Brian Wilson and the Zombies will embark on a North American tour this summer celebrating their music from 1968 and beyond.
The Something Great from 68 tour will launch August 31st at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and wrap September 26th at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Tickets go on sale May 10th, while pre-sales start tomorrow, May 8th. Complete information is available on Wilsons website and the Zombies website.
Wilson will primarily perform songs from two of his favorite Beach Boys albums, 1968s Friends and 1971s Surfs Up, while also scattering the setlist with rarities and classics. His former Beach Boys bandmates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin will join the Hall of Fame musician onstage.
Its been quite a year and Im ready to go out and tour some music that makes everyone have a feel good vibe, Wilson said in a statement. The Friends album has always been one of my favorites, and I love the music from that time in history.
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As for the Zombies, the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will open each show with a full performance of their seminal 1968 record, Odesseyand Oracle, alongside other selections from their long career. The shows will also notably feature Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone reuniting with fellow co-founders Chris White and Hugh Grundy, who will perform alongside the current iteration of the Zombies. However, the first two shows of the tour August 31st in Las Vegas and September 1st in Indio, California will just feature the Zombies current lineup sans White and Grundy.
Wilsons bandmate, Darian Sahanaja, said, Any fan of Pet Sounds should immediately identify with Odessey and Oracle. Rich harmonic tapestries, baroque impressions with an underlying melancholy classicism with an emotional yearning that I find common in both Brians songwriting and that of The Zombies. To be able to perform with both entities on the same bill is a dream within a dream within a hung up dream come true.
Brian Wilson, Zombies Tour Dates
August 31 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
September 1 Indio, CA @ Fantasy Springs Casino
September 6 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
September 7 Pala, CA @ Pala Casino
September 8 Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre
September 12 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
September 13 Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
September 14 Murphys, CA @ Ironstone Amphitheatre
September 16 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
September 17 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
September 19 Sandy, UT @ Sandy City Amphitheater
September 20 Denver, CO @ Paramount Theater
September 22 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
September 24 Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
September 26 New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre