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Does anyone know what will be happening this year in terms of touring?

I heard Brian will likely be touring again in spring or summer, and may "get to the other side of the pond" to Britain.
And I think its safe to assume M&B will go on as usual.

No matter what, if BW is in the US, I will get to a show...



Is there any insider information out there, such as (for example) Blondie to be touring with BW full time?

http://www.beachboysfanclub.com/bbtours.htm (http://www.beachboysfanclub.com/bbtours.htm)

M&B

Jan. 10 — Maui, HI (Cultural Center)*
Jan. 12 —Honolulu, HI (Neal S. Blaisdell Arena)*
Jan. 18 — Houston, TX (Arena Theater)*
Jan. 19 — Austin, TX (Austin City Limits at Moody Theater)*
Feb. 15 — Tampa, FL (Busch Gardens)*
Feb. 16 — Melbourne, FL (Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m.)
Feb. 17 — Jacksonville, FL (Florida Theater Jacksonville)*
March 8 — Primm, NV (Buffalo Bill Casino)*
March 25 — Hokkaido, Japan (Nitori Culture Hall)*
March 27 — Osaka, Japan (Billboard Live)*
March 28-20 — Tokyo, Japan (Billboard Live)*
April 9 — Verona, NY (Turning Stone Casino)*
April 10 — Kingston, NY (Broadway Theater at Ulster Performing Arts Center)*
April 11 — Torrington, CT (Warner Theatre)*
April 13 — Cranston, RI (Park Theatre)*
April 25-26 — Lincoln City, OR (Chinook Winds Casino)*
May 22-26 — Louisville, KY (Abbey Road on the River, actual show date tba)
June 24 — London, England, UK (Hampton Court Palace Festival)
June 26 — Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, UK (Ebrington, Foyle International Maritime Festival, Clipper Round the World Yacht Race)
Sept. 19 — Belleville, IL (downtown Belleville, Bicentennial Weekend Celebration)

Jeez, and that's probably just an outline of the year...more dates to come.

Last year they played at the Hong Kong Rugby 7s around the same time they will be in Asia this year. Hopefully they'll come back around  ;D

Having just updated the touring years 2001-2014, with Ian's invaluable help, I can safely say that there's a semi-set pattern to Mike & Bruce's touring. Not exactly "if it's Tuesday it must be Belgium", but at certain times of year they're likely to be in a certain part of the US (e.g. Florida in January). Nothing new: The Beach Boys pre-1998 were much the same (e.g. they tended to play Vegas, or Pine Knob, at pretty much the same time each year).

Not exactly a tour but nevertheless:

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On a somewhat related note: Lynch is preparing the production of new Twin Peaks material. :smokin (Not much more is known as of yet.)

Hoping M&B add an indoor show this London visit.  Not too interested about seeing them at Hampton Court.

Especially not at the prices quoted...would love to see them do a more extensive UK tour as they did in 2004 and 2008 !
Would also be nice to see Brian and his band (with Al and David if possible) do a big UK tour...

RIGHT I totally forgot about. I'm sure the show will a success. I would love to go see it if I were able to.

And new Twin Peaks material as in...new episodes? Color me excited.

The Belleville, IL show( free) news release:  http://www.bnd.com/2013/12/10/2952406/beach-boys-to-kick-off-bellevilles.html
Odd that REO Speedwagon and Foreigner charge more than  the BBs?
Their shoow is part of Oktoberfest, so maybe they'll perform Ganz Allein?

REO Speedwagon...I spoke to someone who saw them recently, and it really didn't surprise me to hear that they weren't very good. Funny that they're charging high ish prices for their tickets.

Ditto. The Derry show is only £20 yet with travel would end up costing more or less the same from where I live. If no other dates are added (let's not forget that the Hyde Park gig was added pretty late) then I'll probably be hopping on a ferry (anything to avoid going to London for yet another gig). I still can't believe both gigs have been announced for about 3 weeks and this is the first I've heard of them. I'm slacking.


Also, new Twin Peaks material!?! Holy cow I hope my "I'll see you again in 20 years" theory becomes a reality.

Didn't she say "25 years"? Because... that would be 2014, I guess. :3d

That's what I meant, damn, can't believe I did that. Yeah my theory was that there'd be a follow-up 25 years later in real-time, thus bringing us to sometime within the 2014-2017 timeframe depending on whether you treat it as 25 years from the film or the film's setting (as before the TV series). Anyway, not to derail the thread further :)

Yeah....M&B are almost repeating 2013 in terms of touring...same parts of the world at the same time of year. It makes sense...makes it easier to plan when you may be seeing them too.

