Beach Boys Reunion Begins at Grammys, With Foster the People & Maroon 5
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The surviving members of The Beach Boys will perform together for the first time in more than 20 years at Sunday's Grammy Awards (Feb. 12) in a joint appearance with sun-drenched nominees Foster The People and Maroon 5, it was announced on Wednesday.
Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and early member David Marks announced in December that they were reuniting for a new album and ambitious tour, which will kick off April 27 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Special appearances before that were promised; the Grammys fits the bill.
"I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again," said Wilson, who started the band in 1961 with his brothers Dennis and Carl, cousin Love and Jardine, who was briefly replaced by Marks.
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