No British dates?! Devastated

[Shady]

Brian's website says more dates soon but doesn't include the Euro dates that are already on the BB site. Surely if more dates will be added they would specifically say this? If they haven't signed any deals yet, fair enough but at least let us know they should be coming. I can't decide whether to blow all my money on flying out to Europe as their tickets are now on sale. Shambles! Surely at least one date?!

I have no idea what's going on..

So annoying

[Jason]

The British wing of Anonymous has launched a string of DDoS attacks on the band's website in response.

[Paulos]

For fecks sake calm down everyone! The tour schedule on Brian's site clearly states 'more dates to be announced soon!'. Do you really think that there won't be any UK dates? UK dates will surely be announced soon, in the meantime people need to stop throwing a Cohen.

[SBonilla]

... throwing a Cohen.

cute.

Is that a line from Three Cohens In A Fountain?

[Heysaboda]

I have no inside info, but I would wager there WILL be a British appearance!

[lee]

For fecks sake calm down everyone! The tour schedule on Brian's site clearly states 'more dates to be announced soon!'. Do you really think that there won't be any UK dates? UK dates will surely be announced soon, in the meantime people need to stop throwing a Cohen.

Exactly.

[Mikie]

f*ck the British. Bunch of goshdarned pussies. 

Hee Heeeeeeeee!   Made my day with that one! 

[Paulos]

... throwing a Cohen.

cute.

Is that a line from Three Cohens In A Fountain?

No, it's a reference to our resident doommongering naysayer!

[Justin]

Well to my count, they've only listed 48 dates...they have 2 more to go to make the even 50 they promised.  It's pretty obvious those dates are the UK dates......

[AndrewHickey]

For fecks sake calm down everyone! The tour schedule on Brian's site clearly states 'more dates to be announced soon!'. Do you really think that there won't be any UK dates? UK dates will surely be announced soon, in the meantime people need to stop throwing a Cohen.

Note that this thread was started based on the information at thebeachboys.com , not on Brian's site. On that site, it says nothing about any further dates, and lists 48 dates for what's been announced as a 50-date tour. Given that several times in the past Mike & Bruce's band have toured Europe and missed the UK altogether, because they couldn't get the right deals with the promoters, it's perfectly reasonable to worry.

I suspect, now, based on comments on Brian's facebook, that there will be at least one or two UK shows, but that information wasn't available when I posted this, and the tour information as presented on thebeachboys.com looks pretty final.

And even if they were going to announce two UK dates, bringing the total up to fifty, that still leaves the fans in Australia, Japan and so on without a show within several thousand miles.

[Mike's Beard]

There is no way they are not going to the UK, not with how they, unlike the US, stood by them and still heavily bought their records after '67.

Oooh. It's on now!

f*ck the British. Bunch of goshdarned pussies. 

Does the afro emoticon mean some good old Phil Spector trash talking?

I'm game.



I'll have both a VIP ticket and a plate of bangers and mash waiting on the boardwalk at the Borgata hotel in Atlantic City for the first Englishman who dares to swim across the Atlantic to attend the May 19th show.

That looks remarkably like something I left in the toilet this afternoon.

[CarlTheVoice]

I am still quite shocked by this! Oh well, I can't afford to go around Europe seeing the boys, so I either see them in the UK or I don't.

[Wirestone]

The non-U.S. dates have been pulled off the official schedule at thebeachboys.com.

[AndrewHickey]

The non-U.S. dates have been pulled off the official schedule at thebeachboys.com.

Curiouser and curiouser... a good sign, though, I hope...

[CarlTheVoice]

What could this mean?! Weren't some of them already on sale? If someone jumped the gun and missed off the UK surely you would just add the UK ones?

[hypehat]

I've got to tell you, this f***ed my day up pretty badly. They'll 'reannounce' a complete European tour (the removal of those dates says so), but [philcohen] Capitol or whoever should have said 'American dates!' or 'European tour to come' rather than jumping the gun and announcing what is an incomplete itinerary which happens to miss out Great fucking Britain.[/philcohen]


Ah, that feels better. No wonder why he does it....  

CTV, I would wager they haven't been fully confirmed yet, hence their absence.

[CarlTheVoice]

That seems very likely. What they should have just said when they released the confirmed ones was "UK etc summer dates to be confirmed". When you say nothing the only thing people are going to do is speculate and that doesn't help anyone! Telling people that they will be on their way but to wait a while will relieve a lot of stress for many of us!

[AndrewHickey]

I've got to tell you, this f*cked my day up pretty badly. They'll 'reannounce' a complete European tour (the removal of those dates says so), but [philcohen] Capitol or whoever should have said 'American dates!' or 'European tour to come' rather than jumping the gun and announcing what is an incomplete itinerary which happens to miss out Great f*cking Britain.[/philcohen]


Ah, that feels better. No wonder why he does it....  

CTV, I would wager they haven't been fully confirmed yet, hence their absence.

You don't understand... they just used 'world' the same way they use it in 'world series' - to mean the USA plus a bit of Canada. They had no idea that anyone would take it to include anywhere else

Anyway, I'm a lot happier now, but I'll still probably pick up an Italian ticket or two as insurance... still, it just looks like a c*ck-up rather than something more serious...

[Ron]

I live in Charlotte... they're doing Atlanta, 4 hours south of me and HELL to drive to or visit, on one night... then the next night, they're doing Raliegh, which is 4 hours NORTH of me, and hell to drive to or visit. 

Now.  They then don't have anything for like 4 days. 

So I'm hoping, maybe they'll add in the Queen City and I can just go watch the show after work or something since it's right down the street.

I mean hey, why should I have to go to THEM, they should come to me!

[hypehat]

Cheers for talking about how many times you can see the beach boys in a thread where people are depressed because they cannot see the beach boys. you ass.

[Ron]

Kids in ethiophia can't see them either.  I'm just saying, I don't want to drive 4 fucking hours to see them.  I want them to come to my city instead, it's a huge city and it's possible they may play here.

There's no way they won't play somewhere in England, they just haven't scheduled it yet.

Who the hell are you to call me an Ass?  Have we met?  Did I f*** your sister or something?

[Pretty Funky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8nyBr9_-8&feature=related

[AndrewHickey]

There's no way they won't play somewhere in England, they just haven't scheduled it yet.

See AGD's posts in the tour date announcements thread about tax issues. It seems entirely possible they'll miss the UK altogether, though I hope not.

[Pretty Funky]

Keep in mind London has the Olympics around the same time which although is for around 2 weeks, venues will be being prep'd for weeks in advance and for a period after. Also hotels will be booked up for a time before/ during and after the games. I have first hand knowledge of a well known band who had a tour party of 50 not so long ago. That is a lot of hotel rooms.

Lets also consider if lets say a band wanted to put on a free gig in Hyde Park during the games. Sure, the venue is not a problem but the police, security and general logistics would be massive at the best of times let alone during a major event.

I am thinking perhaps the London gig/ gigs are harder than thought but will happen. Imagine the concern if a UK tour with venues and dates had been announced on the 15th with 'London details to follow'. Much more professional to wait until the details have been locked in before making any kind of statement I would think.

[The Shift]

Wonder why the tax issues didn't seem to affect Brian's tours here?  Unless he was genuinely here purely for the fans?