Al Jardine of The Beach Boys, in a blue-and-white striped button-down shirt and white pants stands on a stage, playing a cream-colored electric guitar. He is singing into a microphone attached to a stand in front of him. A black guitar strap is slung over his shoulder. In the background, two other musicians are partially visible, with another electric guitar and a bass guitar. A Fender amplifier is positioned behind the main musician. The stage is set with various music equipment, including speakers and a keyboard stand. — Al Jardine, who plays Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida on March 2, 2026. Credit: Josh Bradley

Beach Boys are scarce these days, but rhythm guitarist Al Jardine is going stronger than ever, and he’s making his downtown Clearwater debut next spring.

The summer we dreaded—the one where Brian Wilson slips into the afterlife—has come and gone. But before the troubled genius’s June 11 passing, Jardine made plans to reconvene the former’s longtime “Pet Sounds Band” (featuring members of L.A. power pop outfit The Wondermints) for a series of shows celebrating the Boys’ 1977 effort Love You and beyond. There was even talk that Wilson himself was more than welcome to join in for a homecoming encore or two if he felt up for it.

Ahead of his final local gig with Wilson in 2022, Jardine told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that he sees touring as an “obsessive compulsive thing,” and considering how solid his voice and physique remain, don’t be shocked when this gig ends up being better than anything cousin Mike Love could stage with his current iteration of The Beach Boys.

Tickets to see Al Jardine and the Pet Sounds Band play downtown Clearwater’s Bilheimer Capitol Theatre on Monday, March 2 are still available and start at $74.