From left, Bruce Johnston, David Marks, Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine of musical group The Beach Boys pose backstage at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
A Beach Boys reunion? It was a day most of us thought would never come.
After years of infighting and bad blood, the Beach Boys put their differences aside to reunite at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night.
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The performance was in honor of the band’s 50th anniversary. The boys hadn’t been onstage together in more than two decades due to family feuds and lawsuits.
Maroon 5 and Foster the People opened the stage, by performing the legendary band hits “Surfer Girl” and “Wouldn’t it Be Nice?” respectively.
The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and Al Jardine) then took the stage, and with the help of the other two bands performed their smash hit “Good Vibrations.”
“It was kind of a different experience,” Wilson told the Associated Press backstage after the performance. “The guys are brilliantly performing their vocals. I’m very proud of the guys.”
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The Beach Boys’ reunion doesn’t stop at the Grammys. The surviving band members are recording new songs and have an upcoming tour with shows in Europe and Japan. Love, Wilson’s cousin, called the new songs “fantastic.”
The reunion tour kicks off at the New Orleans Jazz Fest in late April.
With Associated Press
