Adam "MCA" Yauch and the Beastie Boys have always been hoop fans, with lyrical references to ballplayers from Latrell Sprewell to streetball legend Hawthorne Wingo. Now...
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Some of college basketball's brightest stars, including Kansas State's Michael Beasley and UCLA's Kevin Love, are featured in Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's new documentary,...
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The Beastie Boys are taking a break from the studio this week to play a handful of shows. The hip-hop trio teamed up with Moby to play a charity concert in New York...
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The new owners of music label EMI Group — home of the Rolling Stones, Coldplay and the Spice Girls — said Tuesday that they plan to cut up to 2,000 jobs, or more...
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Jarvis Cocker, Lily Allen, and M.I.A. are all in the frame to lend vocals to a new Beastie Boys album, they have revealed.
The New York City rap legends are considering...
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The Beastie Boys managed to
raise the temperature of an already sweltering Central Park on
Wednesday night, where the hip-hop veterans delivered a show
that was rapturously...
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The Petrovaradin fortress held
off the Ottoman empire in 1716, but stood no chance on Thursday
against 50,000 partygoers converging on "Exit," one of Europe's
biggest...
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In a global series of concerts featuring aboriginal dancing, imitation chimpanzee cries and a lot of reunited rock bands, musicians and celebrities called for fans to take...
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Everything oldies is new again. WCBS-FM, the nation's No. 1 oldies station for more than three decades until a 2005 switch, is ready to shift from its current "Jack" format...
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Some welcome good news for Al Gore.
A day after his namesake son was busted for allegedly drinking, drugging and driving on the Fourth, a Brazilian judge has reversed...
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Al Gore will rock out at the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium on July 7, one of eight worldwide shows designed to draw attention to global warming.
"Mr. Gore will be...
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Cross Istanbul off the Live Earth list.
Turkey's largest city has dropped plans to host a July 7 concert as part of the planet-spanning effort to raise awareness about...
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Beastie Boys, "The Mix-Up" (Capitol)
The Beastie Boys are musically all grown up.
It was a big deal when the New York trio played their own instruments on 1992's "Check...
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Beastie Boys have confirmed a string of U.S. dates, including their first-ever show in Brooklyn, New York.
The band will play seven shows this summer in support of The...
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The Beastie Boys will play a handful
of dates this summer, alternating between more traditional
hip-hop shows and an instrumental set along the lines of the
trio's...
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The Beastie Boys have revealed the tracklisting for their new album The Mix Up.
As previously reported exclusively by NME.com, band member Mike D said that the follow up to...
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It's not quite Intergalactic, but the Beastie Boys are going intercontinental.
The rap-rock trio said that they're putting the finishing touches on their...
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The Beastie Boys are denying rumors that they are breaking up, according to MTV.com. Speculation about the band's future has increased with the announcement of the November...
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Fans of Fox's primetime series The O.C. will be among the first to hear the Beastie Boys' new single, "Ch-Check It Out." The song will be featured prominently on the April...
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The Beastie Boys won a long-running court battle last week when an appeals court held up a previous judgment in their favor in a copyright infringement suit, according to...
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The troubled Field Day Festival took place outside New York City on Saturday (June 7) with a soggy and disappointing tone. In addition to a last-minute change from two days...
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The town of Riverhead, New York has denied a permit to the two-day Field Day festival concert, which was to take place this weekend (June 7 and 8) at a former aerospace lot...
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The New York City area Field Day festival, scheduled for June 7 and 8, hit a major snag on Tuesday (May 27). The festival, scheduled to be held in Calverton, New York with...
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P.O.D., Lillix, Beastie Boys, and others will be in New York City on Tuesday (May 13) to celebrate the release of Matrix Reloaded: The Album. Many of the artists who appear...
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The Beastie Boys' politically outspoken comeback performance, Iggy Pop's reunion with original Stooges bandmates Ron and Scott Asheton for the first time in 28 years, and...
