20 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

The MN date is at a zoo, apparently, and the Joisey date is of course a casino. Jus' sayin'...

2103? sh*t, I ain't gonna live long enough to see that :(

 I think that was covered way back in March 2102. Insert oh-my-gawd-who-can-ever-believe-it-wow-we-certainly-don't-already-know-that outrage here, hopefully that'll cheer you up.

Will there be chicken wings, tho?

I got no problem with Brian playing casinos and "Zoo's". I do have a problem with "The Beach Boys" playing such venues..

Let's not go down that road again  ;D

Know you've been away, already a thread and discussion on all this on another thread, yours.

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,15340.0.html

Mike/Bruce are playing a river. Semantics.

Paul is playing a baseball diamond.  Holy Batman.

July 9, 2013   
Fenway Park  - Paul McCartney in Boston

Nice to see you back, Andrew.

July 23 - Interlochen MI (Kresge Auditorium)

Brian, Al and David play BAD by Michael Jackson in it's entirety, in the year 2103

 :-D

Shady - come on! There was a primal scream with the "casino" thing in the not-so-remote past.  The reality is that the entertainment business model has changed, and has been a threat to older community-based theaters.  Casinos are the new "mall" for one-stop shopping, and dining.  People were on a serious rant about "snob-zoning" venues.  All the headliners go there.  Going to the people, wherever they are is what music business is all about. 

And, I hate casinos and the vice that flows from them.  They played casinos for C50. 

And: Yes, Andrew (Doe) - welcome back!  ;)

Okay you guys, whaddayathink - any chance of the BAD crossing the pond this summer?  :-\

"Live from America to entertain you tonight with a gala concert and a recording session, the fabulous BAD Boys!"

I'd guess low but non-zero.

Yeah, that's what I thought.. but to quote the immortal Christopher Reeve: "Once you choose hope, anything's possible."  :smokin

(http://www.hobime.com/image/cache/data/dc%20collectibles/Superman%20Christopher%20Reeve%20Bust-100x100.jpg)

Out of some sort of cruel irony BW will still be alive that year.

 ;D

I must confess that this thought crossed my mind too.

Any Futurama fans here? Mike's head is going to be kept in one of those cryogenic tanks they have. Right next to his pal Richard Nixon.

Cool, they're playing the Ravinia Festival in my town.  It's not actually a festival, but a beautiful outdoor venue with a pavilion, a huge lawn and people normally bring picnics on the lawn and hang out there.  There is also a restaurant.  It even has it's own train station for people coming from Chicago.  It's definitely an upscale place.  Everyone from classical, jazz, new age, world, oldies rock, new rock, bluegrass, country, blues, you name it plays there.  My high school graduation was held there a long, long time ago. ;D 

How long can they conduct this parallel tour existence? I can only hope that they do this for a year and that they reunite for the album and more major shows. I predict that this will happen and that Mike will say "I made it clear that I was never against that."

I predict it carries on for less than six months from the start of the tour before Brian stops working with Al and David.

They have already exceeded that starting with the C50 album and tour.

Which is why I said "six months from the start of the tour", not "six months from a year ago"...

6 months will be Jan 2014. Winter is normally pretty quiet in BB land so what are you thinking they will be doing after summer this year?

Splitting up...

Yeah but odds are that would be the case after the Greek gig in Oct anyway.

Do you mean a falling out? Hey as they are guests anyway that could happen before gig one. As was the case a few years back with Al. Time will tell.

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BAD

 Perhaps it should be called the REMEMBER THE ZOO tour ( :lol

Point is they obviously enjoyed working together thru the C50 that thet are carrying on. Just sayin...

Yes, but you-can-bet-your-pent-up-outrage that they'll be laboratory-made chicken wings....

I think this is just another testament to why the boys nee dto be together...and anyone that thinks it's okay for Brian to play a zoo but not "The Beach Boys" really needs to re-evaluate their stance on all that is beach boys related...

I just bought tickets for the casino show in Atlantic City on July 20th. I pray it is not too beneath them to play such a venue. ;)

I was tempted (since they haven't announced a date closer to me), but those ticket prices are outrageous!

I bought the $55 tix, but with all the fees, it came to $72. I got 4th row, section F, so center stage and fairly close too.

FYI, the show at the zoo isn't as lame as it may seem to people unfamiliar with it: the Minnesota Zoo hosts great shows every year. This summer will also include big names like Joan Baez, Dr. John, and Richard Thompson--hardly the cheesy cheerleaders Beach Boys image I know was debated in the Great Casino Rants of other threads. (Though others definitely are maybe a bit more, um, well, if you can't say something nice...) The Monkees reunion tour was there last year (or the year before or whenever that happened). Previous performances have included Florence + the Machine, the Suburbs, Derek Trucks...a wide range of things. And plenty of local and regional acts that lean hipster if anything play there as well: Chris Koza/Rogue Valley, Jeremy Messersmith, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Michelles.

It's booked by a company that handles quite a few diverse venues in the area, including theaters, clubs, and festivals.

I went for broke and got the $85 plus fee seats. Section c, 3rd row.

Checked out the website,  what a beautiful venue!

I love that it is the BAD tour....which brings to mind the sight of Brian dancing around the stage, as he did in the Landy years, hollering "Hoo! Chum On! Chum On! I'm Bad!" Bet David could contribute some cool guitar to this spectacle. And Al could change his underwear.

Some very interesting opening act notes for the Interlochen show:

"Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson will be joined by fellow Beach Boys Al Jardine and David Marks along with the vocal trio Wilson Philips, featuring Brian Wilson’s daughters, Carnie and Wendy, with Chynna Phillips."

Source: http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/04/interlochen_welcomes_beach_boy.html

Note that Matt Jardine also tours with Wilson Phillips, as does Carnie's hubby, Rob Bonfiglio.

What would be a good name for such a tour? Something like The Beach Boys...Family And Friends perhaps ? ;)

"Not The Beach Boys, But Quite A Few Of Them!"

"Not dba: The Beach Boys, but DBA"

Wondering if any more dates are going to be announced? Almost June. I wouldn't even call this a tour.

You could call it a warmup for a tour, but it seems kinda dim to do that during the Summer, a season which I hear these lads have written a few songs about...

But yes, this is very curious. Guess we have to wait until someone interviews them during the tour seeing as they're doing no press now (cos of the live album?)

I've been wondering that myself. I can think of a few possibilities.

1.) The new album has been consuming Brian's time, and there will be promo commitments he'll have to undertake in the late summer or fall. Therefore, the summer dates are just a bit of a mini-tour.

2.) They couldn't get bookers interested.

3.) Brian really didn't want to do more. He's taken years off from touring before.

4.) They are still planning extra dates for the late summer / early fall, but have yet to announce them.