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==== ''The Smile Sessions'', ''That's Why God Made the Radio'', and 50th anniversary reunion tour ==== On October 31, 2011, Capitol released a double album and box set dedicated to the ''Smile'' recordings in the form of ''[[The Smile Sessions]]''. The album garnered universal critical acclaim and charted in both the US ''Billboard'' and UK top-thirty. It went on to win [[Grammy Award for Best Historical Album|Best Historical Album]] at the [[55th Annual Grammy Awards|2013 Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|first1 = Al|last1 = Gomes|first2 = Connie|last2 = Watrous|date = February 10, 2013|title = The Beach Boys Win and Accept Grammy Award for 'The Smile Sessions'|publisher= Al Gomes and Connie Watrous Archive|via = [[YouTube]]|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzIvdZiLjV0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beach-boys-smile-sessions/|title=5 Years Ago: The Beach Boys Finally Release the Troubled 'Smile Sessions'|first=Michael|last=Gallucci|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=October 31, 2016 |access-date=April 5, 2019|archive-date=February 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203142204/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/beach-boys-smile-sessions/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:The Beach Boys Smile (7300302550).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The reunited Beach Boys performing "[[Heroes and Villains]]" in tribute to ''Smile'']] On December 16, 2011, it was announced that Wilson, Love, Jardine, Johnston, and David Marks would reunite for a new album and [[Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour|50th anniversary tour]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beach_Boys/2011/12/16/19133156.html|title=Beach Boys gear up for reunion|access-date=December 16, 2011|work=Sun Media|first=Darryl|last=Sterdan|date=December 16, 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709235328/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beach_Boys/2011/12/16/19133156.html|archive-date=July 9, 2012}}</ref> On February 12, 2012, the Beach Boys performed at the [[54th Annual Grammy Awards|2012 Grammy Awards]], in what was billed as a "special performance" by organizers. It marked the group's first live performance to include Wilson since 1996, Jardine since 1998, and Marks since 1999.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grammys-beachboys-idUSTRE8171QK20120208 |work=Reuters |first=Jill |last=Serjeant |title=Reunited Beach Boys to perform at Grammy Awards |date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=July 6, 2021 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807191955/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grammys-beachboys-idUSTRE8171QK20120208 |url-status=live }}</ref> Released on June 5, ''[[That's Why God Made the Radio]]'' debuted at number 3 on the US charts, expanding the group's span of ''Billboard'' 200 top-ten albums across 49 years and one week, passing the Beatles with 47 years of top-ten albums.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beach-boys-beatles-billboard-337926 |title=Beach Boys Surpass the Beatles for Billboard 200 Record |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 14, 2012 |first1=Gary |last1=Trust |date=June 14, 2012 |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618192812/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beach-boys-beatles-billboard-337926 |url-status=live }}</ref> Critics generally regarded the album as an "uneven" collection, with most of the praise centered on its closing musical suite.<ref name=Bolin2012/> During the tour, in May 2012, when asked about the future held for the band and its reunion after the scheduled end of the tour in September, Love stated that "We're looking at our present and future. I think we're going to be doing this again with Brian for a long time." Wilson said that he had begun planning for another Beach Boys album for the band would record after the tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Condran |first1=Ed |title=Beach Boys celebrate 50 years with tour stop in Tampa |url=http://tbo.com/entertainment/entertainment/2012/may/03/7/fxnewso8-golden-boys-ar-399218 |access-date=January 2, 2020 |work=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=May 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505231342/http://tbo.com/entertainment/entertainment/2012/may/03/7/fxnewso8-golden-boys-ar-399218 |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 1, 2012, Love received an e-mail from Ledbetter stating "no more shows for Wilson". Love then began accepting invitations for when the reunion was over.{{sfn|Love|2016|pp=402β403}} Johnston told reporter Mark Dillon in mid-June that the current tour was "a one-time event. You're not going to see this next year. I'm busy next year doing my thing with Mike."