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The Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens Of The Stone Age, White Stripes, and Johnny Marr are set to perform at the two-day Coachella festival this weekend (April 26...
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Beastie Boys, Beck, Blur, the Roots and N.E.R.D. are among the artists confirmed for the Field Day festival in Riverhead, New York, on June 7 and 8. Tickets for the two-day...
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The Beastie Boys recently released a new anti-war song via their official website (beastieboys.com). "In A World Gone Mad..." represents the first new music from the group...
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The Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens Of The Stone Age, White Stripes, and Johnny Marr were among artists announced for this year's Coachella Festival, which takes...
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Kid Rock was too moved to even make a statement early Thursday (October 31) about the murder of Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay. The innovative turntablist was shot to death in a...
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An email letter signed by the Beastie Boys' Mike Diamond, the Barenaked Ladies, and Tom Petty is calling on Americans to help battle a "reckless energy plan" by the Bush...
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The New Yorkers Against Violence benefit concerts, held October 28 and 29 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York and organized and headlined by the Beastie Boys, have...
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The Beastie Boys' benefit concert for victims of the World Trade Center attack has expanded to two nights, with a second show featuring Roots, Mos Def, the Jon Spencer Blues...
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The Beastie Boys have organized concert in New York to benefit people affected by the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The show, billed as the New Yorkers...
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Grand Royal Records, the independent label founded by the Beastie Boys in 1993, closed its doors on Friday (August 31), citing "mounting debts, decreasing assets, and...
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The U.K. version of the Beastie Boys' Tibetan Freedom Concert has been postponed due to "unexpected scheduling complications and logistical issues." The show, scheduled for...
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The Beastie Boys and former Clash frontman Joe Strummer will headline this year's Tibetan Freedom Concert in London on September 15. Strummer will perform with his band the...
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The Beastie Boys have just inked a deal with publishers HarperCollins to assemble a book comprising the Grand Royal magazine and Grand Royal website works. There's no...
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(4/3/01, 1 p.m. ET) --Baseball season for the defending National League Champs, the New York Mets, begins today (April 3) in Atlanta against the Braves, and one notable fan...
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Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and partner Amery "AWOL" Smith take their project BS2000 on the road starting Tuesday night (April 3) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The...
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The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) is claiming that Napster is still allowing copyrighted material to seep through a court-ordered filter, allowing fans...
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The Beastie Boys, one of the pioneering bands of rap-rock, opened the door for white boys to enter into the world of hip-hop. However, Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz...
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Run-DMC publicist Bill Adler is putting together songs to benefit Ralph Nader's campaign for president, and he's enlisted the help of Ad Rock (Adam Horovitz) of the Beastie...
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DJ Hurricane's Don't Sleep, which is due Tuesday (October 10), features an appearance by former bandmate Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys. The turntable master tells LAUNCH that...
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The Rhyme & Reason tour featuring Rage Against The Machine and the Beastie Boys has officially been canceled. The two bands were hoping to reschedule, but it became...
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Beastie Boy Mike D's recovery from a bicycle accident entered its next phase as the rapper was released from a New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital on Wednesday (August 2)....
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The Rhyme & Reason tour, featuring co-headliners Rage Against The Machine and the Beastie Boys, may still take place, depending on the outcome of Beastie Mike D's surgery...
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A serious injury suffered by the Beastie Boys Mike D has forced the postponement of the Rhyme & Reason tour. The trek, co-headlined by Rage Against The Machine, was set to...
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Rage Against The Machine and the Beastie Boys have agreed to give $1 from each ticket sold on their Rhyme & Reason 2000 tour to charitable and social action...
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A blockbuster lineup topped by the Beastie Boys, Beck, Rage Against The Machine, the Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Smashing Pumpkins will be featured on a...
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Fans can now get tickets to the upcoming Rhyme & Reason tour featuring Rage Against The Machine and the Beastie Boys online at beastieboys.com and RATM.com through 5 p.m....
