Harmonies. That’s what Christmas songs are all about for music legend Brian Wilson. From the seminal 1964 classic The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album to his acclaimed 2005 solo effort What I Really Want for Christmas Wilson has been bringing holiday cheer to the world for more than five decades.
This holiday season, for the first time Wilson and his crack band of musicians and vocalists along with long time bandmates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin will be performing the Christmas Album in its entirety along with cuts from his solo Christmas album and other holiday fan favorites.
Fans can expect to hear Beach Boy classics “Little Saint Nick,” “The Man with all The Toys,” and a selection of Brian’s favorite Yuletide songs including “Blue Christmas” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.”
He will also perform songs from his critically acclaimed solo album What I Really Want for Christmas named for its Bernie Taupin-penned title track as well as “Christmasey,” with lyrics by his friend Jimmy Webb.
Brian Wilson is a co-founder of The Beach Boys, a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, a Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, a multiple-GRAMMY® award winner, and a U.K. Music Hall of Fame inductee. As a member of The Beach Boys, Wilson was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and honored with The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
Brian Wilson Presents: The Christmas Album Live Tour Dates:
Date Venue City/State
November 28 Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis, MN
November 30 Horseshoe Casino Hammond, IN
December 1 Hard Rock Northfield Park Northfield, OH
December 4 Bergen Performing Arts Center Englewood, NJ
December 7 St. George Theatre Staten Island, NY
December 11 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sarasota, FL
December 12 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL
December 15 ACL Live at The Moody Theater Austin, TX
December 16 Wagner Noel PAC Midland, TX
December 17 Tobin Center for the Performing Arts San Antonio, TX
December 20 Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA
December 22 Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Santa Rosa, CA
For ticket info please visit: http://www.brianwilson.com/holiday-tour/