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| Beach Boys reuniting for new album, tour in 2012 Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:37 PM PST NEW YORK, Dec 17 — Iconic California surf band The Beach Boys will reunite in 2012 to release a new album and embark on a 50-date worldwide tour celebrating their 50th anniversary, the band said yesterday.  File photo of Jardine (left) and Love looking at their medals after being inducted during the 2011 California Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Sacramento, California on December 8, 2011. — Reuters pic "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," Wilson, 69, said in a statement. Singer Love, 70, added "It was a thrill to be around a piano again with Brian, Alan and Bruce and experience firsthand the brilliance of Cousin Brian's gift for vocal arrangements." The still untitled new album will be released in April, and be tied to a 50-date tour starting at Jazz Fest in New Orleans that is part of their 50th anniversary campaign spotlighting the band's career, music catalogue with commemorative releases. The Beach Boys struck their first chords in Hawthorne, California in 1961, with brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Love and school friend Al Jardin. Johnston and Marks joined later versions of the Beach Boys to fill in for departing members. The band became known for their upbeat songs about California's carefree beach lifestyle, pioneering the sound for surf-rock. Their albums included "Pet Sounds" and "Smile." The Beach Boys hold the title for America's top-selling band according to Nielsen SoundScan figures, and also hold the record for the most Billboard Top 40 chart hits with 36 songs. Despite the deaths of Dennis and Carl Wilson in 1983 and 1998, respectively, the band has continued to tour successfully over the years. They have received numerous accolades including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Liz Taylor’s ‘National Velvet’ script sells for US$170,500 Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:19 PM PST  Christie's auctioneer Andrea Fiuczynski conducts an auction of Taylor's jewellery, clothing, art and memorabilia, near an image of the late actress at Christie's auction house in New York on December 14, 2011. — Reuters pic Christie's auctioneers said the 1944 "National Velvet" script, bound in lilac leather, was sold to a private US buyer for US$170,500 (RM530,000) yesterday. It's pre-sale estimate was US$2,000-US$3,000. A drawing of lips inscribed to Taylor by Andy Warhol sold for US$242,500, and was among the priciest items bought on the fourth day of the auction. Yesterday's total sales were US$4.4 million, including commission, taking the auction sales so far this week to US$154.2 million. An online-only sale of some 1,000 lower-priced items from Taylor's estate continues through today. Christie's chairman Marc Porter said the response to the auction so far had been "nothing short of overwhelming with multiple bidders competing for every lot." Taylor, regarded as one of the last great Hollywood legends, died of congestive heart failure in March at age 79. Her fabled collection of ruby, diamond and emerald jewellery — many of them gifts from two-time husband Richard Burton — attracted the biggest interest, selling for a total of US$116 million earlier this week. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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