Beach Boys plan reunion to mark 50th anniversary

LOS ANGELES - Iconic 1960s Californian band the Beach Boys are reuniting to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a new album and a 50-date world tour next year, the group announced.

The original members of the band whose hits include Good Vibrations and Surfin' USA - who fueled reunion talk when they recently re-recorded Do it Again - had already been in the studio working on songs for the new album.

They will perform at the annual Grammy awards show in Los Angeles in February, before launching their tour in New Orleans in April, they said in a statement on their website.