From left: Bruce Johnson, Jeffrey Foskett, Mike Love and Scott Totten of The Beach Boys perform during the Bourbon and Beyond music festival on Sept. 22, 2024, at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
The Beach Boys will perform at the 2025 Alaska State Fair, officials announced Thursday.
The band, led by founding member Mike Love, is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
The Beach Boys formed in California in 1961 with a lineup that included Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Love — their cousin — and Al Jardine. The current lineup includes lead singer Love and 1965 addition Bruce Johnson.
Known for their California surf rock sound and glossy vocal harmonies, the band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and received a lifetime achievement Grammy Award in 2001.
The band is performing around the country on its “Sounds of Summer” tour.
The Beach Boys join already announced acts Dwight Yoakam (Aug. 31), Wiz Khalifa (Aug. 24), Medium Build (Aug. 15), Rainbow Kitten Surprise (Aug. 16), “Weird Al” Yankovic (Aug. 17), Chris Tomlin (Aug. 18), Billy Currington (Aug. 23) and Foreigner (Aug. 30) on the 2025 fair lineup.
