You ask; we answer

We've received quite a few emails asking the same question, so we decided it's time for a lil' Q&A at Mic to Mic.

Q: I'm amping up for a gala event and I was just curious about the actual level of "dressiness" for the fans at these events. The Boys have mentioned that we should be dressed better than we would for normal concerts, and I noticed in your photos that they are dressed up to perform--but are we talking fancy gowns and tuxedos/GQ suits or just dressy skirts/trousers and shirts with ties?

A: Dress to impress, they say.

During the Pageant Tour, the band made the same request for fans to dress to impress. They clarified what that meant in a short video posted at Beastieboys.com [see below]. Adam Yauch explained that a tuxedo or a t-shirt with a tuxedo printed on it would be equally appropriate. The same rules apply on this tour. Dress to impress means dress with style (i.e., with flair).

Most Beastie Boys fans with whom I've spoken are interpreting "dress to impress" on this tour as dressing in the same style as the band in their vintage-inspired suits.

My advice: wear whatever you want. Have fun with dressing up, if you want. I recommend, however, not wearing anything that you don't want ruined. You never know if a crazy person is going to attack you and rip up your clothes (happened to me), throw beer all over you (happened to me), or just sweat profusely against you (happened to everybody).

If you do dress up, do it to please yourself, not the band. It's unlikely that you're going to get props from them.


Thanks to Ana for the video!

Sunday smile

If this doesn't put a smile on your face, you've had too much plastic surgery.

Beastie Boys sing Rawls and Rogers [3MB mp3 via zshare)

Beastie Boys at Fuji Rock Festival

Information on the Beastie Boys performance at the Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan, is slow coming in. I'm waiting to get details from friends in Japan. [Updated with setlist, photos, and video]

Setlist

MMM Opener
Super Disco Breakin'
Sure Shot
Triple Trouble
Shake Your Rump
Time for Living
Live at PJ's
B for My Name
Gratitude
Remote Control
Body Movin'
Pass the Mic
Time to Get Ill
Ch-Check It Out
Son of Neckbone
Suco de Tangerina
Sabrosa
Off the Grid
Tough Guy
Egg Raid on Mojo
Root Down
No Sleep Til Brooklyn
3 MCs and 1 DJ
So What'cha Want [video]
MMM Interlude
Intergalactic [video]
Heart Attack Man
Sabotage

Someone shot a lot of video! A 10-minute video of Mix Master Mike's opener, Super Disco Breakin', Sure Shot, and Triple Trouble may be viewed here. A 9-minute video of Time for Living, Live at PJ's, and B for My Name may be viewed here. An 8-minute video of Gratitude, Remote Control, and Pass the Mic may be viewed here. A video of Time to Get Ill, Ch-Check It Out, Transitions, Sabrosa, and Off the Grid may be viewed here. A video of the end of Transitions, Son of Neckbone, and Sabrosa may be viewed here. These last two videos prove that the setlist provided by the Beastie Boys label in Japan and published above is incorrect, or at least not in correct order.

According to one fan with whom I communicated, the crowd for the Beastie Boys set was pretty tame, except during Sabotage. The audience wigged out for that song.

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The last photo is from Money Mark's set at the Fuji Rock Festival.

Money Mark on Moog music

Talk about the passion.

Eye on the prize

Below are several contests in which you can win something Beastie Boys-related:

Win two VIP passes to the Virgin Festival from ThePolice.com (ends August 2)

Win two tickets to the Beastie Boys show at Brixton Academy in London (presumably to the first show on September 4) at Caughtinthecrossfire.com

Win a copy of The Mix-Up from Hit40UK.com (ends July 30)

Between criminals and the police

Click image to view enlargement.

Virgin Festival organizers have finally announced the schedule for the two-day music festival, which takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 4 and 5. Beastie Boys are scheduled to perform from 6:15 to 7:35 p.m. on the North Stage Saturday night.

Beastie Boys vs. Superfriends

Diamond is Batman, Horovitz is Robin, and Yauch is Superman.

Yeah, that seems right.

"You're not going to JFK by chance?"

After enjoying a brief break from their tour schedule, Beastie Boys packed up and left New York City again today to return to touring. They will be appearing at the Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan, this Saturday (July 28).

It seems that Adam Horovitz had a little problem leaving the city this morning, according to a New York blogger who recognized Horovitz standing on the street and wrote about the encounter:

We were loading up the truck this morning for a return to Home Depot when our event producer, Jonny Santos notices something familiar about the guy leaning next to our front door with a red suitcase sipping an iced coffee.

