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Beach Boys to reunite next year for 50th anniversary

by Ciaran Thompson

In an interview with Rolling Stone, founding Beach Boys member Al Jardine has said the band will reunite next year for at least one show to celebrate their 50th anniversary. According to Jardine the lineup will consist of himself, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and maybe David Marks, who was the band’s guitarist from Feburary 1962 to October 1963.

“We’re definitely doing at least one show — you heard it first,” Jardine said. “It’s a big deal. I don’t know where it will be yet, but it’ll probably be free. Golden Gate Park was mentioned, as was the (National) Mall in Washington, D.C. and the north shore of Chicago by the beach.”

Jardine, who recently released a solo album called A postcard from California, quit touring with the Beach Boys back in 1998, but insists he would like the band to make a full reunion with a world tour to follow. “I want to see a 100-date anniversary tour,” he said. “I want to go all around the world, but if this is the way it has to be, then so be it. We’re going to have to rehearse one hell of a show. My point is, if we’re going to rehearse and make this such a wonderful show, we should take it on the road. It’s the next logical step and it disappointments me that the other guys don’t see it that way. I mean, it really bothers me. I know Live Nation has their fingers crossed we’ll hit the road. We’ve gone one show definite, so at least we’ve got our foot in the door.”