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dillon |first1=Mark |title=The Beach Boys at 50 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2012/06/15/the_beach_boys_at_50.html |newspaper=The Star |date=June 15, 2012 |ref=none}}</ref> On June 25, Ledbetter sent another e-mail asking to disregard her last message, but by then, Love claimed that "it was too late. We had booked other concerts, and promoters had begun selling tickets." Despite this, in July, Love stated: "There's talk of us going and doing a return to the Grammys next year, and there's talk about doing another album together. There's nothing in stone, but there's a lot of ideas being floated around. So after this year, after completing the 50th anniversary reunion, we'll entertain doing some more studio work and see what we can come up with and can do in the future." Love said that Wilson and producer Joe Thomas had over 80 hours of material recorded, much of it culled from material they were working on around the time of Wilson's 1998 ''Imagination'' album that "were always songs he had earmarked for the Beach Boys" and that their label Capitol Records was excited by the band's reunion and was encouraging the band for more new music and more tour dates.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/482551/beach-boys-talk-another-album-together |title=Beach Boys Talk 'Another Album Together' |magazine=Billboard |date=June 27, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref> Ultimately, the reunion tour ended in September 2012 as planned, after a final show on September 28, but amid erroneous rumors that Love had dismissed Wilson from the Beach Boys.{{sfn|Love|2016|}}<ref name="Wilson">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-et-ms-brian-wilson-al-jardine-respond-to-mike-love-on-beach-boys-flap-20121008-story.html|title='It kinda feels like getting fired' β Brian Wilson to Mike Love|first=Brian|last=Wilson|date=October 9, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> At this time, Love and Johnston had announced via a press release that following the end of the reunion tour the Beach Boys would revert to the pre-reunion tour Love/Johnston lineup, without Brian, Jardine, or Marks, all of whom expressed surprise. Although such dates were noted in a late June issue of ''Rolling Stone'', it was widely reported that the three had been "fired".<ref name="Wilson"/> Love later wrote that the end of the reunion came partly as a result of 'interference' from Brian's wife and manager Melinda Ledbetter-Wilson and that he (Love) "had wanted to send out a joint press release, between Brian and me, formally announcing the end of the reunion tour on September 28. But I couldn't get Brian's management team on board{{nbsp}}..."{{sfn|Love|2016|p=404}}<ref name="latimes.com"/><ref>{{cite news|work=CBS News|title=Beach Boys' Mike Love opens up relationship with cousin Brian Wilson|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beach-boys-mike-love-opens-up-drama-with-cousin-brian-wilson/|date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>{{sfn|Love|2016|pp=402β403}} On October 5, Love responded in a self-written press release to the ''Los Angeles Times'' stating he "did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys ... I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys." He claimed that nobody in the band "wanted to do a 50th anniversary tour that lasted 10 years" and that its limited run "was long agreed upon".<ref name="latimes.com">{{cite news|author-link=Mike Love|last=Love |first=Mike |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-mike-love-beach-boys-on-brian-wilson-20121004,0,6311413.story |title=Mike Love sets the record straight on Brian Wilson's 'firing' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 5, 2012 |access-date=February 19, 2013}}</ref> On October 9, Wilson and Jardine submitted a written response to the rumors stating: "I was completely blindsided by his press release ... We hadn't even discussed as a band what we were going to do with all the offers that were coming in for more 50th shows."<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-09-la-et-ms-brian-wilson-al-jardine-respond-to-mike-love-on-beach-boys-flap-20121008-story.html |title=Brian Wilson, Al Jardine respond to Mike Love on Beach Boys flap |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=February 19, 2013}}</ref> From late September, Love and Johnston continued to perform under the Beach Boys name, while Wilson, Jardine, and Marks toured as a trio in 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=Brian Wilson, Al Jardine & David Marks of the Beach Boys to Play Shows as a Trio|url=http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/03/08/brian-wilson-al-jardine-david-marks-beach-boys-mike-love/|access-date=March 8, 2013|newspaper=Rock Cellar Magazine|date=March 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316075924/http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/2013/03/08/brian-wilson-al-jardine-david-marks-beach-boys-mike-love/|archive-date=March 16, 2013}}</ref> and a subsequent tour with guitarist [[Jeff Beck]] also included Blondie Chaplin at select dates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jeff-beck-brian-wilson-tour-nightmare/|title=Jeff Beck Calls His Tour with Brian Wilson 'A Bit of a Nightmare'|first=Jeff|last=Giles|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=May 6, 2014 |access-date=April 5, 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215090152/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jeff-beck-brian-wilson-tour-nightmare/|url-status=live}}</ref> Wilson and Jardine continued to tour together in 2014 and following years, often joined by Chaplin; Marks declined to join them after 2013.
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