"That's totally Adrock," says Jonny.

He was right. Turns out the towncar broken down on Spring Street was the reason he was standing in front of our door.

"You're not going to JFK by chance?" he says.

"We'll take you," says Jonny, and runs upstairs to print out some directions from our office.

Adrock tells the driver he's going with us, but before Jonny can get back downstairs with the directions an auxiliary towncar rolls up.

So it goes. He was very calm and cool, even when it looked like he'd miss his flight. He told Jonny he'd see him next week when the Beastie Boys perform at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore. Really nice guy.

Live at Roskilde: "Sabotage"

Photo credit: Kollaps

"Hi, everybody. Hellooo. Hey, over there by the hot dogs! Hiii! Over in the back, by the rollercoaster...hi."

Adam Horovitz shouted greetings to fans before the Beastie Boys performed their final song at the Roskilde Festival. The following audio download is a rip from an MTV Europe broadcast of the performance.

Sabotage (Live at Roskilde 2007) [3MB mp3 via sendspace]

Much thanks to Friis!

Audio flashback: "She's Got a Moustache" by Original Concept

Original Concept was a four-member rap group from Long Island that formed in 1986. Among its members was André "Doctor Dré" Brown, who was the Beastie Boys DJ from 1985 to 1986.

According to the liner notes of Original Concept's one-and-only album, titled Straight from the Basement of Kooley High (Def Jam, 1988), Mike Diamond contributed to the song shared as today's audio flashback.

"She's Got a Moustache" [5.3MB mp3 via zshare]

Read more about Original Concept and Doctor Dré at Beastiemania.com.

Mixy magic

Yowza! You gotta watch this excellent video of Mix Master Mike at the World Electronic Music Festival.

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Mix Master Mike at the World Electronic Music Festival

Photo credit: Weller Photography

Mix Master Mike rocked the house at the World Electronic Music Festival this past weekend in Welland, Ontario.

Watch -- I mean, hear -- a short video from his set:

Because that video might not give you a satisfying Mix Master Mike fix, watch the following video, filmed at the Bruk Summer Street Festival in Poland earlier this month. Make note of who MMM's official photographer is.

Ticket exchange for you, and you, and y'all

Enough readers contacted me about wanting a place to buy and sell tickets that I created a group on Google for that specific purpose.

Anyone can view the posts; however, only members may post. This measure is to keep out the spammers and riff-raff. To join the group, click on the "Apply for group membership" link on the Group home page.

I advise people who join the group to read the messages on the group web site or use the RSS feed instead of having individual messages delivered by email. Members may specify their preferences for reading messages by clicking on the "Edit my membership" link.

If you would like to join the group without a Google account, email me and request that I add you to the group at your preferred non-Google email address.

European tour: over but not finished here

Because of the break in the tour, I've found time to beef up our reports on the European tour by adding new photos, videos, press reviews, and information. I've been able to build partial setlists for some shows we had little information on by watching videos on Youtube.com and other video sites. All videos -- even crappy-quality videos -- help to tell a story.

Our European tour reports are now listed as quick links in the right column on this page for easy access and review. If you have or find photos or videos from the shows, please contact us so we can add them to the reports. We're especially interested in getting photos or scans of the setlists.

A few items that I added to the reports that I feel are particularly worthy of review are these nice photos from the Montreux Gala Event (send your mom a Beastie Boys e-card!); a video of "Time to Get Ill" from the Moon & Stars Festival in Switzerland that captures Mike's microphone dying on him (listen to his explanation of why the mic died); and a video of "Tough Guy" from the Southside Festival in Germany that includes a goofy conversation between Mike and Yauch. What does Yauch know about naked bungee jumping?!

One unusual find is the following video, which was shot before the Montreux Gala Event. You have to be kind of patient while you watch it, but there is a reward at the end.



As I find time, I will continue to update our tour reports and point out items of interest.

Need tickets?

How did everyone make out with getting tickets to the U.S. shows? Everybody good?

I have been kicking around the idea of creating a forum for fans to sell and/or trade tickets, but I'm unsure of the need. Contact me by email or post a comment if a ticket forum is something you would use.

