In the summer of 2020, Brian Wilson was initially slated to take on symphony halls all along the UK on the “Good Vibrations Greatest Hits Tour” with Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin, who was temporarily a guitarist with the group in the 70’s. But, like every single other touring artist in the world around the time, the tour was postponed. The rescheduled gigs were set to take place in the summer of 2022. Today, however, the European tour dates have seemingly been replaced by a co-headline tour with Chicago, exclusively in the US. No information has been released to the updated European dates as of yet.
Brian to co-headline 25-city 2022 U.S. Summer Tour with Chicago! Tickets on sale this Friday. Presale available for Citi credit card holders Wednesday at 10:00am. See dates for a show coming to you at https://t.co/5TrxjN8DIS@chicagotheband#SummerTour#goodvibrations pic.twitter.com/qZMyVkAJIU
— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) November 30, 2021
In a statement released by the band, Wilson states, “We are SO sad that we have to once again push our tour due to the constantly changing and challenging issues overseas surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic. Me and the guys were looking forward to seeing everyone, eating great food and performing.”, continuing, “But with routing impossible and needing to keep our touring group safe we need to postpone. Such a bummer. I miss Europe I MISS London and all of the UK…. My second home. Send good vibes that we will be out of this soon. Stay safe everyone.”. See the full dates for the US tour and Wilson’s message here.
Wilson’s inability to tour over the last few years has not left him bored however, last month we were introduced to a new documentary called “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road”. The feature-length documentary sees the likes of Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and even Nick Jonas offer their takes on the sprawling career of the famed Beach Boys frontman. The same day, Wilson shared his 11th solo outing At My Piano. The LP is essentially an acoustic album, taking Beach Boys classics like “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, “In My Room”, and “God Only Knows” and performing them solo on the piano. Concerning Wilson’s love of the instrument, he said in a press release speaking of the project, “I can’t express how much the piano has played such an important part in my life. It has bought me comfort, joy and security. It has fuelled my creativity as well as my competitive nature.”. See below the stripped back version of the definitive Beach Boys track “Good Vibrations” below.
