The Beach (novel) only day-dream about". "The Beach" was made into a film in 2000, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Robert Carlyle, Virginie Ledoyen and Guillaume Canet. The novel was at one point reportedly being considered for adaptation to a television series by "The Secret Circle" developer Andrew Miller. The Beach (novel) The Beach is a 1996 novel by English author Alex Garland. Set in Thailand, it is the story of a young backpacker's search for a legendary, idyllic and isolated beach untouched by tourism, and his time there in its small, international community of backpackers. In 2000,
The Who Tour 1996–1997 1989 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The 1996–1997 segment includes a complete performance of "Quadrophenia", plus encores of "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Substitute", "I Can't Explain", "The Kids Are Alright", "Behind Blue Eyes", and "Who Are You". The date(s) of the performances are not listed, but the songs from the encore segment match those performed on the latter part of the 1997 North American tour. (The first four encore numbers come from the very last show of the tour in West Palm Beach on 16 August 1997; the latter two are from the concert in Dayton, 4 November