COWABUNGA! BEACH BOYS BRING HISTORIC 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR TO CRICKET WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE FRIDAY, MAY 25

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Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks To Tour Together For The First Time In More Than Two Decades
 
Tickets on Sale Saturday, March 17 at 10 a.m.
 
March 15, 2012 (San Diego) — The Beach Boys, one of the world’s most legendary and influential bands, have reunited for a global 50th Anniversary Tour. Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks will tour together for the first time in more than two decades.  GRAMMY Award nominated rock band Foster the People will join The Beach Boys at their stop in San Diego. The 40+ city tour includes San Diego, where the Beach Boys will take the stage at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre on May 25. 

The band, who performed together at the 2012 GRAMMY Awards, will also release a new studio album and commemorative 50th Anniversary catalog with Capitol/EMI. 

 
Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, March 17th at 10 am. Fans may purchase tickets online at livenation.com andticketmaster.com; they can also call Ticketmaster's toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000 or visit any Ticketmaster retail outlet. Tickets will also be available at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre box office on Saturday, March 17 at 10am, subject to availability. Up to the minute tour date and ticketing information can be found atthebeachboys.com.
 
Exclusive VIP ticket packages will be available through VIP Nation, including premium seats, meet & greets, soundcheck access, exclusive merchandise and more. For more information please visit vipnation.com. 
 
The Beach Boys have recorded new songs for the as-yet-untitled album to be released in 2012.  It will be the first to feature all of the band’s surviving original members in decades and is being produced by Brian Wilson and executive produced by Mike Love.  
 
The Beach Boys and Capitol/EMI have also teamed up for a 50th Anniversary campaign spotlighting the band’s entire catalog, with several new commemorative releases planned for 2012, including a new hits collection and a career-spanning box set.
 
The Beach Boys continue to hold Billboard / Nielsen SoundScan’s record as the top-selling American band for albums and singles, and they are also the American group with the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits with 36.  Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The Beach Boys is fast approaching triple-Platinum sales status, and The SMiLE Sessions, released to worldwide critical acclaim in November, has been heralded as 2011’s #1 Reissue of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.  Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, The Beach Boys are an American institution that is iconic around the world.

 


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