Because I was following the European tour when the U.S. shows went on sale, I had to rely on friends and family to purchase my tickets. A communication snafu among my ticket team caused me to end up with extra tickets to several shows. I have tickets to the following shows for sale:

8/19 - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (one seated ticket)

8/20 - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (two seated tickets - not together)

8/24 - The Warfield, San Francisco [Gala Event] (one seated ticket)

Contact me by email if you're interested in purchasing any of the tickets. (Please don't post in the comments.) I am selling them at face value.

I would like to thank all the readers who contributed their iTunes codes to help other fans purchase tickets. Many fans got the tickets they wanted because of your generosity!

Hear The Mix-Up bonus tracks

A number of readers have contacted us, requesting we post mp3s of the bonus tracks from The Mix-Up. Sorry, no can do. The bonus tracks are intended to encourage people to buy the album. C'mon, Adam Horovitz has a dog to feed!

Although we can't point you to mp3 downloads of the songs, we can point you to audio clips of the songs so you can hear them. Martijn at Beastieplaza.nl has posted short audio clips of the two bonus tracks on the Japanese version of the album:

"The Mix-Up"
"Fibonacci Sequence"

A third bonus track, titled "Biscuits and Butter," is an iTunes exclusive that is available only with the album download. An audio clip is available to hear in the iTunes Music Store.

Beastie Boys at the Nuke Festival

"Professionals!"

Beastie Boys filmed a short message for a listening party of The Mix-Up in Austria before their performance at the Nuke Festival.

Setlist

MMM Intro
Triple Trouble
Super Disco Breakin'
Sure Shot
Shake Your Rump
Gratitude
The Biz vs. The Nuge
Time for Living
B for My Name
Live at PJ's
Heart Attack Man
Remote Control
Body Movin' [video]
Pass the Mic
Brass Monkey
Posse in Effect
The Gala Event
Tough Guy
Shambala
Sabrosa
Off the Grid
Root Down
3 MC's & 1 DJ
Ch-check It Out
So What'cha Want
MMM Interlude [video]
Intergalactic [video]
No Sleep Til Brooklyn
Sabotage [video]

The show was broadcasted on Austrian radio Fm4.

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Audio of Heineken Open'er Festival hip-hop set

Yauch: Everybody in the house, let me hear you say "Bong-bong!"
Audience: Bong-bong!
Yauch: Say "Bong-bong!"
Audience: Bong-bong!
Horovitz: My side, my side! Go "Bing-bing!"
Audience: Bing-bing!
Yauch: Bong-bong!
Audience: Bong-bong!
Horovitz: Bing-bing!
Audience: Bing-bing!
Yauch: Bong-bong!
Horovitz: Bing-bing!
Yauch: That was great.
Horovitz: We've got to work that one out.
Diamond: That was a hot routine, y'all.

Ahh, bong-bonging and bing-binging in the rain in an old airfield in Poland with the Beastie Boys! Yes, I remember it well! And now we all can remember it well, thanks to a generous taper who recorded and shared the show with us.

Download a compressed folder [.rar] containing mp3s at Megaupload.com or individual mp3s via Zshare.net below.

01 Gratitude
02 Time for Living
03 Live at PJ's
04 Root Down
05 Triple Trouble
06 Sure Shot
07 Shake Your Rump
08 Remote Control
09 Tough Guy
10 Electric Worm
11 Sabrosa
12 Pass the Mic
13 Body Movin'
14 Super Disco Breakin'
15 Brass Monkey
16 Off the Grid
17 Shambala
18 Son of Neckbone
19 The Maestro
20 Egg Raid on Mojo
21 3 MC's and 1 DJ
22 No Sleep Til Brooklyn
23 Ch-Check It Out
24 So What'cha Want
25 MMM Interlude
26 Intergalactic
27 Heart Attack Man
28 Sabotage

Hear, see, and feel Beastie Boys

Mix Master Mike interlude and "Intergalactic" at Balaton Sound Festival, filmed by Kobak

It's rare for me to find a video that captures what I feel a Beastie Boys concert experience is like. This video, filmed at the Beastie Boys set at the Balaton Sound Festival in Zamardi, Hungary, achieves just that.

This video has it all: Mix Master Mike's mastery, B Boy banter, special visuals (the robot animation for "Intergalactic" that I wrote about in another review), audience exuberance, and Beastie Boys craftiness (i.e., taking a mistake and turning it into something good). Note the funky, spoken-style way Adam Horovitz picks up the interruption in "Intergalactic."

This video put a huge smile on my face.

Who's the best?

