THE ENDLESS SUMMER WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE BEACH BOYS 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR WRAP

[I. Spaceman]

All that's missing is a Bowie-style announcement from Mike at the end of the Wembley show: "Not only is it the last show of the tour....".

[Jason]

This has gone from constructive criticism to simple Michael bashing. It was known BEFORE THE TOUR BEGAN that it would go back to the way it was BEFORE THE TOUR BEGAN. This should never have come as a surprise to anyone, but Brianistas were never that perceptive.

And Mykahnistas were?  

You mad, bro?

[Justin]

What the hell is going on around here?  I'm in a bizarro world?  All this stinks of something.  Something's up here.

Oh yeah, most definitely.

Who manages their FB and Twitter? I thought the media was already bad enough with this but their people doing stuff like that online just adds fuel to the fire, if there really is a fire and not one created by the media.

Maybe the point IS to throw fuel on the fire...gets us talking, and so when they tour together again, the novelty of them performing together again is still intact. It's like those furniture stores that have yearly 'going out of business' sales.

It's a bunch of bored Brianistas involving themselves in a whole bunch of conspiracy theories.

Ehh...remember...Controversy creates cash. This is a ploy, by all sides. I wouldn't be surprised if Mike not only knew about the petition, but suggested Al link to it. 

Yeah...my earlier post on the last page suggested the very same thing.  I thought I was looney just thinking it but it's looking more and more plausible.  This is all nuts!

Well, what if all this "drama" and disagreements about the direction of the band was all manufactured just for publicity?  It'd be really something if in an alternate reality, they actually all had sat together and agreed that they'd reconvene with the reunion next year but until then the Mike/Bruce show would go on in the interim.  So in the meantime, they created this fake "drama" to stir up the media (and fans) in thinking there were "bad vibrations" which would make it look like they split under bad terms.  The huge payoff to this would be when they come back on tour and we all go nuts all over again because we thought it'd never happen again considering the way this tour had ended.  Hook, line, sinker!  If this scenario was true, Mike is sort of the hero of the group because he's putting himself up as the "villian"/"bad guy" just for this plan to actually work.  Whatta guy!

I'm not saying that's exactly what's happening here but it's fun to think about.  A small part of me thinks this is the case though.  It's sort of weird that Brian is so vocal about this situation.  It reminds me how vocal and adamant he was last year that a reunion was definitely not going to happen.  Shades of that are creeping up here a bit.

[Jason]

Considering how gullible much of our company is...it would not really be surprising.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

One last thing...did you notice that Mike linked to the Rolling Stone story about this?

[Justin]

Yeah they're all linking and sharing these stories all over FB.

Either this is so obviously a ploy to make it seem things are unraveling in the group or the person(s) in charge of each of their Facebook accounts is so ridiculously thick he/she doesn't know how destructive these posts are to the band.  I can't imagine it'd be the latter. 

I know Al said he doesn't know how to use his iPhone...but this is getting ridiculous!!

[Pretty Funky]

It's all Al and Brians fault at the end of the day folks. Remember the BB official clips all quoted Al saying 'one final time'?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2dTaamcyeM

Brian we all assumed his heart wasn't in it and would either not start or could not last 50 plus gigs.

They have both back-tracked it appears.

Who gave them the right to enjoy themselves and want to keep it going?

[oldsurferdude]

Considering how gullible much of our company is...it would not really be surprising.

There he goes again!!

[Jason]

Considering how gullible much of our company is...it would not really be surprising.

There he goes again!!

Hey, it's an objective assessment based on sixteen pages of gobbledegook.

[I. Spaceman]

Shut 'em down.

[drbeachboy]

Considering how gullible much of our company is...it would not really be surprising.

There he goes again!!

If that ain't the pot calling the kettle black? If you ever even hinted at something nice about Mike, the Earth might just stand still. I think Justin has this just about right; it is either a clever ploy, or their individual managers are dumbest motherhumpers in the music business.

[Banana]

Should any of this really be a shock?  This is the Beach Boys we're talking about.  Since when have they ever done anything cleanly?  They've been a musical soap opera for 50 years...why stop now!!

[Jason]

Should any of this really be a shock?  This is the Beach Boys we're talking about.  Since when have they ever done anything cleanly?  They've been a musical soap opera for 50 years...why stop now!!

And the fan base swallows it...hook, line, and s(t)inker.

[musicismylife101]

WTF David's fan page posted the petition too. This is just getting ridiculous.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

...and now Dave has shared the petition link...

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beat me to it

[SamMcK]

This is the worst trip i've ever been on.

[Jason]

This is the worst trip i've ever been on.

Sixteen pages summed up in nine words.

[SamMcK]

You know I think we all just need to chill a bit at the moment because this is all getting kinda heated. I'm almost certain we're guaranteed another tour and album for next year at this point considering how well the public response was this year. Either way i'm just happy i'm going to see one of the best bands of all time next week with my favourite musician Brian Wilson!

[EgoHanger1966]

It would be kinda funny if each Beach Boy's FB is run to include all major headline articles. That's what I thought when Brian first started posting the coverage about these, that they just post any and all articles. It seems that Billy C. is on to something, though, now that the other (non M&B) BBs are posting them too.

[18thofMay]

can we get another petition going saying please stop this sh*t!

[Jason]

I'll sign this petition...

[Jonathan Blum]

I don't think this is a calculated publicity ploy -- my mantra remains "never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence".

Having said that, though -- I think it does make the thinking behind the original press release a little clearer.  Why make such a deal about the reunion lineup ending?  So that, if they do manage to pull another album and tour together down the line, it becomes an event too.  A re-reunion of sorts, rather than just "Fleetwood Mac are out on tour... again!"

Cheers,
Jon Blum

[musicismylife101]

They're probably gathering around the computer at this moment looking at Facebook and laughing at how gullible we are!

[Jason]

They're probably gathering around the computer at this moment looking at Facebook and laughing at how gullible we are!

Hey, this thread and the Facebook pages have been great entertainment at work today! Farce on a Fawlty Towers level.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]