by Allison Johnelle Boron

“IF YOU’D TOLD ME EVEN A YEAR AGO that I’d be seeing the reunited Beach Boys in concert, I would have had you committed.” ¶ Dan Young, awash in a magenta-flowered print, blended into the sea of brightly-colored shirts in every conceivable hue that swarmed New York’s historic Beacon Theatre on the first of the Beach Boys’ two-night residency. The vibe of providential disbelief permeated
the air; the audience reveled as the band recreated hit after hit, sliding in mind-blowing rarities and delivering a carefully-crafted concert. The show, like many on the band’s 50th-anniversar… | read more