The Beach Boys are heading to the UK next summer, and they’re bringing one of the most important albums in rock history with them.
The band will celebrate 60 years of Pet Sounds at the University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall on 19th June 2026. Tickets are on sale now via The Halls Wolverhampton.
Let’s be honest here. This isn’t the full original lineup. Brian Wilson stepped back from touring in 2024, and the current incarnation is led by Mike Love and Bruce Johnston alongside musical director Brian Eichenberger and a tight band that includes Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, Jon Bolton, Keith Hubacher, Randy Leago, and John Wedemeyer. If you’re expecting a full reunion, this isn’t it.
But what you are getting is a celebration of an album that genuinely changed what pop music could be. Pet Sounds (1966) was Brian Wilson pushing against everything the band had been, trading surf anthems for something more introspective and orchestral. Paul McCartney has said it directly inspired Sgt. Pepper’s. That’s not nothing.
The Beach Boys have been busy lately. Their 2024 Disney+ documentary offered a proper look at the band’s complicated history, directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny. It features interviews with Wilson, Love, Al Jardine, and Bruce Johnston, plus contributions from Lindsey Buckingham and Janelle Monáe.
The hits speak for themselves. ‘Good Vibrations’, ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, ‘God Only Knows’. These aren’t just nostalgia fodder. They’re songs that still sound like the future someone dreamed up sixty years ago.
