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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Brian Wilson sits on a plush couch in his living room, smiling nervously. On the Beach Boys visionary's back porch, his family's 15 pooches[...] Read more!
Brian Wilson is once again lending good vibrations to the Beach Boys' old stomping grounds.
The SMiLE visionary is recording again for his old label, EMI-owned Capitol Records, which...
Wouldn't it be nice if the Beach Boys all got along again?
Lawyers for Beach Boys cofounder Mike Love and former bandmate Al Jardine began mediation talks Tuesday hoping to put their lingering...
BRIAN Wilson is in Sydney, Australia, to play a free concert, and paparazzi there hoped the Beach Boys legend would dive into the water with a surfboard for a cute photo (like the one above). No way it's going to happen. "I'd be so afraid," the...
Andrea Seabrook offers a montage of some of the work of this year's 30th Annual Kennedy Center honorees, who receive their awards Sunday in Washington. They include Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, singer Diana Ross, pianist Leon Fleisher, comedian Steve Martin and film director Martin Scorsese.
Music legends Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson will team up for a one-off gig in London. McCartney and the Beach Boys star were chart rivals 40 years ago, but are now close friends and the Beatles singer has agreed to perform at Wilson's concert at the Royal Festival Hall next month.[...] Read more!
TMZ.com: Thanks to John Stamos, The Beach Boys have never been hotter ... even if their music has considerably less sizzle. Uncle Jesse turned "ER" doc Stamos was spotted playing guitar with the aged surf rockers in Miami on Tuesday, bringing some much needed... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) - Each summer, a song emerges that comes to define those warm, sunshiny months for seasons afterward: Donna Summer's ''Bad Girls.'' Alice Cooper's ''School's Out.'' Usher's ''Yeah.'' Beyonce's ''Crazy In Love.'' And, unfortunately, the ''Macarena.''[...] Read more!
The singer alleged a 2004 promotional CD of re-recorded Beach Boys songs - given away as part of a promotion in Britain's Mail On Sunday newspaper - cost him millions of dollars, damaged the reputation of The Beach Boys and violated their "partnership."
An 11-episode Beach Boys Podcast series, featuring new interviews with Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston, will launch May 8. The series, to be presented in weekly installments, focuses on the 28 tracks selected by The Beach Boys for their new career-spanning Capitol/EMI collection, The Warmth Of The Sun, to be released May 22 on CD and digitally.[...] Read more!
THE Beach Boys were the picture of innocence as they sang about having "Fun, Fun, Fun" and driving their "Little Deuce Coupe," but the teenage band members grew up fast one night as they toured Des Moines, scored some local hookers and ended...
A federal judge has tossed a $60 million lawsuit the iconic surf-happy rockers brought against two men over a disputed trove of band artifacts.
U.S. District Judge Manuel Real ruled the band did not have ample evidence to prove that memorabilia collector Roy Sciacca and warehouse owner Allen Gaba, "stole, misappropriated or otherwise improperly wrongfully or illegally acquired any property."
The Beach Boys' label, Brother Records, filed suit to stop a 2005 auction in London of rare photos, lyric sheets, videotapes, charts, old contracts and original recordings. The lots had been put on the block by Sciacca.
The Beach Boys contended the items had been stored in Gaba's warehouse in 1994 and were removed without permission.
The ruling clears the way for Sciacca to put the souvenirs up for sale again.
The Beach Boys have lost $60 million in an intellectual property lawsuit against a memorabilia collector. Former rocker Roy Sciacca won a resounding victory against The Beach Boys last week when a judge in California tossed out a $60 million lawsuit filed last year by the group's corporate entity, Brother Records, Inc.[...] Read more!
Five Things You Didn't Know About Rush:
1.The Canadian power trio have sold More records in the U.S. than The Police, The Who, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, Paul Simon, R.E.M.....do we really need to go on here, people?*[...] Read more!
The Beach Boys and Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing are proud to announce the May 15 release of "The Warmth Of The Sun," a new collection of 28 career-spanning tracks, hand selected and sequenced by The Beach Boys themselves. "The Warmth Of The Sun" traces the iconic band's creative arc in a sunup to sundown musical journey that goes beyond the beach, presenting a broad view of the rich musical legacy of America's band.[...] Read more!
TMZ.com: Just when the Beach Boys thought the sun was setting on their day in court, a wave of redemption has come ashore.The Boys' record label, Brother Records Inc., filed suit last January, seeking $20 million in damages from two men who allegedly stole a... Read more
A lawsuit filed by The Beach Boys was thrown out of court earlier this month after a lawyer representing the band showed up 13 minutes late for the court hearing. On December 11 Danny Morin, the attorney for the band's company Brother Records Inc., showed up late for a hearing in Los Angeles Federal Court. Judge Manuel Real, who is known for his explosive tirades, dismissed the case when Morin didn't appear at his scheduled time.[...] Read more!
The Beach Boys could have used some good vibrations in court this month. Instead, their lawyer rubbed a Los Angeles judge the wrong way and ended up with a dismissed case.
The "Pet Sounds" rockers' federal lawsuit against two men they accused of wrongfully hording and trying to sell band memorabilia was thrown out Dec. 11 after attorney Dan Morin was late for a pretrial hearing. (Thirteen minutes late, according to tmz.com.)
Morin represents Brother Records, which holds all of the intellectual property and trademark rights of the Beach Boys. In this case, the company is acting on behalf of Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love and Carl Wilson's estate.
TMZ.com: Wouldn't it be nice if you could wake up ... and find out that a crazy judge didn't pull the rug out from under you?The Beach Boys just learned a hard lesson about the American justice system. TMZ has learned that on December 11, Danny Morin, the... Read more
The surviving members of the Beach Boys reunited in Hollywood to accept a double-platinum award for "Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys."