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The Beach Boys: 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour at Hard Rock Live Hollywood

Fifty years after bringing a tidal wave of summer hits to America's shores, The Beach Boys reunited for a grand anniversary tour — and Gary had a chance to relive the '60s and experience the good vibrations live at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida.

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From the Vault · 2012

This is an archival piece from the Premier Guide Miami collection. The coverage, context, and details reflect the time it was originally published.

Hard Rock Live in Hollywood has hosted some of the most memorable nights in South Florida's concert history. The Beach Boys: 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour added another one to the list.

Shortly after their performance at the Grammy Awards in 2012, The Beach Boys announced that they would reunite for a grand tour with hopes to reignite a once successful career. When you think of The Beach Boys, sun, surf, endless summer, and fun come to mind. Five decades ago, The Beach Boys started out as one of America's singing heartthrobs, bringing a tidal wave of hits to summer shores and to young people all over America. Now the surviving members have embarked on a reunion tour hoping to raise the heat index of summer like they did 50 years ago. During their tour they performed at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, and Gary had a chance to relive the '60s and to experience the good vibrations of The Beach Boys. With this group, it is all about fun. And although it has been well publicized that they have been having a bitter feud amongst each other for years, there was no evidence of bitterness on stage. Instead, the group seemed excited to unite and preserve what is left of their legacy as one of America's greatest groups. God only knows what might have become of the group if only they had stayed together over the years and continued to create fun, fun, fun music for the sweltering summer months. The surfing years of The Beach Boys began with brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and close friend Al Jardine. Dennis Wilson died in 1983, and in 1998 Carl Wilson passed on. The Beach Boys have admitted that the only thing that kept them going as a group was that their voices blended. And in any group there needs to be harmony and unity — which this group was lacking for many years. The group was sweeping the nation with their California beach attitude, singing love songs that captured the hearts of many around the country, and later made hits like "Surfin' USA" and "Surfin' Safari" a huge success. Despite their many wranglings in court and out, the real story for The Beach Boys is the music. With that in mind, they performed music of old summer days which reminded many audience members of those teenage years — with "Caroline No," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," and "Good Vibrations." Sole original member Love is at the helm, and now directs the group on this anniversary tour hoping to reap the benefits of the past. The tour features Wilson, Love, Jardine, and Bruce Johnston, and guitarist David Marks. For more upcoming events across South Florida, visit the Premier Guide Miami Events Calendar .

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Hard Rock Live keeps delivering. The Beach Boys: 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour is the latest reason South Florida's concert calendar deserves to be taken seriously.

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