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Beach Boys to release new album on June 5

Music Gossip

24 Apr 2012

The Beach Boys will release a new album on June 5. The legendary group will go on a world tour this year with founding members Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnson - who replaced Glen Campbell in the band in 1965 - revealed…

The Beach Boys to perform at Grammys

Music Gossip

9 Feb 2012

The Beach Boys will reunite at the Grammy awards on Sunday (12.02.12). The legendary pop group will start celebrations of their 50th anniversary as a band at the event when the surviving members of the their classic line up - Brian Wilson, Mike Love…

Alice Cooper scared of Brian Wilson

Music Gossip

4 Jul 2011

Alice Cooper was too afraid to argue with Brian Wilson. The 63-year-old rocker and his pal Iggy Pop were left bemused when they visited the former Beach Boys star at home and he played for them what he claimed was the greatest song of all time…

Brian Wilson biopic being release

Music Gossip

27 Jun 2011

Brian Wilson will be immortalised on screen with a new film about his life. The rights to the former Beach Boys singer's life story have been secured by producers Bill Pohlad and John Wells who have hired 'I'm Not There' co-writer Oren Moverman to…

Brian Wilson 'considering' Beach Boys reunion

Music Gossip

16 May 2011

Brian Wilson may reunite with The Beach Boys to mark their 50th anniversary. The group's founder- who recently announced he plans to stop touring next year - has admitted he would "consider" performing with his surviving former bandmates again for…

Katy Perry gets Beach Boys bother

Music Gossip

6 Aug 2010

Katy Perry is in trouble for using a lyric made famous by The Beach Boys. The 25-year-old singer used the phrase "I wish they all could be California Girls" in her single 'California Gurls' - a tribute to the band's hit 'California Girls' - but now…

Beach Boys to reform

Music Gossip

22 Jul 2010

The Beach Boys are to reunite for a 50th anniversary show. The 'Good Vibrations' hitmakers - who last performed together in 2006 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of their 'Pet Sounds' album - will reform for a one-off gig, which is…

Nurses - Apple's Acre

14 Aug 2009

(Dead Oceans) Another outfit to emerge from the burgeoning Portland, Oregon scene, Nurses (aka songwriters Aaron Chapman and John Bowers) unravel album #2 – their debut was 2007’s Hangin’ Nothin’ But Our Hands Down. Lying somewhere in between Of…