Listeners of B92 Radio in Serbia were asked to listen to audio of live performances from artists who appeared at the Exit Festival and choose the best performance of the entire festival. Guess who listeners chose? I'll give you a clue. It starts with "B."

Listen to the song that convinced B92 Radio listeners to vote Beastie Boys as best performance at the Exit Festival:

3 MC's and 1 DJ (Live at the Exit Festival) [dl via Zshare]

Thanks to Ana!

B92 interview with Adam Horovitz

Adam Horovitz participated in a short radio interview with B92 Radio last Friday, the day the Beastie Boys performed at the Exit Festival in Serbia.

You can download and listen to the 5-minute interview here [updated link].

Thank you, Baseline!

Beastie Boys at Balaton Sound Festival

"Put one finger in the fuckin' air like thissss!"

For the final date of the European tour at the Balaton Sound Festival in Zamardi, Hungary, Mike chose to dress in his yachting outfit. Fressssh attire!!


Beastie Boys performing "Super Disco Breakin'" at Balaton Sound Festival

Setlist*

Sure Shot [video]
The Maestro [video]
No Sleep Til Brooklyn [video]
Remote Control
Pass the Mic
Tough Guy
Body Movin' [video]
Time to Get Ill [video]
Skills to Pay the Bills [video]
Ch-Check It Out [video]
3 MCs and 1 DJ [video]
MMM Interlude [video // alternate video (includes Intergalactic)]
Intergalactic [video]
Sabotage [video]

Here's a video montage that includes clips of Ch-Check It Out, Remote Control, Pass the Mic, Tough Guy, No Sleep Til Brooklyn, So What'cha Want, Intergalactic, and Body Movin'

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*Incomplete

Fan report on the Exit Festival

Beastie Boys with an Exit Festival publicist in Serbia. Mark must have been on the bus.

We were very pleased to receive an email from a fan who attended the Beastie Boys performance at the Exit Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia. Ana provided the kind of detailed review we like to read.

She writes:

The performance was great! It's not just my opinion; everybody agreed Beastie Boys were the best performance at Exit 07. Their setlist was similar to the one at the Open'er Fest in Poland -- pretty much in the same order, plus they played "Suco de Tangerina." People loved the new stuff, and I must say it sounds even better live!

The Boys were funny as usual, especially Adam Horovitz, who was drinking beer on stage, and Mike D. Mike started the show with apologizing for not coming to Serbia sooner and finished the show with a toast in Serbian. (He tried to say "na zdravlje," but I don't know what he said or I didn't hear it right.) Mike also wished the audience a good time at the other shows at the festival, mentioning Snoop Dog, Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, and even Robert Plant. He turned to Horovitz and said, "You know, that guy from Led Zeppelin." He didn't mention The Prodigy.

Mike also said something about many people coming to the festival to meet others and asked Horovitz if he had met anyone there. Horovitz ignored him, but when he repeated the question twice, Horovitz replied, "Not yet. Maybe after the show." Mike said, "Ok, see ya at the afterparty at Motel 6."

Besides their brilliant performance and the crazy atmosphere, I'll remember this concert as the first one in which I couldn't get to the first row. It just wasn't possible! You and Midzi (with your injuries) crossed my mind at one point, during "Egg Raid on Mojo," when I lost my sneakers in the crowd! You can see in this photo, where the dust is in the air, is where I was standing for the show. I'm telling you, it was total chaos!

I saw one interview with the band on national television in which Mike said that he's not afraid of anything -- except oversized microphones. Yauch made funny faces with his fingers on his head, like horns or rabbit ears, while Horovitz chased away invisible flies. When asked about Live Earth and the environment, Yauch presented his idea of generating power with people who ride bikes at the gym. When asked about the difference between a Gala Event and a regular show, Mike replied that they drink better champagne and dress better at the Gala Events.

Ana reports that all the performances at the Exit Festival, including the Beastie Boys performance, were streamed live at www.exitlive.tv. She hopes to track down a recording of the show and share it with the fan community.

Beastie Boys at the Exit Festival

Reuters photos

Unfortunately, I can find little information about the Beastie Boys performance at the Exit Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia, yesterday (July 13). I read one short report that said the band performed "all their hits." Duh.

One interesting thing I found related to the show is a video of Beastie Boys performing "Off the Grid" at the Exit Festival. The lighting and visuals for this song performance, as shown in this video, are different than at other shows during the European tour. It appears the lighting and visuals for the tour have been designed and evolved with each performance. Each show has had its own unique look.

