This is copied and pasted from rec.music.beatles. Sounds pretty wild to me.   
      
   > This comes from the petsounds mailing list; link not provided there,   
   > but it's apparent that it comes from "Launch" magazine:   
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   > << They said it would never happen; but all five surviving Beach Boys   
   > --   
   > co-founders Brian Wilson, Mike Love, David Marks and Al Jardine, along   
   > with longtime member Bruce Johnston -- will appear together on Tuesday   
   > (June 13th), on the rooftop of Capitol Records' Los Angeles   
   > headquarters. Co-founders Dennis and Carl Wilson died in 1983 and   
   > 1998, respectively.   
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   > The event, which commemorates the sales of over two million copies of   
   > the group's hits compilation Sounds Of Summer: The Very Best Of The   
   > Beach Boys, will mark the first time Wilson, Love, Jardine and   
   > Johnston have appeared in public together in nearly a decade. In   
   > addition to the group being awarded their platinum albums, Capitol   
   > Records will be unveiling the artwork for a commemorative Beach Boys   
   > anniversary CD and vinyl titles to be released later this year.   
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   > In a LAUNCH exclusive, Al Jardine said that the group has been amazed   
   > by the album's unstoppable success: "We've been delighted and   
   > surprised in the weekly sales figures and they're beyond   
   > comprehension -- and they're showing no sign of slowing down!"   
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   > Jardine said that being with the guys on their old stomping grounds   
   > just might be the thing needed to get them all to finally commit to   
   > reforming: "We're going back to our roots. It is a reunion. It's a   
   > beautiful thing."   
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   > When asked if the awards-ceremony would be a dry-run for a full scale   
   > musical reunion Jardine said, "I sure hope so. The only reason we're   
   > here is because we're sharing the music and love... And then the   
   > lawyers came. An impressive offer (for a reunion) has been made. We   
   > just need to sit down and agree to do it -- or not to. But that's what   
   > we've already been doing (laughs)."   
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   > Founding Beach Boy David Marks told LAUNCH that the group's records   
   > will never fall out of fashion: ["The Beach Boys actually symbolize a   
   > happier time. People are drawn to it -- and continually drawn back to   
   > it, because mainly people wanna feel good, and the music is just feel-   
   > good music, what can I say? And it reminds everyone of happier times   
   > too." SOUNDCUE (:16 OC:. . . happier times too)   
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   > Beach Boys historian Jon Stebbins told LAUNCH that, "It's nice to know   
   > that David Marks is finally getting acknowledged for the hit records   
   > he contributed to. Let's hope this type of goodwill is a signal that   
   > Dennis Wilson's great unreleased music will finally see the light of   
   > day."   
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   > Stebbins long awaited biography on Marks, titled The Lost Beach Boy is   
   > due out later this year. In 2000, Stebbins published the definitive   
   > biography on Dennis Wilson, titled The Real Beach Boy. >>   
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   > Based on what Al says, a performing unit is, at this stage, just a   
   > "hope." Far from a done deal.   
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   > Still, as someone in the mailing list suggested, as they reunite on the   
   > rooftop of Capitol Records, perhaps they'll play "Get Back."   
      
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