Video: Beastie Boys - Three MC's and One DJ

The latest in the line of Beasties reissues is out next week with one of my favourite albums of all-time ( YO, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU.. IMA LET YOU FINISH BUT etc etc ) - 1998's Hello Nasty gets the remastered treatment. It'll be available in 2-CD/vinyl box set/multi-format treatment featuring 43 tracks in total with 21 bonus tracks and rarities, including 10 never before released items (tracks/skits). Vinyl deluxe pack includes four 180-gram vinyl LPs featuring the deluxe remastered album and Hello Nasty Collectors Edition PATCH in an 8-panel gatefold package enclosed [...]

The Beastie Boys canceled shows in Chicago and elsewhere due to Adam Yauch's planned surgery for cancer. Fortunately, the cancer is believed to be treatable, Yauch says in a YouTube video posted on the Beasties' Web site . The surgery will push back the release of an upcoming album and cancel a Lollapalooza appearance as well as an after show at the Congress Theater .

I'm not sure if it's due more to the fact that it's summer, and lots of local acts are away on tour, or just my laziness, but the number of shows in our listings that couple weeks has been kind of small. Never fear though, this promises to be one of the biggest music-related summers Halifax has ever seen, what with all the big Festivals ( Virginfest's Halifax debut , the no-nonsense-ably named ROCKFEST ) and huge one-off shows (Paul McCartney's only Canadian tour date this summer? Right here in Halifax, and kudos to friend of the [...]

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Ol' skool sunday with Beastie Boys Ghostbuster-dj-style