Beach Boys 'catch a wave' to IU Auditorium

If you love picking up 'Good Vibrations' while driving in your 'Little Deuce Coupe,' then you'll have 'Fun, Fun, Fun' celebrating Homecoming at the IU Auditorium with the Beach Boys, featuring original members Bruce Johnston and Mike Love with six members who have joined the group since Brian Wilson left in the 1960s.\nTickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1 for the 8 p.m. October 28 concert at the IU Auditorium. Student tickets cost $19-$44 and non-student tickets cost between $39 and $49.\n"Just like all the other shows at the Auditorium that we bring in, we are offering the student discount up to 50 percent on tickets, so a student can come to the show for less than $20," said IU Auditorium Director Doug Booher in a phone interview. "That's a great price to see some living legends." \nBooher said that bringing the Beach Boys to Bloomington has been a goal of his for the past four years. Along with the Sept. 19 James Brown performance that kicks off the Auditorium's 2006-07 season, this concert is part of the Auditorium's ongoing effort to offer students the chance to see 'living legends.' \nIn the Auditorium's annual poll to determine what acts students want to see, the Beach Boys always fall in the top ten percent, Booher said. \n"I think one of the things that's so intriguing about it is that this music has touched everyone whether they're 6 or 66."\nCheryl Crouch, executive director of marketing in the Division of Student Affairs, said that she is excited that the Beach Boys are coming because she grew up with their music. She also echoed Booher's statement that their music appeals to many generations.\n"We think it will appeal to the alumni who might be here for the weekend -- the over-40 crowd," she said in a phone interview. "But we also think the students will enjoy it too, because Beach Boys music never goes out of style."\nBecause of the group's popularity, Booher said he encourages people to get tickets early as he does not anticipate tickets being available as Homecoming approaches.