On Sunday, a version of the Beach Boys — the touring incarnation of the group led by cofounder Mike Love — performed at a last-minute fundraiser for President Trump near Newport Beach in Orange County. “We have absolutely nothing to do with the Trump benefit today in Newport Beach. Zero,” Wilson and Jardine told Variety through a spokesperson Sunday. “We didn’t even know about it and were very surprised to read about it in the Los Angeles Times.”AdvertisementThe Beach Boys rehearse in Newport Beach Saturday in preparation for President Trump’s fundraiser. The Beach Boys formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, less than an hour’s drive from Lido Isle, the exclusive man-made island in Newport Beach where Trump’s campaign held the fundraiser.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 19, 2020 17:44 UTC