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The Rhyme & Reason 2000 tour featuring Rage Against The Machine and the Beastie Boys has announced the first set of tour dates. As previously reported (LAUNCH, 6/27),...
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Rage Against The Machine will head out on the road with the Beastie Boys starting August 2 at Toronto's Molson Park in Canada. The tour will be dubbed Rhyme & Reason 2000,...
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The Beastie Boys have responded to a copyright lawsuit filed against the group for a flute sample used on their 1992 album, Check Your Head, claiming that the group...
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The Beastie Boys are being sued for copyright infringement in a case filed Tuesday (May 9) in United States District Court Central District of California.
James Newton...
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LAUNCH has announced the integration of music videos to its popular streaming music service LAUNCHcast, available only on LAUNCH.com (www.launch.com). The new service...
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Reports are circulating that the Tibetan Freedom Concert will not take place this year. A spokesperson for the event was non-committal on the reports but told LAUNCH,...
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The Beastie Boys have signed with Capitol Records in a long-term, worldwide recording agreement. Exact terms of the agreement weren't disclosed, but the label has taken on...
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The 1999 releases from Korn, Nine Inch Nails, and Beastie Boys have all gone multi-platinum. Meanwhile, Live's classic 1994 album, Throwing Copper, recently hit the...
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The Beastie Boys' Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz apologized for his group's sometimes homophobic past in a letter to Time Out New York magazine. The letter in the Dec. 16 issue of...
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LAUNCH has pacted with EMI Recorded Music to stream the music giant's video library via the LAUNCH.com website. The addition of EMI's collection, which includes artists...
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The Beastie Boys have selected 150 songs that fans can choose from to make their own anthology using the web, thanks to Grand Royal/Capitol Records and various...
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Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com):
NBC:
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno - Lit is the musical guest. (To read a Lit feature, click here.)
MTV:
Making The Video--Sugar...
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LAUNCH and the Beastie Boys raised $200,000 for charity with exclusive downloads of three of the Brooklyn boys' songs. Four charities instrumental in helping the plight of...
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The Beastie Boys will release The Sounds Of Science--a 42- track, two-CD collection of songs that includes the hits as well as rare B-sides, and a new song, "Alive"--on...
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The third and final exclusive track from the Beastie Boys, "Body Movin' (Shawn J. Period Remix)," is now available on LAUNCH for free download. The track joins...
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Beginning today, a second secure Beastie Boys digital download will be available exclusively on LAUNCH. The featured track is a previously unreleased remix of...
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(5/26/99, 1 a.m. PDT) -"The Negotiation Limerick File (DJ Design Remix)," the first of three previously unreleased remixed Beastie Boys tracks, is available for secure...
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This year's Tibetan Freedom Concerts, held in Sydney, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Chicago yesterday (June 13), sported impressive bills in each city. However, the U.S. concert...
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The Tibetan Freedom Concerts were held in Sydney, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Chicago yesterday (June 13). The purpose behind the event was not lost on the participants at the...
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Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder will be among the acts playing the Chicago Tibetan Freedom Concert this Sunday (June 13), a bill that now includes Rage Against The Machine,...
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Last night was a very big night for Diane Warren. Not only was the tunesmith named songwriter of the year for the fifth consecutive time, but her "How Do I Live" was named...
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On June 13, the Tibetan Freedom Concert will go global with concerts in Chicago, Amsterdam, Sydney, and Tokyo, featuring such acts as the Beastie Boys, Blondie, Live,...
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Even before the official telecast of the 41st Annual Grammy Awards hit the airwaves at 8 p.m. EST/PST, Grammy favorite Lauryn Hill, who is nominated in 10 categories, took...
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The Beastie Boys have postponed all of the remaining dates on their current Australia/ New Zealand tour due to "a familial health emergency," according to a statement...
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The Grammy-nominated rap/ rock trio the Beastie Boys has announced a series of European dates, which will kick off April 19 in Stuttgart, Germany. The European leg of the...
