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NOTE: This space is devoted to news/updates and information on the Beach Boys that appears in news outlets around the world.  The Beach Boys have entered public consiousness to such a degree that new bands are compared with them, their songs are played at numerous functions, and their names are frequently mentioned in the same breath with Summer, the California dream, and of course, surfing and cars.  Since I began collecting these stories, I've been amazed at how far and how deeply the Beach Boys' influence has penetrated.  Their music has reshaped people's ideas of American Pop Music and the subjects they sang about continue to resonate worldwide.  Check here to read what is being said about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys every day, and for news of updates to this site.

February 8, 2010

UPDATE:  This week at The Drive-In: Dennis asks if you wanna...

Beach Boys play at Opera House

Blacktown Advocate
Yep, that was the dress code at Bennelong Point last night when the legendary Beach Boys - or at least the remnants of the band, anchored by original singer ...

Dancing On Ice: Heather Mills sent home as star skater Hayley Tamaddon is left ...

Daily Mail
Gary performed to the sun, sand a surf hit, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys. He was awarded 18.5 for his efforts, before revealing how he enjoyed ...

Colin Hay: I'm not a copycat, Down Under does not rip off Kookaburra sits in ...

Herald Sun
Moments before stepping on stage in Perth as support for a Beach Boys concert, Russell Morris said: ``That (flute part) is an incidental piece that's been ...

Surf's up in Thornbury

Northcote Leader
Other bands on the beach party bill include The Beach Boys cover band The Beachy Boys, complete with five part harmonies and Theremin, and Jack Norton (The ...

The Stephan Michael Connection

Beachside Resident
... and has appeared played with or opened for such names as Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys, The Rascals, Gary US Bonds, and Johnny Thunder. ...

Blue whales sing in a lower key

Grand Forks Herald
The tapes eliminated all doubt: In the Beach Boys' era, blue whales' voices, while nowhere near falsetto, had been distinctly higher pitched. ...

Temecula's 'Classics at the Merc' gets funky

Southwest Riverside News Network
Music aficionados will hear sounds of the Beach Boys and Stevie Wonder in the piece. Admission is $11 for adults and $5 for students. ...

Dan Flannery column: The songs never get old, but the singers do

Appleton Post Crescent
Maybe Kenny Rogers, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond and the Beach Boys after that. Then, Tina Turner. Cher could come out of retirement. ...

Local trip tips

North County Times
PARTY WITH THE BEACH BOYS: Looking for a way to really, really impress your sweetheart? The Beach Boys will perform in Hawaii on Feb. ...

Call the caterer: Bonuses come as welcome relief in Greenwich

Anchorage Daily News
The days of eye-popping parties - such as the wedding a few years ago at which the Beach Boys performed - might be over for now, she said, but the people of ...

February 7, 2010

Eleventh Hour nominated for awards

Times Community Newspapers of Greater Dayton
... groups Rockapella, Up In The Air, Fourth Avenue, The Fault Line and m-pact as well as renowned artists Kenny Loggins, LeAnn Rimes and The Beach Boys. ...

Show Preview: Jump Back Jake

OffBeat Magazine
Brandon, the bass player, he's been in much more pop, as in Beach Boys, kind of bands. And the drummer, Greg, has been in thrashy punk bands before. ...

SEXY NATALIE COLE ON 'WE ARE THE WORLD'

TV.com
... Usher, Josh Groban, Julianne Hough, Carlos Santana, Tony Bennett, Brian Wilson and Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, Rob Thomas, Randy Jackson, Jamie Foxx, ...

The NME Awards Tour: The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink and The ...

The Northern Echo
It was upbeat and energetic, with the vocals a bizarre cross between The Cure and The Beach Boys. Their breakthrough single, Let's Go Surfing, is undeniably ...

The Anti-Hit List

Toronto Star
Everyone else may well hear a passing resemblance to the Beach Boys. More important is the sharp, detailed arrangement, which signals something that goes ...

Today In Entertainment History February 6

WFMY News 2
In 1998, singer-guitarist Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys died of complications from lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 51. Also in 1998, singer Falco was ...

Black Francis coming to Blue Lamp

The Sacramento Press
He cites Iggy Pop, Husker Du, The Beach Boys and The Velvet Underground as major influences. Black Francis, formerly Frank Black, released his first solo ...

rock tour California

Stuff.co.nz
Musical movements that have come out of LA are as diverse as the surf sounds of California (Jan and Dean, The Beach Boys), heavy metal and punk. ...

February 6, 2010

UPDATE:  Carl Wilson died this day in 1998 from lung and brain cancer.

UPDATE:  I"ve added a new Al Jardine date to the tours page.

Four questions with Kevin Love

Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
RB: Do you think the Beach Boys could take the Beatles in a fight? KL: Oh, absolutely. Who was it, Muhammad Ali, met the Beatles and after they left he ...

UW-Madison Varsity Band returns to Hamilton Fine Arts Center on February 28

Sussex Sun
In addition, this year's themes are “Sounds of the Beach Boys,” “The Musical Legacy of Michael Jackson,” “The Legend of Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa,” “Miss ...

Eccentric Van Dyke Parks finally reaches S.F.

San Francisco Chronicle
Van Dyke Parks wrote Beach Boys songs with Brian Wilson, once turned down an offer to join the Byrds, scored orchestral arrangements for U2 and dozens of ...

Girls were great

The Hullabaloo Online
The guitars jangled and the background harmonies went “ooh-la-la” over the course of the set, reminiscent of Buddy Holly or The Beach Boys, just lonelier. ...

How One Band May Have Finally Killed Off the Self-Tribute Trend

PopMatters
In fact, Wilson had already done the same for the Beach Boys' recognized masterpiece Pet Sounds a few years earlier, and he wasn't really pioneering the ...

When Bakken plays Bacon, it's a slice of musical heaven

Pioneer Press
... a box for a makeshift stage, grabbed his toy microphone and guitar and belted out Beach Boys tunes for whoever would listen at his family home in Eagan. ...

Don't Drink the Koolaid: Animal Collective is really just two Beach Boys ...

Westword (blog)
They are revered, praised, gushed upon by every major and minor music magazine and blog as though they are the second coming of the Beach Boys. ...

More friends remember Stuart shark attack victim Stephen Schafer

Stuart News (subscription)
As I finished saying a prayer for Stephen Schafer, a man I never knew, the first song that played on my MP3 was the Beach Boys' "Surfin USA. ...

"Be My Valentine" Family Event

ABC7Chicago.com
MORE ABOUT JUSTIN ROBERTS With a sound reminiscent of the Beach Boys, but seeped with the fun and frivolity of childhood, singer-songwriter Justin Roberts ...

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