John Stamos to Join Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary Tour

Actor-musician John Stamos has revealed he will be involved in the Beach Boys’ upcoming 50th Anniversary Tour. “Uncle Jessie” recently told the folks at TMZ (via Spinner) that the rock and roll legends have asked him to participate.

Stamos said he was perfectly willing to simply introduce the band at its concerts, but Mike Love, Brian Wilson and Co. have a little more in mind for the Full House star. They “asked me to be part of the show ... I feel very honored,” Stamos said.

Stamos appeared in the band’s “Kokomo” video in the late ’80s and frequently appeared with the band in concert in the ’90s, performing on various instruments and singing backing vocals. In return, the band, and Love in particular, made a few appearances on Full House.

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Mike Love says the reformed Beach Boys will play “four or five shows a week” next summer.

The NME reports that the Beach Boys, who recently announced their reunion, are going to be busy during their 2012 50th anniversary tour. Dates have not been announced but they are confirmed as headliners for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival that runs from April 27 to May 6.

Mike Love told Rolling Stone that they plan on using the musicians form Brain Wilson’s band: “Brian Wilson has an incredible band. We’re using most of his band. And we’ve got [current Beach Boys touring] drummer John Cowsill and our guitarist, Scott Totten. We’re kind of blending things together. I think, musically, it’s going to be incredible.”

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The Beach Boys Reunite for New Album and World Tour

The Beach Boys have announced plans to reform for their 50th anniversary. Founding members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, plus David Marks and Bruce Johnston, plan a new studio album and a 50-date international tour beginning in April.

No touring dates have yet been confirmed, but the band will appear as headliners at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April 27 to May 6, 2012).

New commemorative releases are also planned for 2012, including a new Beach Boys hits collection and a career-spanning box set.

Frontman Brian Wilson said of the reunion: “This anniversary is special to me because I miss the boys and it will be a thrill for me to make a new record and be on stage with them again.”

Mike Love added: “We got together at Capitol Records and re-recorded ‘Do It Again.’ Brian and I wrote that song which went to #1 in Great Britain, Australia and elsewhere some 44 years ago. Brian paid me a compliment saying, ‘How can a guy sound that great so many years later?’ Later on, while working out some harmonies on a new song Brian had written, I got a chance to return the compliment.

“Music has been the unifying and harmonizing fact of life in our family since childhood. It has been a huge blessing that we have been able to share with the world. Wouldn’t it be nice to do it again? Absolutely!”

The Beach Boys formed in 1961 and frontman/main-writer Brian Wilson last performed with the band during the making of their 1996 album Stars And Stripes Vol. 1. Wilson has toured as a solo artist since. Two former members, Brian’s brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, died in 1983 and 1998. By April next year, Mike Love will be 71. Brian Wilson is 69.

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Brian Wilson ‘Considering’ Beach Boys Reunion

There have been rumors circulating for nearly a year that the three surviving, original members of The Beach Boys would reunite to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary this year. Now, Brian Wilson has said that he’s open to the idea.

“I’m considering it,” Wilson told BBC6 Music. “I don’t know yet but I’m considering it. Nothing’s really holding me back. I just don’t know if I want to be around those guys, you know. They’re zany guys. They’re crazy.”

The other, “zany” guys that Brian would be joining are guitarist Al Jardine and singer Mike Love, who continues to tour as The Beach Boys along with long-running member Bruce Johnston. Fellow founding members (and Brian’s brothers) Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson have passed away.

In 2010, Love had announced that a reunion tour was in the works before retracting his statement. Jardine also told Rolling Stone magazine that the reunited band would “definitely” do a show that might be free. Stay tuned.

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