I haven't heard or seen anything about Brian in the new year. Last year during the fall tour, I remember Al saying that they hoped the new album would be out and there would be a US spring tour to support it...but I really don't see that happening.

What makes you think that's unlikely to happen? It seemed like at one stage last year that the album might make it out in 2013. That didn't happen (according to Beck because touring threw of the recording schedule), but it seems relatively likely that Brian's album would be out sometime in 2014. Touring behind it seems relatively likely given previous patterns. I think the big question might be how likely Al and Dave will be involved if a Brian tour happens.

I would imagine they would join in. It makes even more sense for them to be on a tour to support the album considering they are both on the album. Al apparently has one if not multiple leads.

The only part of that I found unlikely is a SPRING tour.

I don't think things will be done by then. There have been absolutely no indications whatsoever that work is continuing on Brian's album. I'm certain it will be released in 2014 and I'm certain there will be a tour behind it...HOPEFULLY with Al & David...HOPEFULLY in the US AND the rest of the world! :lol

I hope M&B add an indoor show too-the Hammersmith Apollo show was outstanding

As someone pointed out in another thread, the break between Hampton Ct and Derry could include an afternoon slot at Glastonbury but that would be top top secret and Al's not in the band!

Re: BW-looking at the Bellagio site, the general trend seems to be outdoor, GH shows in the Summer and album tours in Jan/Feb and September.
If the album comes out in spring, maybe we're looking at a September tour
Then again, he toured TLOS before it came out and Gershwin several months after release, so who knows

 :wall :wall

Brian's profile will also be raised with the movie. If its good, I expect some kind of tour which will also support the album.

If the movie stinks and the album is a dud....eehhhh, maybe a year with his feet up is not so bad. ;D

Mike + Bruce on Austin city limits Jan 19th.. To be shown on cable at a later date  ??  With a forthcoming DVD release..?  Sounds interesting..

Al's upcoming show show isn't going to feature the '70s/'80s backline guys.
It's gonna be something a bit different.

That's actually pretty cool. Wouldn't mind seeing a well-produced(as ACL always is) pro-shot Mike and Bruce show. Hopefully a rarity or two will surface from this.

A DVD really? We'll see I guess but I think the BRI deal excludes this.

Another year another Mike and Bruce tour, exciting

Agreed >:D

Interesting point. As it's not a studio recording, maybe not... and of course, the other members of BRI may have agreed to an exemption. Truithfully, in this respect I have no idea, but I can't imagine that someone is shooting the gig just for the yucks.  :)

Not all bands playing Austin City Limits are taped for the PBS TV show of the same name. Most are not, and there is no indication on the ACL website that it is being taped.

Points to remember about Brian's touring schedule:

1 - it's very rare that it's announced too far in advance...

2 - it's even more rare that it's announced in anything other than a piecemeal fashion.

Mark Frost says Twin Peaks not happening.

Nope. That's just a rumor that's gotten out of hand.

Aw, that's too bad.

So there is:

M&B
Al Jardine and Friends
BAD (+Blondie)
The Surf City All Stars

Pretty good odds that we can all see some live Beach Boys this year  :)


Who was it on this board (Mikie?) that actually saw the Bruce + Blondie solo show back in the day? I would probably choose to see that over any of the four options above, just because of how different it would be.

Is this the year M&B add Wrinkles to the setlist to promote Mike's solo box set? ;D

Oh jeez...is Wrinkles actually going to get an official release?

Maybe they will premier it live at Hyde Park like they did with GTTB. Because that song rawked  ;)

'Tis true. I remember back during the 2004 Smile US tour, they NEVER posted the San Francisco tour date on the official website. Not before the show, nor after. You would have never known Brian was going to play an amazing show at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco unless you had been scouring other forums or were checking Ticketmaster, etc.

As someone else mentioned, "Austin City Limits" long ago ceased being only a TV show. They apparently promote shows and festivals outside of the actual TV show.

As others have also mentioned, there's no way BRI would allow an official release (audio or video) of a Mike/Bruce show or tour under the "Beach Boys" name. There seems to be a very clear distinction there, which everybody including Mike seems to be happy with. He uses the name to book live tours, nothing else. Not only does this seems to be the "understanding" within the band, this also appears to be the legality of the situation. That exclusive license to use the name is specifically for booking live shows. So we have gotten some TV airings of Mike/Bruce shows or peformances (Good Morning America, Today show, even more stuff over in Europe), but we'll never see anything released on CD or DVD from his tour under the "Beach Boys" name.

