50's Music is Dead In Vegas

The waves are crashing! But this isn't the type of crash beachcombers and surfers balance their boards on. Nor are we talking about digital downloading wav's. Is anybody shocked that 50's Rock is taking a nosedive in Vegas? Just because The Beach Boys are 50 doesn't mean Sin City visitors carry the good vibrations the state of California's been branding on eardrums worldwide since the birth of JC. By the looks of things even the seashells burped up during last night's surf and turf fail to carry the gentle whisper of Rock n Roll whoosh. Beach Music of the West Coast kind is no longer part of the times. Where's all this coming from? Rollingstone Magazine reports that despite a big-name director and an impressive soundtrack featuring the Beach Boys, Surf:The Musical is closing in Las Vegas after a disappointing six-week run, reports Las Vegas Weekly. Planet Hollywood pulled the plug on the show, which had a preview opening June 29th and a formal debut July 17th. The musical will close August 15th. Surf: The Musical had star power behind it, with Rock Of Ages director Kristin Hanggi steering a production set entirely to the music of the Beach Boys, who never officially endorsed the show. The storyline follows a failed young musician who returns to his beachside hometown only to discover his ex-girlfriend is now with a real rocker. The production reportedly never sold more than 200 tickets to any show, with at least one show selling fewer than 50 tickets in a 1,500-seat theater. In 2005, Good Vibrations, another musical heavily featuring the Beach Boys' music, left Broadway after 94 performances. Vegas needs to hold onto their bold attitude of what happens here stays here... Hosting the I Heart Music Festival a second year is a brilliant move! Two hot Rockin, Country Fried, Hip Hop anything goes days blasted into the history books by Radio's desire to passionately give back to their fans over and over at the MGM Grand. Surf? Hardly... Vegas is about being hung over with a Johnny Depp attitude of melting the paint off the walls of hotel rooms and the bridesmaids willing to risk everything for a night of fun without blasting into a bottle of guilt back home in Nebraska.