Sun 20 July 2025 3:00pm

The Beach Boys

at Englefield House & Estate, Reading

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The Sounds of the Summer

One of the most iconic bands in music history, The Beach Boys, have announced their only UK show for 2025 as part of their ‘The Sounds of the Summer’ tour, which will be a huge outdoor concert at Englefield, in Pangbourne, near Reading in Berkshire.

The summer show, which will also feature special guests David Essex and Lulu, will take place as part of Heritage Live Festivals weekend of shows at the venue, and is the first event announced for 2025, set against one of the country’s most stunning backdrops.

The Beach Boys

Californian surfing feelgood music from the golden age of the 60s & 70s. The band have been through it all in their career, spanning five decades; deaths, court battles, line up changes and walk-outs - there isn't much these guys haven't seen or done. 'Surfin' USA', 'Little Deuce Coupe', 'God Only Knows' and 'Good Vibrations' are just some of the songs on their seemingly never ending list of hits. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and recipients of The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement GRAMMY Award, The Beach Boys are an American institution that is iconic around the world. The Beach Boys touring band is led by original member Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, who joined in 1965, along with Jeffrey Foskett, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher, Christian Love and Scott Totten.

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David Essex

David first shot to fame when he went to an audition for the London production of the musical Godspell and was chosen by enthusiastic US producers for the role of Jesus. He received major awards and some ecstatic reviews which saw him lead a cast at the Roundhouse and then at the West End for two years. Since then David Essex has enjoyed a remarkable career that has combined concerts, records, theatre, composing, films and television with striking success. He has written, recorded and produced albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide. He’s also had twenty-three Top 30 singles in Britain alone. These include the Grammy© nominated Rock On which not only topped the charts in Britain and the USA but sold over one million copies. Subsequent singles followed such as Lamplight, Hold Me Close and Gonna Make You A Star which made David a household name. Mayhem ensued throughout the UK, with crowds for his concerts resembling Beatlemania and traffic stopping whenever he appeared. David has continued to this day to produce and write albums including 2013’s Reflections and has contributed to stage and screen with the likes of Silver Dream Machine taken from Silver Dream Racer, in which he starred. Acting credits also include That'll Be The Day, its sequel Stardust, Traveller, The Guvnors, Black Prince and more recently BBC TV's EastEnders as the head of the Moon family. Theatre credits include outstanding performances in Evita, Boogie Nights 2, ELF!, Footloose, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects Of Love, plus his own musicals Mutiny! and All The Fun Of The Fair. David has also written a bestselling poetry book Travelling Tinker Man & Other Rhymes plus two successful autobiographies A Charmed Life and Over The Moon, the latter a Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. David Essex is the only artiste in the world to have achieved success in all areas of entertainment and continues to break boundaries with his unique talent.

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Lulu

Pop darling of the 60s who relit her fire in the 90s with Take That, Lulu can still be guaranteed to put on a great show. She is still the only British female solo artist to appear in the charts for five straight decades - and still be as hip and full of energy today as when she first hit the charts as a 15 year-old in 1964!

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