An interesting thing to note about the Beastie Boys performance at the Exit Festival is its marks the first time the Beastie Boys have shared a stage with The Prodigy since their infamous "misunderstanding" at the Reading Festival in 1998. I don't suppose Beastie Boys asked The Prodigy not to play "Smack My Bitch Up" again, do you?

Read a fan's account of the Beastie Boys performance at the Exit Festival here.

Setlist

MMM Intro [video]
Super Disco Breakin' [video]
Sure Shot [video]
Triple Trouble
Shake Your Rump
The Biz vs. The Nuge
Time for Living
Live at PJ's
B for My Name [video]
Gratitude [video]
Remote Control [video]
Body Movin' [video]
Pass the Mic
Brass Monkey [video]
Ch-Check It Out
Off the Grid [video]
Tough Guy [video]
Shambala
Suco de Tangerina
Sabrosa
Egg Raid on Mojo
Root Down
No Sleep Til Brooklyn
3 MC's and 1 DJ
So What'cha Want [video] / [alternate video]
MMM Interlude [video]
Intergalactic [video]
Heart Attack Man
Sabotage

A video montage of Super Disco Breakin', Sure Shot, Triple Trouble, and Ch-Check It Out may be viewed here.

Photos

Video for "The Kangaroo Rat"

Dressed to ill

From The New York Times:

Hello, Natty
By Christopher Bollen

Inside the wood-paneled walls of the former executive offices of the Benjamin Moore paint company on Canal Street, three men dressed in circa 1950s suits are getting down to business. Only these guys aren’t looking at paint chips. Adam Yauch, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz are recording “The Mix-Up,” their new all-instrumental album. Welcome to the Beastie Boys’ Oscilloscope Studios, where for the past year, a strict dress code has been in play.

The new work clothes are not a sign that New York’s favorite delinquent sons have finally grown up or have mellowed with age. “The Mix-Up” finds the Boys away from the rapping and sampling that has defined their hip-hop sound and adopting the old-school approach of just sitting down in a room together and playing their instruments. “We did a total 180 on ourselves,” Diamond says, tugging on his polyester lapels. This is not the first time the Beastie Boys have donned suits for a release — they wore matching jumpsuits while touring for “Hello Nasty” and Adidas track suits for “To the Five Boroughs.” Those looks, however, were assembled specifically for the stage. The vintage suits and ties set the tone for the new album, with MCA, Mike D. and Adrock wearing their retro jazz-cat fineries into the studio every day and requiring everyone else to dress in a similar fashion. “Whenever you look at old pictures of musicians recording,” Yauch explains, “everyone is in suits and ties — formal was normal. So we thought for the music we were making it just didn’t seem right coming in wearing T-shirts and sneakers.”

The three decided that Monday through Thursday were compulsory suit-and-tie, but that Fridays would be casual. “Well, ‘casual,’ ” Horovitz clarifies, “meant, like, old-school sneakers from the ’60s.” All three musicians took instantly to their work threads — even competitively accessorizing with tie clips, cuff links and hats. And they became very savvy hunters on eBay. But of course, when you’re the Beastie Boys, you can also rely on a little help from your fans. “As a band, whatever you’re into, people show up to make it available to you,” Diamond says. “If your band is into drugs, you’ll have seedy drug-type people around you. When we went through our skateboarding phase, people would show up and give us skateboard gear. Now people are showing up with incredible stuff — and I don’t mean drugs, I mean suits.”

The Beastie Boys plan to continue the late-’50s look on tour (they play a bunch of hometown shows next month) and have even produced specially constructed Plexiglas instruments to take on the road. Just don’t expect any onstage pyrotechnics. “Yesterday, I was wearing a shirt that was very flammable,” Diamond says. “There was quite a sheen to it. Most of these clothes are highly petroleum-based. That’s not very environmental.” He opens his jacket to reveal a label that reads, “Lord Douglas expressly tailored for Bonney & Gordon Store for Men, Sacramento, California.” “But on the other hand, we are saving fine clothes from landfills.”

View of a slideshow of photos of the Beastie Boys, taken by Ari Marcopoulos and published with this feature article, here.

No instruments is no problem

We received an email from a fan who saw the Beastie Boys' set at the Quart Festival in Norway, one of the shows we heard very little about.

