‘This may well be the last we see of The Beach Boys, although you sense it’s far from curtains for Brian Wilson. And, on a night of two halves, a tale of two men appeared to draw to a quite finite close. We have our Hero, and we indubitably have our, alas, indomitable Villain. I know who I’ll be siding with forever more, however, and in one final twist, it’s this time Love who scarpers without a word. The band’s congenial genius already triumphed.’

Dots & Dashes review The Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour as it rolls on into Belgravia…