I'd say back in the late 90's/early 2000's, given things like the "Salute NASCAR" album which treaded a fine line about using the "Beach Boys" name on the cover, that back then Mike may well have loved to start putting out live CD's and DVD's under the Beach Boys name for his tour. But I don't think presently he cares about much beyond his ability to tour under the name. That's clearly his bread and butter.

Not the TV show -- "Austin City Limits at Moody Theater" is the name of the venue. I suspect that ACL won naming rights for the theater.

How about getting "Take Good Care of Your Feet" added to the M&B setlist too, and a commemorative Beach Boys "Wrinkles (Like a Raisin)" b/w "Take Good Care of Your Feet" 7-inch vinyl for the next Record Store Day. Let's make this happen, people  ;D

Some more tour dates of interest, courtesy of BBFC:

Brian Wilson:
Jan. 26 — San Diego, CA (4th & B, with special guest Alan Jardine)

David Marks:
May 17 — Hickory, NC (P.E. Monroe Auditorium, Lenoir-Rhyne University, with the Surf City Allstars)

Blondie Chaplin:
Feb. 11 — New York City, NY (Cutting Room, Young Presidents' CD release party)

This one was reported in the latest issue of ESQ:
The Legends of Surf Music (Al Jardine, David Marks and Dean Torrence) with the Surf City Allstars
May 10 — North Myrtle Beach, NC (Mayfest on Main, free show)

I'm just an hour north of North Myrtle, think I'll go see Al, Dave and Dean (and it's a freebie)!

WHAT? How did I not know about this? My birthday party will have to be postponed now (it was going to be on that day)

EDIT: Are we sure about this? There was a Brian/Al date on Jan. 26th, 2007, which I went to. Also, 4th and b closed down in late 2012.

Brian's music can work miracles, you know - heals cats and now, apparently reopens venues.  ;D

John Lyons, owner of Avalon Hollywood, has taken over the 4th & B location and reopening it as Avalon San Diego. They have not opened yet nor does their Facebook page have any dates set.

This on TicketBastard's Avalon San Diego page:

"There are no events currently scheduled at this venue."

Somehow, I don't see that changing in 16 days.

Hhhhm, that Brian Wilson 4th & B date came from an online news story, which just may have been an old story with a new dateline attached. That Jan. 26 date is looking much too coincidental to 2007, and there's been no announcement of a show from BW.com or AJ.com. Looks spurious -- we'll be pulling that one from BBFC's dates. Thanks for your assistance, guys.

I think the incorrect 4th & B date was mentioned a week or so ago. That one can’t be happening. The venue is closed, there are no other tour dates around that time, it’s the exact same date as the 2007 show, and we’re only 16 days from the 26th, so tickets would have already gone on sale.

I for one am kind of saddened to see these one-off “Surf City All Stars” shows with Dave and/or Al. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure those shows are great; I’ll go see them if they ever book a show in my area, but it kind of highlights the falsity of one of key sort of sub-arguments from those who didn’t seem too concerned about the dissolution of the “reunion” lineup; that we could still see all these guys doing their own thing even if the reunion ended.

Even Mike Love talks in interviews about how Brian has his band, Al his has, and so on. In the case of Brian, that is true, but in the case of Al, he hasn’t really had anything even approaching a regular-touring band since 1999 with “Family & Friends.” He still gets bookings now and then, and when he does play, it’s usually in an easily accessible county fair sort of situation (or conversely an impossible-to-attend private function). But the simple fact is that we’d be getting way more chances to see Al and Dave live if the reunion had held together. While Al not super-actively pursuing bookings may be a factor (I’m sure he could book more super small venues like clubs if he wanted to), I’m sure it’s the name recognition issue that keeps him from being able to book that many shows.

Hopefully we’ll still get to see Al and Dave with Brian if Brian tours this year. Hopefully a few spring/summer bookings from Al and Dave aren’t indicators that no Brian tours could be scheduled around that time.

Well here's a new Brian UK date.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/87490/brian-wilson-to-headline-the-hop-farm-music-festival-2014

His only UK date in 2014, according to the article.

Very interesting! Doesn't sound like Al, David, Blondie...or anybody extra will be involved in his performance!

"The surf-pop hero, who co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the Beach Boys, will perform his only UK performance of 2014 at the Kent event"

I find it really weird that they would say that. It could be just for fans to think this is the only chance to see BW in the UK, when really there has just been no planning towards more UK shows.
:brow

Mike Love does something right!!!

