Does Brian ever do 4 days in a row? Might make Glastonbury 2022 possible.

Unfortunately, I'll be at Glastonbury 2022, so won't be able to see him in the Albert Hall now.

To be fair, I think we can all hear that interview in our heads anyway.

Email from Ticketmaster....

Brian Wilson - Good Vibrations the Greatest Hits Tour - Royal Albert Hall
Hi there,

This event has been rescheduled...

The event organisers have been in touch and have asked us to pass on the following information for the show originally due to take place on 4 July 2021:

"Dear Customer,
 
Due to the ongoing restrictions in place surrounding the playing of indoor concerts across the UK & Europe the decision has been taken to postpone our Brian Wilson ‘Good Vibrations Greatest Hits Tour’.

The show in London has been rescheduled to Friday 24 June 2022.

All  tickets will remain valid, the seat number chosen will remain the same and your ticket will be automatically swapped over to the new date.

We thank you for your ongoing understanding and cooperation.
 
Love and Mercy,

Brian"

What if I've not received my tickets?

Don't worry, tickets for many future events haven't been sent or aren't available for you to access yet. You'll receive your tickets through the delivery method you chose closer to the new event date.

If you sold your tickets on our Ticket Exchange and haven’t received payment, you will now be paid 10-12 working days after the new date.

If you have any questions for us, there's lots of information in our FAQs.

We're sorry for any disappointment caused.

Best Wishes,
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Which Smile songs were played live by the Beach Boys in any configuration?

One thing I'd like to ask as a newbie - why are there two prominent forums - was there a split at some point? Or were they set up for different parts of the world?

There's a copy of the Vigotone 3-colour LP on eBay currently if anyone's looking

Agreed with that HeyJude. Streaming is the new 'theatre' for art documentaries.

I'm happy to be surprised on this, but I can't see people going to see this at my local Odeon/Cineworld, hotdog in hand...

Not seeing it in the U.K., and not aware of another thread

If they play this right that could mean the best part of a year for everyone to get match fit and rehearsed.

The result? https://youtu.be/bpYJ7FIcQNg

That's Not Me, Here Today and Kokomo - all bangers.

It is also worth noting that Mike and Bruce have rescheduled dates scattered from May 2021 - April 2022, which would make things interesting.....

Someone's going to have to make a difficult call to the Webster County Fair...

Despite being on their mailing lists I hope I get to know about this before it goes on sale rather than 3 weeks after

[SMiLE Bootlegs, Vinyl]

SMiLE Bootlegs, Vinyl

SMiLE (Brother Records ST 2580) (1983) Insert w/James Watt.
SMiLE (Brother Records ST 2580) - Second Edition (1985) Insert w/Nancy Raygun.

SMiLE (Brother Records ST-9002) 3 LP's - Pink Marble, Purple Marble, Blue Marble colored vinyl, blank white labels, session sheets. Ltd. - Hand-numbered labels.
SMiLE (Sea Of Tunes LP001) (2003) - 180 gram vinyl, watermarked on back cover. Also re-booted, Black, Red, Blue, Green vinyl.
SMiLE (Surfin' Records LP001 #1971) - White label, red print. Grey Marble, possible more colors. Re-booted from Sea Of Tunes LP001.
SMiLE booklet - 12 page photo booklet originally intended for issue with aborted 'SMiLE' LP release. 9½" x 10" (1992). Limited Edition 1,000 copies.

Looking for any of the above if anyone can help?

Below is what I have been able to find but these things don't seem to be commonly for sale as far as I can tell?

Hello my brothers in all things Beach Boys, and thank you both for the replies. 

Well, the answer regarding the batteries being already installed is both what I feared, and what I "just knew" would be the case.

After reading your post myonlysunshine, I went (with much trepidation) and opened my set. All three of the batteries are leaking from both ends, and they're all "incased" in battery acid. The worst example of it I've ever seen. At the moment, I can't even remove them. It seems the best way forward would be to replace the battery holder altogether, but I can't figure out how it's mounted in there (hot glue?) and only want to use so much force with it as to not damage the 3D box lid.

