Last summer, original Beach Boys front man Mike Love scanned the sold-out Ocean City Music Pier auditorium and spoke in genuine amazement.
“This place has been here since the 1920s, and we’ve been (performing) over there in Atlantic City almost that long,” Love said to hearty laughs. “It took you until now to invite us here! You have a great town and I sure hope you invite us back…we’d love to come back!” Cheers.
It’s a done deal.
Following their four hit-filled sold out shows in 2015, Love, Bruce Johnston (an “almost” original member since the mid-60s) and the rest of his crew will indeed becoming back to headline Ocean City’s Monday Night Concert Series at the Music Pier. They will perform four more shows (two each, at 6:30 (“our Breakfast Show” Love quipped),and 8:30 p.m. on July 11 and 12. Tickets are $59.50.
The Beach Boys will arrive in Ocean City soon after a scheduled July 4 date at the Amphitheatre on the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, NY. They are famed for their July 4 shows in Washington DC, Philadelphia during the Bicentennial summer of 1976, and Atlantic City (twice).
In addition to the return of the Beach Boys a wide range of acts will be heard, starting with the Indigo Girls with Lucy Wainwright Roche on June 20 at 7:30 p.m. ($46); Herman’s Hermits with original lead singer Peter Noone on June 27, 7:30 p.m. ($46); and then the Beach Boys two-night stand July 11 and 12.
On July 18, Colin Hay of Men at Work with Jeffrey Gaines performs, 7:30 p.m. ($39); followed by George Thorogood on July 25 at 7:30 p.m. (59); and the Bacon Brothers, August 1, at 7:30 p.m.($39).
On August 8, The Machine performs a Pink Floyd tribute, 7:30 p.m. ($39) followed by Citizen Cope on August 15, an intimate solo/Acoustic Listening Performance at 7:30 p.m. ($39); Get the Led Out on August 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m., ($39); and the season wraps up August 29 with Lucinda Williams at 7:30 p.m. ($42).
Tickets are currently available for all shows through
www.Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. (Fees apply).
The Music Pier Box Office will begin selling tickets for all shows 9 a.m. Saturday May 28 in person only and payable by cash/check only payable to Rose Relations.
