How many times has this happened: You go to see one of your favorite artists in concert, an act with a long list of iconic Top 40 hits, and half the show consists of new songs or obscure album cuts you don't remember—and most of the songs you were there to hear don't get played!

Well, don't worry, baby, Mike Love said the Beach Boys don't treat their fans like that.

“;I'm a firm believer in doing songs that people associate with you. The reason most people come to see a show is to hear the songs you're known for—your biggest hits,”; Love said during a phone interview in advance of the group's concert tomorrow night at Blaisdell Arena.

“;There's a lot of great songs that were big hits for us, from 'Surfin' Safari' to 'Kokomo' and everything in between, so we have no lack of material, that's for sure,”; he continued. “;We open with 'Surfin',' and then we go into 'Catch a Wave,' 'Hawaii,' 'Do It Again' ... and 'Surfin' Safari.'”;

Love is returning with Bruce Johnson, who became a member of the group after Brian Wilson stopped touring in 1965. Given that Wilson is currently doing his own thing, his brothers (Carl and Dennis) are dead and Al Jardine isn't currently in the picture, the group headed by Love and Johnson is as close to the original band as it gets.

It's been almost 50 years since the Beach Boys—Love; his cousins Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson; and Al Jardine—recorded their first (regional) hit, “;Surfin',”; written by Love and Brian Wilson, which did very, very well in California and reached No. 75 nationally. Less than a year later, they were signed by Capitol Records and recorded their first album, “;Surfin' Safari.”; With the release of their second album, “;Surfin' U.S.A.,”; early in 1963, the Beach Boys became a national phenomenon.

Love said the Beach Boys have been coming to Hawaii almost that long.

“;Being in Hawaii goes back to the earliest times of the Beach Boys because of our surfing songs. I think when we had 'Surfin' Safari' (in 1962) we were over there, and Jan and Dean over with us, too. We have KPOI posters from back in that day.

“;It used to be that if I had a three-day weekend or a four-day weekend, I'd take off on Western Airlines and go to Honolulu and stay in Waikiki at what is now the Hilton Hawaiian Village or the Biltmore Hotel before it became the Hyatt Regency.

“;I had a fantastic time in Hawaii,”; Love said, adding that Hawaii lived up to his expectations the first time he got off the plane.

“;Maybe even exceeded (expectations), because I don't think we could truly visualize Hawaii even with motion pictures or photos. To be there in person was the only way to really appreciate it.”;

Serious Beach Boys fans remember the group's tribute to the islands, “;Hawaii,”; included as an album track on their third album, “;Surfer Girl,”; in which they sing about “;the pretty girls with the grass skirts down to their knees.”;

“;It's one of our favorites. We do it every night,”; Love said. “;It's a cute little song, and it says it like it is. I really like doing it.”;

The group's work has been documented with several box sets—one for their “;Pet Sounds”; album includes a disc of vocals only, to showcase the group's distinctive harmonies—as well as single- and double-CD anthologies. Love recommended “;Sounds of Summer”; as one of the more recent collections that contains “;about every hit we ever made. That's really a great CD for those who want to have a Beach Boys hits (collection).

“;We worked very hard on the 'Pet Sounds' album to make sure those harmonies were impeccable,”; he said.