Brian Wilson: Royal Festival Hall, London
Tim Clifford, Rock's Backpages, February 2002
NOT ONLY did my spine tingle during the third night of Brian Wilson's sell-out four-night stand in London, but I also cried with joy. The fact is I never thought I'd witness the ex-Beach Boy perform live in London, yet alone deliver such perfect renditions of so many of his greatest songs.
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