John Stamos is currently on tour with The Beach Boys for their ‘Endless Summer Gold’ celebration tour. The actor and musician is joining the band for 16 shows in honor of the 50th anniversary of their 1974 compilation album. During the tour, Stamos was joined by his six-year-old son Billy. Clips of them performing together have been shared on social media, including one where Billy can be seen wearing noise-dampening headphones as he performs a drum solo alongside his father during ‘Good Vibrations.’ Stamos shared the clip on his Instagram and captioned it with, “Had a little help from my son BILLY on good vibrations last night – Wasn’t it nice!”
The day after sharing the clip, Stamos reflected on losing his father 23 years ago with a video of him performing on the tour. He shared that the song he was performing was called “Forever” and that’s how long love should last. In the video, Stamos can be seen becoming emotional as he tells the audience that music unites us, and he hopes they take a little piece of the performance with them when they leave. The tour’s remaining dates with John Stamos are scattered throughout August and September 2024.
However, the current iteration of The Beach Boys will not feature founding member Brian Wilson, who retired from touring in 2022. Wilson, who has been placed under a conservatorship due to a major neurocognitive disorder, will not be joining the tour. Despite the absence of one of its founding members, the band is still heading to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, and The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park in San Diego.
A new documentary celebrating The Beach Boys and their impact on pop music has recently been released. Frank Marshall’s ‘The Beach Boys’ documentary is a four-star review of the band. The film stops before the death of band member Dennis in 1983, giving it a certain lightness, but touches such as their teenage harmonizing and their popular resurgence following the ‘Endless Summer’ compilation shine through. The film explains that, by getting their family to phone in radio votes for their 1961 debut single “Surfin’,” the band was arguably one of the first “industry plants.” The documentary also showcases their formative influence on the Californian dream. The saddest moment of the film comes when Love breaks down in tears because the band’s legal issues left them so dislocated that he couldn’t tell Brian that he loves him. Despite their differences, the film ends on a shot of the band’s surviving members gathering on a beach
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