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Brian Wilson again shares ‘Smile’ with North American audiences
Recent Grammy-winner Brian Wilson hits the road this summer for more shows behind his critically acclaimed album “Smile.”
The former Beach Boy launches the run in the Northeast in early August, and wraps things up on the West Coast in early September. Details are shown below.
At each stop, Wilson and his band will perform “Smile” in its entirety. Originally planned as the follow-up to The Beach Boys’ landmark “Pet Sounds” album, “Smile” surfaced last September.
Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks, who collaborated on the “Smile” sessions in 1966 and 1967, re-teamed in late 2003 after Wilson announced plans to complete the album and perform it at a series of concerts in London. The pair, along with Darian Sahanaja of Wilson’s touring band, began preparing music for the performance, which led Wilson and Parks to start working on new material as well.
The process spawned the newly recorded version of “Smile,” material from which made its public debut during a February 2004 concert at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The original version of “Smile” was never released, but several tracks that were recorded for the album were issued on other Beach Boys albums.
LSL Productions plans to issue a DVD titled “Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of ‘Smile’,” a film that documents the making of the album, according to Wilson’s website. A release date has not been announced.
Last month, Wilson won his first solo Grammy for the “Smile” cut “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow,” which won in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category.
“I waited 42 years for this Grammy and it was well worth the wait,” Wilson said in a statement. “It represents triumph and achievement in music that I feel that I deserved, and I’m really glad I won.”
Tour Itinerary
April 2005
24 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz Festival
August 2005
9 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
10 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap Filene Center
12 – Holmdel, NJ – P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
13 – Wantagh, NY – Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
14 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
16 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center
17 – Wallingford, CT – Oakdale Theatre
18 – Montreal, Quebec – Place des Arts
23 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
24 – Saint Louis, MO – Roberts Orpheum Theatre
25 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
28 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
29 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
31 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Hall
September 2005
1 – Jacksonville, OR – Britt Festivals @ Britt Pavillion
3 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
4 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl