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Beach Boys 50th Anniv. Dates
Touring together for the first time in more than two decades, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks catch that perfect wave beginning in Arizona in April.
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54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
The boys have a few festival stops in the grand plan – April 27 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, June 10 at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee and July 1 at Milwaukee’s Summerfest.
Disc-wise, The Beach Boys will release an album in 2012 filled with new songs. The group is also working with Capitol/EMI to release a greatest hits collection as well as a box set.
Although the band released dates for North America today, the tour is going global. So far two Euro dates have surfaced – Berlin’s O2 World Aug. 3 and Stuttgart, Germany at Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle Aug. 4.
Here’s the North American routing:
April 24 – Tucson, Ariz., Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheatre
April 26 – Grand Prairie, Texas, Verizon Theatre At Grand Prairie
April 27 – New Orleans, La., New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
April 28 – Atlanta, Ga., Chastain Park Amphitheatre
April 29 – Raleigh, N.C., Raleigh Amphitheater
May 2 – Saint Augustine, Fla., St. Augustine Amphitheatre
May 4 – Hollywood, Fla., Seminole Hard Rock Live
May 5 – Tampa, Fla., David A. Straz Jr. Center For The Performing Arts
May 8 – New York, N.Y., Beacon Theatre
May 9 – New York, N.Y., Beacon Theatre
May 11 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Benedum Center
May 12 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
May 13 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
May 15 – White Plains, N.Y., Westchester County Center
May 17 – Bethlehem, Pa., Sands Bethlehem Event Center
May 19 – Atlantic City, N.J., Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Event Ctr.
May 21 – Chicago, Ill., Chicago Theatre
May 27 – Las Vegas, Nev., Red Rock Casino Resort
June 1 – Berkeley, Calif., Greek Theatre
June 2 – Los Angeles, Calif., Hollywood Bowl
June 8 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 10 – Manchester, Tenn., Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
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Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta, Ga.
June 13 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Blossom Music Center
June 15 – Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 16 – Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center
June 17 – Bethel, N.Y., Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
June 19 – Toronto, Ontario, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 20 – Montreal, Quebec, Bell Centre
June 22 – Bangor, Maine, Waterfront Park
June 23 – Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 26 – Boston, Mass., Bank Of America Pavilion
June 29 – Darien Center, N.Y., Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 30 – Clarkston, Mich., DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 1 – Milwaukee, Wis., Marcus Amphitheater (Summerfest)
July 3 – Virginia Beach, Va., Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach
July 10 – Morrison, Colo., Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 13 – Woodinville, Wash., Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
July 14 – Eugene, Ore., Cuthbert Amphitheater
July 15 – Stateline, Nev., Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena At Harveys
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Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake, Minn.
Chicago goes on sale Feb. 20; New York Feb. 21; St. Augustine, Bethlehem, Atlantic City, The Woodlands, Bonnaroo, Bangor, Virginia Beach and the May 13 Uncasville show go up Feb. 24.
Remaining dates go on sale Feb. 25 except for Los Angeles which goes up Feb. 26; Pittsburgh Feb. 27; Eugene March 2; Berkeley March 4; Stateline March 9 and Atlanta March 11. Hollywood, Fla., onsales are TBA. The May 12 show in Uncasville already went on sale and is sold out.
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