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Beach Boys Brian Wilson Confirms September UK Shows & Tickets
Thursday, 07 July 2011 Written by Jon Stickler
Beach Boys Brian Wilson Confirms September UK Shows & Tickets

Legendary songwriter, producer, arranger and co-founder of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson returns to the UK in September 2011 for a string of dates.

The dates follow a series of hugely celebrated UK concerts between 2002-2007 including 'Pet Sounds' in its entirety, followed two years later by the live premičre of the fabled 'Brian Wilson Presents Smile' and in 2007 Wilson performed the world premičre of 'That Lucky Old Sun'.

On this latest outing Brian Wilson will perform his latest critically-acclaimed album 'Brian Wilson Re-imagines Gershwin' in its entirety, as well as classics from the Beach Boys back-catalogue.

'Brian Wilson Re-imagines Gershwin' is an album of George and Ira Gershwin classics that has already garnered rave reviews. With imaginative arrangements of some of the most widely known and recorded music in history, it includes an acapella arrangement of 'Rhapsody in Blue', songs from Porgy and Bess such as 'Summertime' and 'It Ain’t Necessarily So' as well as classic Gershwin compositions including 'They Can’t Take That Away From Me' and 'I Got Rhythm'. Brian Wilson says: “I remember hearing Rhapsody in Blue and I was probably four or five years old and I was blown away… I just couldn’t believe how beautiful it was.”

Produced by Brian Wilson, mixed by multi-Grammy winner Al Schmidt and featuring his acclaimed, long-time band, the new album features Wilson’s trademark stacked vocal harmonies and orchestrations that made Wilson a towering and revered figure in popular music.

Brian Wilson says: “Along with Irving Berlin, Gershwin basically invented the popular song, but he did something more. He had a gift for melody that nobody has ever equalled, yet his music is timeless and always accessible. This is the most spiritual project I've ever worked on."

'Brian Wilson Re-imagines Gershwin' tracklisting:

01 Rhapsody in Blue /Intro
02 The Like in I Love You
03 Summertime
04 I Loves You Porgy
05 I Got Plenty of Nothin
06 It Ain't Necessarily So
07 'S Wonderful
08 They Can't Take That Away from Me
09 Our Love Is Here to Stay
10 I've Got a Crush on You
11 I've Got Rhythm
12 Someone to Watch Over Me
13 Nothing But Love
14 Rhapsody in Blue/Reprise

Brian Wilson UK Tour Dates are as follows:

September 2011

Sept 13th – Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Sept 14th – Birmingham Symphony Hall
Sept 16th – London Royal Festival Hall
Sept 17th – London Royal Festival Hall
Sept 18th – London Royal Festival Hall

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