2024
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January | On the 30th, Brian's wife Melinda dies in Los Angeles: she was 77. |
February |
Following the passing of his wife, on the 16th Brian's website announces that following consultations with the seven children, housekeeper Gloria Ramos, his doctors and Brian himself, her conservatorship will pass to longtime Wilson family representatives LeeAnn Hard and Jean Sievers. Other reports cite the application (which will be heard April 30th) as stating that Brian has dementia, which Sievers confirmed a day later. |
April |
On the 2nd The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys is published by Genesis as a mass market hardback: previously it was availably exclusively as a deluxe edition costing nearly £1000. On the 28th Joe Thomas dies, aged 68: between 1996 and 2015 he collaborated with Brian on several album projects, and he was a leading facilitator of the 2012 Beach Boys 50th anniversary reunion. |
May |
New documentary The Beach Boys begins streaming on Disney+ on the 24th. Accompanied by a soundtrack album, the remaining band members reunited for a sequence shot at Paradise Cove. At the Hollywood IMAX premiere on the 21st, all five, plus Blondie, attend. Mike & Bruce travel to the UK to promote the Genesis book. |
September |
Alan reveals in a Rolling Stone interview that plans are in the works for him to tour with The Brian Wilson Band. At the 76th Emmy Awards on the 15th, The Beach Boys wins in the Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Program category. |