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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

“I’ve actually performed it with him, and I’m afraid to say that during the soundcheck, I broke down”: The story behind The Beach Boys’ timeless masterpiece God Only Knows, a Brian Wilson co-creation that had a profound emotional impact on Paul McCartney

How Brian Wilson hooked up with an LA advertising executive to pen one of the most majestic and moving pop songs ever created

MusicRadar · Jun 11, 2025

Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson dies aged 82

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The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Brian Wilson, creative leader of the Beach Boys and transformative figure in pop music, dies at 82

Having gone from writing surf-rock to remarkably complex and intricate masterpieces in just a few years as the Beach Boys' principal songwriter and musical director, Wilson in many ways defined the development of popular music in the 1960s

Guitar World · Jun 11, 2025

Brian Wilson, co-founder of iconic 1960s band the Beach Boys, dies at the age of 82

Wilson's family posted news of his death to his website and social media accounts on Wednesday.

Euronews · Jun 11, 2025

Brian Wilson, shy genius of The Beach Boys, dies aged 82

California-born musician was one of the most revered and pioneering figures in contemporary music, helping to make The Beach Boys one of the most successful pop groups of all time

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82

Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time

The Guardian - US · Jun 11, 2025

Blink-182, Weezer, Green Day, Sex Pistols, Knocked Loose, The Beach Boys and more to play Riot Fest 2025

Jack White, Dropkick Murphys, Alkaline Trio, The Pogues and more also set for Chicago weekender

Louder · Apr 23, 2025

"I’ll let y’all know how rehab is. I hear it’s super fun": Drunk on stage - our pick of music’s most legendary under-the-influence performances

Because a little dutch courage before taking to the stage never did anyone any harm. Did it?… I said ‘Did it!?!’

MusicRadar · Apr 23, 2025

"There were a helluva lot of drug issues and bad feeling in the air": How doomed Beach Boy Dennis Wilson made his solo masterpiece Pacific Ocean Blue

Beach Boys drummer and singer Dennis Wilson made a much-loved cult classic with 1977’s Pacific Ocean Blue – then spiralled out of control

Louder · Apr 23, 2025