Brian Wilson Rolls Out European Summer Run

Brian Wilson has just announced an 18-date European spring run playing his greatest hits. The trek begins on May 29th in Kvaerndrup, Denmark and runs through June 27th in Lingen, Germany. The tour, which will take in a dozen UK stops, will also hit Spain, The Netherlands, and Belgium. Once again Wilson will be joined by fellow Beach Boys Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin.

Brian Wilson, who is the lone survivor of his immediate family — including his younger brothers and bandmates Carl and Dennis Wilson — carries the weight of the Wilson's musical legacy on his shoulders. We asked him, if knowing what he knows now about life, what he would've said to the 24-year-old kid writing and producing the Beach Boys' Smile: “I woulda said, 'Don't take any more drugs!' I would say, 'Stop taking drugs!' — if I was able to talk to myself when I was 24, but I can't.”

Al Jardine told us says that 60 years after meeting Brian Wilson on the football field in high school, he's pretty much the same guy as he was at 16: “He's such a great guy. He never surprises you with his wit and his charm and his naivete. He's all those things and more. And he has no filters, what you get is what you get, but honesty in its purest form.”

UPDATED: Brian Wilson tour dates (subject to change):

May 6 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Garden Theater
May 7 – Osaka, Japan – ZEPP Namba
May 29 – Kvaerndrup, Denmark – Heartland Festival at Egeskov Castle
May 31 – Brighton, England – The Dome
June 1 – London, England – Royal Albert Hall
June 4 – Glasgow, Scotland – SEC Armadillo
June 6 – Gateshead, England – The Sage
June 8 – Birmingham, England – Symphony Hall
June 9 – Nottingham, England – Concert Hall
June 10 – Manchester, England – Bridgewater Hall
June 12 – Bournemouth, England – BIC, Windsor Hall
June 13 – Cardiff, Wales – Motorpoint Arena
June 14 – Leeds, England – Leeds Town Hall
June 16 – Blackpool, England – Blackpool Opera
June 17 – Cambridge, England – Corn Exchange
June 19 – Mendizabala, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain – Azkena Rock Festival 2020
June 22 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Carré
June 24 – Antwerp, Belgium – Rivierenhof
June 26 – Groningen, Netherlands – De Oosterport, Grote Zaal
June 27 – Lingen, Germany – Emsland Arena
August 8 – Wantagh, NY – Laid Back Music Festival at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 9 – Holmdel, NJ – Laid Back Music Festival at PNC Bank Arts Center