Morten writes:

"There was trouble with the instrument sound, so the guys had to improvise for the first 30 minutes. They just rapped to some records -- freestyle shit. Very cool!"

Dang! That does sound cool, doesn't it?

iTunes code: one last appeal

We are happy to report that we have successfully hooked some fans up to other fans to share the iTunes code and get Beastie Boys concert tickets. Unfortunately, we received more requests for iTunes codes than we received code donations. We're making a final appeal to fans who haven't yet used their code to buy Beastie Boys concert tickets to donate the code to fans in need.

Most people who have written us are looking for only one or two tickets to a single show. Everyone who has written is a genuine fan. (Geesh, you have to be a big fan if you're reading this goofy blog.)

So, pleeeaasse, if you have a code to spare, help your fellow Beastie Boys fan. Email us the code and the amount of tickets available with the code. We will distribute the codes to fans in order of request received.

A final note: The code is not related to an individual's iTunes identity or account. No personal information is revealed through sharing of the code.

Beastie Boys at Moon & Stars Festival

Beastie Boys perform "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" at the Moon & Stars Festival in Locarno, Switzerland.

Setlist

Super Disco Breakin'
Sure Shot
Triple Trouble
Shake Your Rump
Time for Living
Live at PJ's
Gratitude
Remote Control
Body Movin'
Pass the Mic
Time to Get Ill [video]
In the middle of the song, Mike's microphone dies. Mike explains to the audience, "I was so hot on the mic, I blew it up."
Ch-Check It Out
Off the Grid
Tough Guy [video]
Son of Neckbone
Suco de Tangerina
Sabrosa [video]
Egg Raid on Mojo [video]
Root Down [video]
No Sleep Til Brooklyn [see video above]
3 MCs and 1 DJ
So What'cha Want
MMM Interlude [video]
Intergalactic [video]
Heart Attack Man
Sabotage

This video is a montage, featuring performances of Pass the Mic, Time to Get Ill, MMM Interlude, Intergalactic, Live at PJ's, and Sabotage.

Photos

U.S. tour to begin in 3 weeks

Now that we're nearing the end of the European tour, let's take a look at the upcoming U.S. tour. Beastie Boys have announced the following dates in the United States:

August 1 - Festival Pier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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August 2 - The Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey (A Gala Event)
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August 4 - Virgin Festival, Baltimore, Maryland
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August 5 - Opera House, Boston, Massachussetts (A Gala Event)
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August 6 - Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Massachussetts
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August 8 - Central Park Summerstage, New Yawk, New Yawk
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August 9 - McCarren Pool, Brooklyn, New York
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August 10 - Hammerstein Ballroom, New Yawk, New Yawk (A Gala Event)
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August 16 - Red Rocks, Morrison, Colorado
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August 17 - The Fillmore, Denver, Colorado (A Gala Event)
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August 19 - Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California
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August 20 - Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California
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August 21 - Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, California (A Gala Event)
Presale on July 13; on-sale on July 14 at Ticketmaster.com

August 23 - Santa Barbara County Bowl, Santa Barbara, California
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August 24 - The Warfield, San Francisco, California (A Gala Event)
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August 25 - Greek Theater, Berkeley, California
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View a visual representation of the tour schedule.

Full Roskilde press conference

From Stereo Warning:

You guys played and have seen lots of concerts. What makes a performance stand out?
MCA: Mike and I were trying to calculate the other day how many hours we've spent on stage, 'cause we were talking to this pilot and she said she had flown for 11,000 hours. My guess is we've spent maybe 10,000 hours on stage.
Mike D: I could be wrong, but I'm throwing 10,000 out there. That's pretty good experience, you know. You'd feel safe - not with us flying a plane, 'cause I've never flown a plane, but performing with us. We know what we're doing up there. That's all I'm saying.

Why don't you bring more bands from New York on tour with you? Bands from your old New York roots, that never got discovered.
Adrock: None of those bands are together anymore.

Murphy's Law is.
Adrock: We've toured with Murphy's Law before.

But not in Europe.
Adrock: No, not in Europe.
Mike D: How come you didn't bring up Urban Waste, though? Or Kraut? Or even The Mob? Or The Attack? The Undead?
MCA: How about Cavity Creeps? How do you feel about Cavity Creeps? You're into them? No?
Mike D: How about Adrenaline OD? Come on, you're feeling them boys at home! You love that shit, right?

What's the difference between Beastie Boys 20 years ago and today?
MCA: I have more gray hair.
Adrock: I have more money.

