The Beach Boys have announced their only UK tour date for ‘The Sounds of the Summer’ tour. They will perform at Englefield House in Berkshire on 20 July 2025. The show is the first announced of multiple held by Heritage Live Festivals to take place in the same weekend at Englefield House. David Essex and Lulu are set to perform as special guests, despite the latter announcing her retirement from touring earlier this year.
The Beach Boys are a rock band created in Hawthorne California in 1961. The original members were three brothers, Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin, Mike Love, and Al Jardine. There are four remaining members, including two original members (Brian Wilson and Al Jardine), with Mike Love and Bruce Johnston. Their sound was highly influenced by 1950s rock and roll and R&B. They also ventured into classical and jazz elements due to Brian Wilson’s influence. Their work is iconic in both the rock and pop world, having sold over 100 million albums across the world. Among their most popular songs are “Good Vibrations”, “Surf’s Up” and “Wouldn’t it be Nice”. They have performed in the UK before, notably at Wembley Stadium in 1975 at Elton John’s all day concert.
David Essex OBE is a singer-songwriter hailing from Essex, England. Starting his career in 1965, he released his first song, “And the Tears Came Tumbling Down”, and began touring with a band named David Essex and the Mood Indigo. As his career progressed he ventured into acting, notably acting in the movie “That’ll Be the Day” in 1973. This same year, he wrote and released perhaps his most popular song “Rock On” which charted worldwide and earned a Grammy nomination. He received an OBE in 1999 and has continued to work in both acting and music, still active today.
Lulu, real name Lulu Kennedy-Cairns CBE, is a Scottish singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as a teenager upon the release of her cover of “Shout” by The Isley Brothers. Her fame increased again when she was a part of the film “To Sir, with Love”, for which she sang the theme song charting in the US Billboard 100 at number 1 for five weeks straight. In a career spanning six decades, she has become a prominent long-standing figure in film, music and songwriting, having commercial success with songs written for Take That and Ronan Keating, both of which charted at number 1 and 4 in the UK charts respectively.
Giles Cooper of Heritage Live Festivals said: “It’s been a huge ambition of ours to host a show for the legendary Beach Boys for some time now, and we’re delighted to not only make it happen; but also to have their only UK show for next year! … This is going to be really special – the perfect summer band for the perfect summer concert and a show that will be etched in our memories for many years to come!”
The highly anticipated show with three such iconic figures is sure to garner a large audience with a varied music taste. Tickets go on presale December 4 at 9am here, and general sale is December 6 at 9am here. More information can be found here.
