
Every Wednesday at 12pm (GMT) we aim to bring you a full-length concert to watch during your lunch break. Sort of like Orange Wednesdays, but not at all. This week's edition of 'Lunchtime Concert' features Beastie Boys ' full Glasgow SECC show from 1999. According to Beastie Mania , "this concert was recorded by MTV for the 'Westwood One - MTV Concert Series' which was broadcast on the 20th and 21st of November 1999." 45 minutes of absolute joy. Dive in.

More Beastie Boys, yeah why not? Here's a video of them performing at a concert in Glasgow from back in the day when MTV still played music. ( via ) The second video is from an intimate show filmed during 2006 in NYC at Hiro Ballroom. The show was called "Gimme Shelter" and was put on by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Rational Animal ( www.rational-animal.org ). I really admire the trio for their [...]
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As we all know by now, Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys passed away yesterday at the age of 47. I'm working on a piece for next week, but I wanted to share this video that features the group's entire set from a 1999 concert in Glasgow. Enjoy. R.I.P. MCA.