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| 2025 | Wallows released three new singles: 'Your New Favourite Song', 'Coffin Change', and 'Hide It Away' from their album 'More' |
| March 28 2025 | Released 'More' EP through Atlantic Records, distributed across digital download, streaming, LP, CD, and vinyl record formats. Charted at #20 in the UK. |
| February 20 2025 | Wallows released the single 'Coffin Change' from their upcoming EP More. |
| 2025 |
Brian Wilson
The completed album 'Cows in the Pasture' is scheduled for release, accompanied by a docuseries about its making.
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| 2025 | Planned continuation of the Model World Tour. |
| February 7 2025 | Announced their third EP titled More, set to be released on March 28, 2025. |
| January 10 2025 | Released the single 'Your New Favourite Song'. |
| 2024 |
Brian Wilson
Wilson agreed to be the executive producer for the completion of 'Cows in the Pasture', an unfinished album from 1970, contributing new vocals for one of the tracks.
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| 2024 |
Brian Wilson
It was announced that Wilson had been diagnosed with dementia and entered into another conservatorship starting in May.
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| 2024 | Initiated the Model World Tour, supporting their latest musical work. |
| 2024 | Released new singles 'Your Apartment', 'Calling After Me', 'Bad Dream', 'A Warning', and 'You (Show Me Where My Days Went)' from their album Model |
| 2024 | Wallows released their third studio album, Model. |
| September 2024 | Their 2019 song 'Disco' goes viral on TikTok, topping the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart in September. |
| May 24 2024 | Scheduled to release third studio album 'Model' through Atlantic Records, to be available in digital download, CD, cassette, and LP formats. |
| May 10 2024 | Wallows released the single 'A Warning'. |
| April 26 2024 | Released two new singles: 'Bad Dream' and 'A Warning'. |
| April 20 2024 | Wallows announced the release of the 5th Anniversary Edition of their album Nothing Happens, to be released through Atlantic Records in LP format. |
| March 21 2024 | Released the single 'Calling After Me' alongside the Model album announcement. |
| March 5 2024 | Announced their third album Model, set to be released on May 24, 2024. |
| February 16 2024 | Released 'Your Apartment', the lead single from their third album Model. |
| January 30 2024 |
Brian Wilson
Melinda Ledbetter, Wilson's partner, died at their home.
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| 2023 | Released their first new full-length album since 1998, 'Songs From The Beyond!', on MuSick Recordings. |
| 2023 | Continued and concluded the Tell Me That It's Over Tour. |
| January 2023 |
Brian Wilson
During a podcast appearance, Wilson's daughter Carnie announced that her father was 'probably not going to tour anymore', which she described as heartbreaking.
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| January 28 2023 | Jan and Dean were inducted into the California Music Hall of Fame. |
| 2022 | Released 'Distant Pulsar' 7-inch single through Chunklet Magazine, marking a continued presence in the music scene after multiple decades. |
| 2022 |
Brian Wilson
Wilson completed a 23-year period of regular touring as a solo artist, marking the end of an era in his performance career.
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| 2022 |
Brian Wilson
She & Him embarked on a concert tour to celebrate Wilson's music, accompanied by the release of 'Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson'.
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| 2022 |
Brian Wilson
Days after his final concert, Wilson cancelled his remaining tour dates for the year, citing 'unforeseen health reasons' as the cause.
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| 2022 | Released singles 'Especially You' and 'At the End of the Day' from their album Tell Me That It's Over |
| 2022 | Performed at Coachella 2022, where headliners included Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, and The Weeknd x Swedish House Mafia. |
| 2022 | Launched the Tell Me That It's Over Tour, promoting their second studio album of the same name. |
| 2022 | The band released their second studio album, Tell Me That It's Over. |
| October 30 2022 | Surf Curse begins their North America tour for Magic Hour with a concert in Las Vegas, with band members dressed as different Elvis Presleys. |
| October 7 2022 | Released fourth studio album 'Magic Hour' through Atlantic label, marking their first major label release, available in LP, CD, cassette, digital download, and streaming formats. |
| July 26 2022 |
Brian Wilson
Wilson played his final concert as part of a joint tour with Chicago at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, where he was observed to be 'rigid and expressionless' throughout the performance.
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| April 2022 | Began the Tell Me That It's Over Tour, which continued through 2022 and into 2023. |
| April 23 2022 | Wallows released their Singles Collection 2017—2020 compilation album through Atlantic Records, available in LP, digital download, and streaming formats. |
| March 25 2022 | Released their sophomore album Tell Me That It's Over. |
| March 25 2022 | Released second studio album 'Tell Me That It's Over' through Atlantic Records, with formats including digital download, CD, cassette, and LP. |
| January 22 2022 | Don Wilson died of natural causes at the age of 88, after retiring from touring at the end of 2015. |
| 2021 | Released a 'comeback' EP titled 'The Return Of The Up Up Sound' through MuSick Recordings. |
| 2021 |
Brian Wilson
At the end of the year, Wilson sold his publishing rights to Universal Music Publishing Group for $50 million, receiving almost $32 million for his songwriter share.
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| 2021 | Wallows were nominated for the iHeartRadio Music Award in the Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist category |
| 2021 | Released singles 'Quarterback' and 'I Don't Want to Talk' |
| 2021 | Wallows were nominated for the MTV Video Music Awards' Best Push Performance of the Year for their song 'Are You Bored Yet?' featuring Clairo |
| 2021 | Wallows released the single 'I Don't Want to Talk', previewing their upcoming album |
| November 2021 |
Brian Wilson
Two releases from Brian Wilson were issued: 'At My Piano', consisting of new instrumental rerecordings of his songs, and the soundtrack to 'Long Promised Road', featuring new and unreleased recordings.
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