The shows featured Wilson's former bandmates Al Jardine, David Marks and Blondie Chaplin.
[3] On August 5, it was announced that Jeff Beck would accompany them for a tour in September and October, featuring Blondie Chaplin at select shows.
[1] Beck called the tour a dynamic of "classic surfing safari music and this weird stuff that I do," and promised "it will sound like it's all of one accord.
"[1] Wilson remarked that Beck "brings that great guitar-player kind of thing to the picture.
They should've got the bloody record done first, but they got excited and we ended up doing the Jeff Beck-Brian Wilson tour, prematurely.