I was thinking more along the lines of artistic...
Mike D: You know, I just spent all my crowns today at lunch. I don't have any left.
Adrock: I have more, but in the bank.
Mike D: It's probably not that different, every record we do is a bit different, but it represents where we're at the moment. Twenty years ago we listened to some different types of music.
MCA: I got a computer.

Do you see a difference in the music scene?
MCA: Not much.
Adrock: Just trying to barely get by.
MCA: Just trying to stay afloat.
Adrock: Hanging on by a thread.

Do you have anything in common with the hip-hop scene from today, like 50 Cent for example?
Mike D: I actually use the same dry cleaner as 50 Cent. We do use the same dentist, although he uses a different person for his fronts, 'cause my dentist won't do that type of work.
Adrock: 50 Cent is in much better shape than us.
Mike D: Well, he drinks vitamin water. I drink soda. I had a dentist once who gave me teeth made out of wood, because he said that's what George Washington had. Then I found out that George Washington didn't use wood in his teeth and I started to get splinters from the teeth and I sued the dentist. 'Cause it hurt me a lot and he lied to me.
Adrock: George Washington, the first American president, his teeth were from elephant's teeth.
MCA: No, rhino tusk.
Adrock: I thought it was elephant tusk.
MCA: No, rhino. I can send you the link if you want it. You can google it, too.

What do you think of Rick Rubin's work today, he's a very popular producer...
Mike D: I don't know if it's been announced, 'cause it's something he just told me about when we were in the sauna together, but he's doing a thing with Cirque de Soleil.
Adrock: He gets mistaken sometimes for the dude in ZZ Top.

Which one?
Adrock: The one with the beard.

Will you make any political statements today on stage?
Mike D: I'd like you to consider strongly voting for me. I don't have an office per se that I'm running for, but if an argument erupts I'd like you to just take my side.
Adrock: We don't even have an office.

How is the music scene in New York right now?
Mike D: I'm not familiar with it. But there's always something going down.

What's a good bar to go to in New York?
Adrock: Astoria Hogwash. There's a bar called Hogwash in Astoria, Queens. It's a drive from New York, but it's a good bar. And Murphy's Law are from Queens too. And so is Run DMC and LL Cool J. A lot of history in Queens.

What do you think of CBGB's going down?
MCA: It's sad.
Mike D: New York changes.
Adrock: What are you gonna do, it's the way of the world.

No break for Mix Master Mike

All good things must end. The Beastie Boys European tour is about to wrap up soon. The last performance of their European tour will take place this Saturday (July 15) at the Balaton Sound Festival in Hungary. After that performance, the band will be returning home for a break before beginning the first date of the U.S. tour on August 1 in Philadelphia.

One member of the band, however, is not taking much of a break. Mix Master Mike is scheduled to perform at the World Electronic Music Festival, which takes place in Welland, Ontario (near Toronto), on July 20-22. Mix Master Mike will headline the World of DnB Stage.

For ticket information, visit the World Electronic Music Festival site.

Can you a spare an iTunes code, brother?

If you received a special code to purchase concert tickets by downloading The Mix-Up on iTunes and you have not yet ordered the maximum number tickets allowable (four total), please consider donating your code so other Beastie Boys fans can use it to purchase good tickets. Contact us if you are willing to donate your code or if you need a code. We'll do our best to help fans connect so they can help one another. The ticket offer expires on July 14, so please don't delay.

Mix Master Mike appreciation

Part 1 of 3 videos, posted at Youtube.com by Pulp68

Our favorite DJ performed at an afterparty at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 9, 2007. Watch, listen, and appreciate.

Part 2 // Part 3

Montreux Gala Event

"Jimmy James" at the Montreux Gala Event

A Beastie Boys fan, going by the username b0nkb0nkb0nk on Youtube.com, has posted video from the Gala Event at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 10, 2007, at Youtube.com. The videos are full-song recordings, and the audio quality is pretty good (all things considered).

Setlist*

Sure Shot [video] [alternate video]
Suco de Tangerina [video]
Live at PJ's [video]
Jimmy James [see above video]
Sabrosa [video]
Transitions [video]
Groove Holmes [video]
So What'cha Want [video]
3 MCs and 1 DJ [video]

*Incomplete

Oddities

Backstage video
Another backstage video

Photos



Related Media

Concert review and photos at Vibrationsmusic.com (in French)