Beach Boys accused of lip-syncing in Australia

Beach Boys fans in Australia who attended a recent concert at the Southport Parklands in Gold Coast, Queensland are fired up over their perception that the band was lip-syncing.

According to those who were at the Gold Coast 600 concert, the seats started emptying out well before the concert ended with many saying that the vocalists were using backing tracks instead of going live.

The management team for the concert issued a statement saying "Due to ongoing speculation surrounding the Saturday evening performance of The Beach Boys, the management team of the Armor All Gold Coast 600 ... would like to unequivocally state that the performance by the Beach Boys on Saturday evening was a live performance.

"Suggestions that The Beach Boys were lip-syncing are false. A slight delay between the vision being played on the big screens at the 600 Sounds presented by Hard Rock precinct and what was happening on stage did occur, as sometimes happens with live performances, and this may have contributed to the confusion felt by some event-goers."

Original Beach Boy Mike Love, who heads the only officially licensed version of the group (he owns the name) has said "Throughout the duration of my stay in Australia, I heard nothing but positive feedback on our show. We pride ourselves on providing a great live show to our millions of fans around the world and spent time that day sound checking our vocals to ensure a great live mix. In our almost 50 years of performing, the Beach Boys have never lip-synced, and we are not about to start."

Drummer Tim Bonhomme added "We do not lip-sync. I want to make it 100 percent clear that the Beach Boys do not and never have lip-synced their concerts. They have been touring since 1961 and generally have performed in more than a hundred cities a year since the beginning. I guess we should take it as a compliment that it sounded so good."

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