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The Beastie Boys may have pulled all of the MP3 files off their own website, www.beastieboys.com, but there is still an MP3 file of a Beasties track, sanctioned by the...
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It appears that the MP3 revolution may be stopped dead in its tracks if the major labels have their way. Even those artists that initially supported the digital music...
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The Milarepa Fund, the organization founded by the Beastie Boys to stage the Tibetan Freedom Concerts, is kicking off a series of online auctions of music memorabilia. The...
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Score one for the Rio. In the latest chapter in continuing battle over the portable MP3 player (myLAUNCH, 10/19), a U.S. Central District Court Judge ruled yesterday that...
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The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA), the organization that represents the larger U.S. record labels, won a temporary restraining order against San Jose,...
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The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA)--the trade group that represents all of the major record labels--is up in arms over a new portable music player being...
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Some of the hippest musicians and their acting friends came out to celebrate the premiere of Free Tibet Wednesday night (Sept. 9) at the Showcase Theatre in Los...
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More artists and record companies are warming up to the concept of free and paid digital downloads of music, with tracks from the Beastie Boys, Hole and Frank Black & the...
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For the third consecutive week, the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty sits on top of the Billboard album chart. The album sold another 243,800 copies, according to sales figures...
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With Hello Nasty sitting pretty on top of the album chart for the second consecutive week, the Beastie Boys will kick off their North American tour tonight with a sell-out...
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Remember a few years back when some music industry pundits predicted that hip-hop was nothing more than a trend that would soon run its course? Well, those pundits are...
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As predicted (myLAUNCH, 7/20), the Beastie Boys are bigger than ever. The trio's latest album, Hello Nasty, enters the album chart at No. 1 with sales of more than 681,000...
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It looks as if the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty is having little trouble knocking the Armageddon soundtrack from the top of the charts. Although it won't be official until...
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All dates, except those noted, feature Money Mark and A Tribe Called Quest as support acts.
7/31 - Seattle, Key Arena
8/1 - Vancouver, WA, PNE Coliseum
8/2 - Portland, OR,...
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The Beastie Boys are going for a spin--in a major way. After warming up with Philadelphia and New York club dates, the Tibetan Freedom Concert and a 16-date European...
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It's not the apocalypse, it's just the top three titles on next week's Billboard 200. For the second consecutive week, the Armageddon soundtrack tops the chart, with sales...
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Channel surfers may have stumbled onto a surprise Monday night, as the Beastie Boys' infomercial debuted on cable access channels in 15 markets (myLAUNCH, 6/30).
The...
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Beginning Monday, an infomerical for the Beastie Boys' new Grand Royal/ Capitol album, Hello Nasty, began running on cable television in about 15 markets, a source...
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Forthcoming releases by the Beastie Boys and Liz Phair are not going to be affected by the departure of Capitol Records president / CEO Gary Gersh, according to a source at...
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After severe weather marred the first day of the Tibetan Freedom Concert, the second day of the festival went smoothly under sunny skies, with a few acts originally...
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The Beastie Boys are warming up for their appearance this weekend at the Tibet Freedom Fest in D.C. with two club shows, the first of which took place last night at the...
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The Chinese government has condemned the acts slated to appear at June's Tibet Freedom Concert.
In a statement issued by the Chinese Embassy in London, the government...
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Mixmaster Mike, a.k.a. "Serial Wax Killer" and member of the San Francisco collective Invisibl Skratch Piklz, has joined forces with the Beastie Boys, recording with them...
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Disney-owned Mammoth Records--home to the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Seven Mary Three, Fu Manchu and Joe Henry--has entered into a 50/50 joint venture agreement with Nickelbag...
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Beastie Boy Adam Yauch will join other celebrities, such as Richard Gere, in a rally at Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Park today,to protest the Chinese government's...
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The Beastie Boys' record label Grand Royal is set to release Tibetan Freedom Concert, a three-CD package documenting the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefit organized by...
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