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Report: Beach Boys confirm reunion with full fledged tour and new album, yes, you heard that right!

Um, aren’t these guys a little too old to be calling themselves, the Beach Boys??? They should be called, the Beach Dudes instead, lol. The original members of the Beach Boys confirmed this week, they will go on a 50 date world tour and release a new album with new songs, in celebration of their 50th Anniversary.

While the Beach Boys continued to release new music over the years, they haven’t toured together in over 40 years. Their new album would be the 28th studio album since 1992’s, “Summer in Paradise”, but that album didn’t have Brian Wilson in the lineup. Now Brian is back with the band officially.

The Beach Boys haven’t released their full tour listings yet, but their first show will be at the Fairgrounds Racecourse in New Orleans, L.A., on 4/27/12.

Read more information on the Beach Boys website, here.

Kev

Report: Beach Boys vs. Katy Perry over “California Gurls” song???

Rumors have hit the internets that the Beach Boys could be suing Katy Perry over the “California Gurls” song. She’s not being accused of stealing the song from the Beach Boys, she’s being accused of what Snoop Dogg said in the song. Snoop Dogg said, “I really wish you all could be California Girls” which I believe is a lyric taken from the Beach Boys hit.

The Beach Boys camp replied back, saying they are not suing Katy Perry, the band says they love Katy’s song and they are flattered that she used the Beach Boys as an inspiration. Katy also claims no one is suing anyone.

More on it here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/08/05/2010-08-05_beach_boys_not_suing_katy_perry_over_california_gurls_but_company_owning_song_ri.html

Listen to both songs and hear what the Beach Boys and Snoop Dogg says.

Snoop says, “I really wish you all could be California Girls”, but the Beach Boys version says, “I wish they all could be California Girls”. In order for something to be considered copyright infrigement, both needs to be exactly the same. Katy is innocent.

And by the way, Katy’s “California Gurls” is actually not a bad song, I actually kind of dig it myself.

Kev