June 10, 2022 – America’s Band, The Beach Boys, featuring Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, will make a stop in Oklahoma City as part of their Sixty Years of the Sounds of Summer Tour to help raise money for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Food for Kids Programs. All net proceeds raised from this show will be donated to the Regional Food Bank. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at Civic Center Music Hall. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased online at okcciviccenter.com, or over the phone at 405-594-8300, Guest starring with The Beach Boys will be Surf Rock icon Dean Torrence of “Jan and Dean” fame.

As a special offer to all fans attending the show, a digital download of Mike Love’s new album, “12 Sides of Summer,” is included with every purchased ticket. Details provided by The Civic Center Music Hall.

“With the pandemic behind us, we are excited to make OKC part of our tour stop. Mike and Bruce are very excited to once again play Oklahoma City especially given the causes at hand.” said John Occhipinti, Beach Boys manager. “We’ve invited the community together for a night of “Fun, Fun, Fun” music while helping raise funds to fight childhood hunger and very grateful to our event sponsors, MIO “Made in Oklahoma” Coalition, KOMA Radio and Okola-homa Soda Company for their generous support of our show. Oklahomans are second to none when it comes to helping others. We expect the turn out to be huge.”

In Oklahoma, too many children live with hunger every day. Every $100 raised from The Beach Boys’ concert will support a child in a Food for Kids Program for an entire school year. Last school year, the Regional Food Bank provided more than 2.3 million meals for chronically hungry children through its Food for Kids Programs.

“In order to thrive, children need access to nutritious food and that’s what we provide through the Food for Kids Programs,” said Stacy Dykstra, chief executive officer of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. “We are so thankful for The Beach Boys and their devoted fans for joining us in the fight against childhood hunger.”

The band is led by Mike Love, who, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston, musical director Scott Totten, Brian Eichenberger, Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher and Randy Leago, continue the legacy of the iconic group. Grammy- winning songwriter Bruce Johnston joined The Beach Boys in 1965, replacing Glenn Campbell, who filled-in for Brian Wilson, on vocals/bass, when he retired from touring. Highly regarded in his field, Johnston’s vocal work with such legendary artists as Elton John and Pink Floyd firmly established him among rock’s elite artists.