But seriously...Mike and Bruce have cancelled their concert at Busch Gardens (owned by Sea World)...I can only assume this is because of the overwhelming amount of negative responses Mike's facebook has received about The Beach Boys performing there.

Thank you Mike!!

Don't know about Facebook, but here's a link to a local news story about concert cancellations, both M&B and Pat Benatar:
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/353102/250/Busch-Gardens-concerts-canceled-over-Blackfish

Unrelated to the above, this weekend's Mike & Bruce Houston show has also been canceled... apparently, by the venue, due to their own problems.

http://www.arenahouston.com/events/011814-sat-the-beach-boys-arenatheatre-houston-ticket/

The Houston M&B show has been rescheduled to Oct. 9.

Can we Smiley Smilers who were annoyed about the Seaworld show last year get some recognition?  ;D

 :thumbsup

The power... the power...  :old

I got an email from the Arcada Theater in St. Charles, IL with a show listing for the Surf City All Stars:

Sat., April 26 at 8PM
Surf City All Stars
The SURF CITY ALLSTARS are the only band on the planet endorsed by these Original Beach Boys: Mike Love, who hired each of the Allstars, Brian Wilson, who taught the Allstars' their vocals, and both Al Jardine and David Marks, who still tour with the Allstars.

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Does anyone know if Al, Dave or Dean will be playing this show? The description makes it sound like Al and Dave are currently touring with them, but they are not in the picture. I might go to this show anyway, but I'll definitely go if Al and/or Dave are playing.

http://www.surfcityallstars.com/tourdates.html

According to their website, this show features Dean Torrence, but no Al or David.

They've got a lot of shows! I was surprised to see that many bookings...and especially that many free bookings with Al and/or David.

Wish there was one closer!

Thanks, Eric. There's a high probability I'll still go -- should still be a fun show.

ONLY 4 days left on this Ebay listing to buy 3 seats for $70:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-19-2014-Austin-City-Limits-3-x-Beach-Boys-Tickets-/191047180874?hash=item2c7b4ca24a

I saw Dean Torrence with the Surf City Allstars a few years back at a charity even for my local firefighters.  I was given the tickets by a friend that donated but couldn't go to the show.  If it's not insanely expensive, I'd say go.  It was a fun time.  The band plays well and does the songs justice.  Though Al nor David were there, the set was very heavy on Beach Boys tunes.  They played the 4 or 5 obvious Jan and Dean cuts, but other than that, it was mostly BB's stuff. 

Ditto! Saw them last summer.  The lineup varies a little but seeing the legendary Dean is great, and it will be fun.

They do justice to the work.

Go, it's fun!   ;)

Ok Cork may not be in the UK but Brian's heading to Ireland in July.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2014/0221/505799-beach-boy-brian-wilson-to-play-irish-concerts/

I'm hoping he stops by the west coast this summer. I'd love to be able to see him again with my family.

Quite a few UK dates this year for the BB, very impressed even if the June dates are very expensive and/or highly-formal events and/or a pain to get to;

June 24 & 25 — London, England, UK (Hampton Court Palace Festival)
June 26 — Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, UK
June 28 — Chichester, England, UK (Goodwood Festival of Speed) [can't find this advertised anywhere though]
July 17 — Epsom Downs, Epsom, UK

The latter only just announced, I think, and it's the one I'll be going to. Great gig there last time, sure it will be this time.

Maybe I'm wrong but Darian's Facebook (according to his "About" section) says he's not in the BW band as of 2013.
I wonder if he's out  :-[

Any confirmation on this?

And according to BW.com

"[Brian] will be back in the fall to debut material from his new album and celebrate the release of his upcoming feature film."

If Brian isn't touring again until fall, he may want to keep his options open. He has left Brian's band in the past, including touring with Heart.

Looking at the BB UK schedule I noticed how it coincides with Brian's appearance at Cork 7/4. Hmmmm.

"ladies and gentlemen...please welcome my cousin, Mike Love"

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June 28 — Goodwood UK - Festival Of Speed
June 29 — Joliet, IL - Festival

According to the BB Band site they play back in the US June 29.

Looks like they are going to be collecting those air-miles this summer.

Do we have confirmation from Mike that July 17th is happening? I haven't been able to find that anywhere but this board.

I REALLY doubt Mike and Brian will play together or even be in the same room together in 2014.

