Video: Coldplay - "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" - Live May 4, 2012

Coldplay pays tribute to the late Adam Yauch with Beastie Boys "Fight For Your Right (To Party)"

RIP Adam "MCA" Yauch.

In the wake of what's likely been the year's saddest musical event, artists have spoken out on MCA's passing, acknowledging both his and the Beastie Boys' impact on hip hop and culture at large. Firstly, Coldplay again covered "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" last night in L.A., the first time they'd done so since 2009 at the All Points West Music Festival, when they first learned of MCA's battle with cancer. Watch the piano-led tribute at the bottom. Many other musicians, rappers and rockers alike, mourned MCA as well. "Adam Yauch [...]

Coldplay paid tribute to the Beastie Boys' MCA during their concert in Los Angeles on Friday night. The band performed their piano-driven reworking of "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)", which they first debuted at the All Points West Music Festival in 2009 (the Beastie Boys canceled their slot at the festival shortly after MCA revealed his cancer diagnosis.) Watch footage of last night's tribute below.