I don't make a lot of money, and had to save up to get this version of the set, so I'm really bummed out. What were they thinking selling a collectors box set like this with the batteries already installed? I thought it was common knowledge that collectors like to keep things like this sealed, and will usually buy another copy to open and listen to. You're right about those "battery installation" instructions too. They make it sound like YOU have to install them.

Sigh.....

It seems like the idea was possibly put together by someone with not much experience in putting out box sets - but it's because of that, that we get a 3D box with lights in it (for $700 ). I've not seen that from any band before, and I don't think anyone's tried it since.

For some reason I assumed that flyer thing was on the outside of the box and under clear shrink wrap so it could be read from the outside; is it not?

Once Carl fell ill, however, Brian's comments on Carl were nothing but supportive, and Brian was clearly devastated by his passing.

Though didn't go to his funeral, I think?

Finally, Mike's beloved ode to muff diving can be heard by a new generation. Fans rejoice; Rockin' the Fan in the Boat

Looking at the lyrics it looks like something more manual

Ah well; it *is* a ‘digital release’ after all...

I've often referenced a weird, unedited 1985 Westwood One interview with Brian where he discusses the album, and at one point he goes off on a tangent about Al being curt with Levine and making Levine cry.

Kinda lost for words on this one....

It's a truly bizarre Brian interview. He's pretty frank about the current goings-on, seems to have no problem kind of throwing Al under the bus on that story (the gist of the story from Brian as I recall was framed as Al being the d**k). Then, later in the interview the interviewer asks Brian about old tracks, and gets on the subject of the "Surf's Up" album and songs from it, and Brian bizarrely acts as if he has *no idea* what the guy is talking about, as if "I don't know what album you're talking about, I have no recollection of that album or any of those songs."

He did that a month or so ago when people were asking him questions on Reddit and he didn't know about Adult/Child or the Feel Flows box

https://youtu.be/vzMkWzBNktM

The Prime Minister has now set out the roadmap for the UK coming out of lockdown

No earlier than 17 May:

Performances and large events can resume, with some limits. For indoor events they can be at half capacity or 1,000 people, and outdoors they can be at half capacity or 4,000 people - whichever is lower. For large venues (at least 40,000 capacity) up to 10,000 will be allowed to attend

Larger events no earlier than 21 June

Therefore, currently, it looks like the Beach Boys show will be postponed and the Brian Wilson show might just happen.

The Prime Minister has now set out the roadmap for the UK coming out of lockdown

No earlier than 17 May:

Performances and large events can resume, with some limits. For indoor events they can be at half capacity or 1,000 people, and outdoors they can be at half capacity or 4,000 people - whichever is lower. For large venues (at least 40,000 capacity) up to 10,000 will be allowed to attend

Larger events no earlier than 21 June

Therefore, currently, it looks like the Beach Boys show will be postponed and the Brian Wilson show might just happen.

Can the lightup box be bought anywhere in 2020?

So, 4 months after making THAT comment! Smileysmile user 'MyOnlySunshine' got in touch to say that he'd found one for sale, though unfortunately at the time the seller wouldn't ship internationally (I'm in the UK, and most of these boxes seem to be in the US)

Well, it's a long story but as I was trying to bid on the auction using my American forwarder address, something went wrong at the last minute and I missed out. I mentioned this to MyOnlySunshine and, amazingly, he had the winning bid and kindly offered it to me instead of keeping it! I thought I'd lost it completely and this was an amazing surprise!

What resulted was much research on both our parts to find the best way of getting it over (including our shock at UPS quoting nearly $400 to ship it over during the era of Covid)

myonlysunshine received the product, repackaged it to better suit an international trip, and got it insured and shipped over to the UK and didn't really ask for anything extra in return - THANK YOU! It arrived yesterday, number 169 (of? 200? 250?)





You're a good man

I love it, I tried to work out the chords but found it rather swathed in 80s mush and hard to
work out what music is being played

If it won’t load: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.cbs8.com/amp/article/news/local/zevely-zone/lost-footage-beach-boys-san-diego-zoo/509-2a90313f-8b22-425a-80f5-a12c381deceb

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