Newmarket July 18

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Surfin-legends-The-Beach-Boys-to-play-at-Newmarket-Nights-minus-Brian-Wilson-20140227090812.htm

Got my tickets for Brian today, I'll pass on whatever "The Beach Boys" are doing this summer

https://www.facebook.com/EpsomDownsRacecourse?fref=ts or (for the non-Facebook inclined) http://www.epsomdowns.co.uk

Two race courses in 2 days. Is AGD organising this tour?

If they play Harlow Stadium next then the Beach Boys really are going to the dogs!

Oh man, you're lucky! What kin of tickets did you get?

2 row up, nearest seated section to the stage. Sadly it's a little far back since for whatever reason they decided to have a standing section at a Brian Wilson gig, bizarre

Ha, my old hometown.

A Brian Wilson standing gig is okay.  Rock n' roll, and all that.  Was standing near the front at his Roundhouse show a few years ago.  I recall a guy jumped the barrier at one point (god knows why) and was hauled off by security.

I remember that-it wasn't me, by the way!
I really enjoyed standing at The Roundhouse although the look on Brian's face when Gary Griffin's keyboard collapsed...!!

Oh yeah, I remember!   I was over that end of the stage.  I recall him having to kneel to pound out the rest of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idYZgsoCezE

 ;D

There's another UK Racecourse show July 25 in York. The third one in a week.

We can call it now "The Racecourse Tour"  ;D

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11050887.Beach_Boys_to_play_York_Racecourse/

 :lol

The fun, fun, fun (at the track) tour

Seeing Dean is indeed great... hearing him - not so much.

In which universe does July 17th coincide with July 4th ?

It's just not shocking anymore, Mike and Bruce would play a car wash opening if the price was right

Well looks like I'll be seeing M&B twice this year. Glad to see they're doing quite a few UK shows this year, although a part of me wished at least one was in a concert hall instead of at a festival/racecourse/boat race/car show. But can't complain (even if I just did ... slightly).

Yeah, hardly anyone turns up for this kind of show:

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Epsom, 2011.

From what I've seen online and from what I've experienced first hand here, it seems that these "special event" type venues for concerts are much nicer and much better attended in the UK than the US. Although, that probably has more to do with the rate that they tour the UK instead of conditions of race tracks and fairgrounds....

I was shocked at how well attended some of the outdoor shows that the band played in the U.S. were last year as well though. 8-10,000 for some of those fair shows.

Of course, Brian never plays less than "quality" venues, and has NEVER once in his life mentioned money. 

Me too! I was also shocked at how terrible the venues were! :lol

The Beach Boys will play Marbella, Spain on July 23, at The Starlite Festival.

http://starlitefestival.com/en/

 :)

Interestingly Mike commented about playing different sized venues on Facebook when asked:

`Dale, that's a great question. For me, it doesn't matter if it is a large crowd or a small crowd, I know that they are there to celebrate and enjoy the music. So every show to me is high profile. we do our best to deliver a show our fans have come to expect and enjoy! From ballroom to stadium, theater to race track....I am all in! All of our fans are important to me. Sometimes there are venue restrictions that impact the production of the show, but we focus on the quality of the music. I hope that makes some sense....I am a bit jet legged. Rest well my friend.......ML`

Also, one look at M&B`s schedule in Japan this month reinforces again how touring with Brian was never likely to be a long term thing.

Cramming in 9 shows between the March 25-30. Kerching!

Math not your strong suit, is it ? I could five shows, not nine. Three in Tokyo, one each in Hokkaido and Osaka.

And reading Japanese isn`t your strong suit I presume?  :P

One show in Hokkaido.

Two shows in Osaka (on the same day).

Six shows in Tokyo (two each day for three days).

Check below if you like:
http://amass.jp/32984

Hokkaido must be missing there; I only count 8

Maybe that Japanese page only highlights the Billboard sponsored gigs.


•March 25 — Hokkaido, Japan (Nitori Culture Hall)*
•March 27 — Osaka, Japan (Billboard Live)*
•March 28-20 — Tokyo, Japan (Billboard Live)*


And AGD...you walked into that one I'm afraid.

Indeed I did. Mea extremely culpa.

AGD may be a Beach Boys erudite but he is after all only human.

It doesn't, oh wise one. Since M&B were booked at the end of June and again on the 17th, I assumed they may be in the midst of an isles/continent tour. I assumed. Heaven help me to never make that assumption again.

That's up for grabs. I'm currently undergoing tests, and some of the results are... confusing.  ;D

Just so.

"Think carefully, Mr. Doe...  are you sure you're breathing?"

Cheers,
Jon Blum

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