On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:20:06 AM UTC, C.R. Domino wrote: > > Let's make it official… > Can be music, TV, Movie, general entertainment related… > > Beach Boys back out of the Monterrey Pop festival > > Wiki - > Cancellations and > no-shows[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monterey_Pop_Festival&action=edit§ion=10> > ] > > Several acts were also notable for their non-appearance at Monterrey Pop. > > The Beach Boys <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys>, who had > been involved in the conception of the > event[17]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival#cite_note-pc47-17> > and > were at one point scheduled to headline and close the show, failed to > perform. This resulted from a number of issues plaguing the group. Carl > Wilson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilson> was in a feud with > officials for his refusal to be drafted into military service during the > Vietnam War. The group's new, radical album > *Smile*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_(The_Beach_Boys_album)> had > recently been aborted, with band leader Brian > Wilson<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson> in > a depressed state and unwilling to perform (he hadn't performed live with > the group since late 1964, although he would do so in Honolulu, Hawaii in > August 1967). Since *Smile* had not been released, the group felt their > older material would not go over well. The cancellation permanently damaged > their reputation and popularity in the US, which would contribute to their > replacement album *Smiley Smile > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Smile>* charting lower than any > other of their previous album releases. >
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