Head to the replies to watch Gabriel the Marine's tribute to Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch. The one-year anniversary of MCA's passing was on Saturday.

Watch The Roots covering Beastie Boys' "Paul Revere" in the replies.

Rolling Stone has posted an interview with Michael 'Mike D' Diamond of the Beastie Boys discussing Adam Yauch's life and his last few weeks. Included in the interview is the fact that Yauch recorded new music with the band last fall.

From the Article

Adam instigated it. It could only come from him, in terms of where he was at with treatment. It was stuff we had written or demo-ed, and there were new ideas. He wasn't sure he was able to do vocals. But after a bit, we ended up doing them. And he was fine. It was a way for him to say, "Yeah, I'm doing it."

In other magazine cover news, head to the replies to see the cover of next month's Rolling Stone - featuring the late Adam Yauch from Beastie Boys.

"We give you death by '45! It's what we call your last time out!"

Staff Blogs

In Memorium: Adam "MCA" Yauch (Drew Beringer)
Whether He Is We, Her, Him, or Someone Else, This Has To Stop. (Jack Appleby)

Adam Horovits and Mike D. of the Beastie Boys have issued statements regarding the passing of their bandmate, Adam "MCA" Yauch. They are below.

Mike D.'s Statement

I know, we should have tweeted and instagrammed every sad, happy and inspired thought, smile or tear by now. But honestly the last few days have just been a blur of deep emotions for our closest friend, band mate and really brother. I miss Adam so much. He really served as a great example for myself and so many of what determination, faith, focus, and humility coupled with a sense of humor can accomplish. The world is in need of many more like him. We love you Adam. BTW this photo sent to me by a friend, (thanks Saslow) is...

This past Friday, the music scene as a whole lost a true visionary, activist, and legend in Adam "MCA" Yauch, one of the co-founders of Beastie Boys. I wrote a small afterword on the hip-hop pioneer in my blog, as well as created a playlist of some of my favorite Beastie tracks. This is the place to share your favorite videos, songs, and memories from the genre-defining hip-hop trio.

Hit the replies to watch Bomb the Music Industry!'s cover Beastie Boys' "Tough Guy."

At their show last night Coldplay did a special Beastie Boys cover in honor of Adam Yauch. Watch in the replies.

Adam "MCA" Yauch of Beastie Boys has passed away at the age of 47.

Update: The following announcement was just released.

Press Release

It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam "MCA" Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer. He was 47 years old.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Yauch taught himself to play bass in high school, forming a band for his 17th birthday party that would later become...

Long Island hardcore band Incendiary have released a cover of the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" on Bandcamp.

Watch the new Beastie Boys video for "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win", which was directed by Spike Jonze, here.

Listen to Ad-Rock's (Beastie Boys) remix of the Rival Schools track, "69 Gunz", here.

Beastie Boys' new album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2, is streaming here. Thoughts?

You can check out a new Beastie Boys' song, titled "Say It," here.

Beastie Boys' short film, Fight For Your Right Revisited, can be viewed in its entirety here.

Beastie Boys' music video for "Make Some Noise" can be seen here. The video is a snippet of their short film, Fight For Your Right Revisited, which airs tonight at midnight (EST) on VH1 before airing uncensored at 3AM (EST) on Comedy Central.

Listen to a new Beastie Boys track called "Tadlock's Glasses" here. The song is taken from the forthcoming album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2.

The red-band trailer for the Beastie Boys' Fight For Your Right: Revisited is in the replies. The short stars Elijah Wood, Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, John C. Reilly, Seth Rogen and Jack Black.

Stream Passion Pit's remix of the new Beastie Boys track, "Make Some Noise," here.

Head to the replies to hear a new Beastie Boys song, "Make Some Noise."

Head to the replies to check out the Beastie Boys artwork, tracklisting and album track "Too Many Rappers" (feat. Nas) from the forthcoming album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, which will be released on May 3 via Capitol.

Contrary to earlier reports, Adam Yauch of The Beastie Boys is not yet free of cancer. You can read a statement from him in the replies. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with him.

Switchfoot recently covered The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage." See it in the replies.

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Cancer Bats released a music video for their cover of "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, but you have to share it on your facebook or twitter account to watch it.

Jay-Z will be replacing Beastie Boys at All Points West as headliner on Friday the 31st. This will be his first US festival performance.

Beastie Boys will release Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 on September 15th. Santigold and Nas are guests on the record.

Track Listing
01) Tadlock's Glasses
02) B-Boys in the Cut
03) Make Some Noise
04) Nonstop Disco Powerpack
05) OK
06) Too Many Rappers [ft. Nas]
07) Say It
08) The Bill Harper Collection
09) Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win [ft. Santigold]
10) Long Burn the Fire
11) Bundt Cake
12) Funky Donkey
13) Lee Majors Come Again
14) Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
15) Pop Your Balloon
16) Crazy Ass Shit
17) Here's a Little Something for Ya

Innerpartysystem remixed Beastie Boys' "B-Boys In The Cut", and you can stream it at the band's myspace. Or, if you're really digging the jam, you can download it for free here.

Beastie Boys' new album will be called Hot Sauce Committee.

Coldplay and the Beastie Boys have been confirmed to headline Osheaga Festival in Montreal on August 1st and 2nd.

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The All Points West Festival line-up has been announced, taking place July 31st-August 2nd at Liberty State Park in New Jersey. Headliners include Beastie Boys, Coldplay and Tool, and other acts include Vampire Weekend, My Bloody Valentine, MSTRKRFT, Gogol Bordello, Fleet Foxes, Telepathe, Echo and the Bunnymen, Neko Case and lots more. Full line-up is in the replies.

Bruce Springsteen, Phish, and the Beastie Boys will headline the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival. Check the full line-up in the replies.

MTV has an article about the new scatalogically-enhanced Beastie Boys album.

From the Article

"It's pretty scatological, to be completely honest. There are probably more scatological lyrics on this particular album than ever before," MCA added. "If you don't know what that means, go home and look it up."

The Beastie Boys will be participating in a live '3D Virtual World' chat on There.com tomorrow, August 20th, at 7:30PM EST; click here for more information on how to take part.

Beastie Boys have added some dates to their sold out tour.

Tour Dates

September 20th - Montreal QUE - Bell Centre (On Sale This Weekend)
September 21st - Toronto ONT - Air Canada Centre (On Sale Now)
September 22nd - Toronto ONT - Hummingbird Centre for Performing Arts - A Gala Event - Exclusive Instrumental Show (On Sale This Weekend)
September 24th - Detroit, MI - Fillmore (On Sale This Weekend)
September 27th - Chicago IL - Charter One Pavilion (On Sale This Weekend)

Beastie Boys have announced additional dates for their upcoming US tour. See them in the replies.

Beastie Boys will be having two listening parties on June 25th from 6 to 8 PM to celebrate their release of The Mix-Up. More information can be seen in the replies.

The Beastie Boys have announced some tour dates for the summer.

Tour Dates

August 1: Philadelphia (Festival Pier) August 4: Baltimore (Virgin Festival)
August 6: Boston (Bank of America Pavilion)
August 8: New York (Central Park SummerStage)
August 9: Brooklyn, N.Y. (McCarren Park Pool)
August 16: Morrison, Colo. (Red Rocks)
August 23: Santa Barbara, Calif. (County Bowl)
August 25: Berkeley, Calif. (Greek Theatre)

Virgin Festival, which takes place in Baltimore, MD, has announced this year's headliners: The Police, Smashing Pumpkins and Beastie Boys. This event will take place on August 4th and 5th.

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