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by Luke Slater
A survey to find the musical spending habits of the Great British Public has been published today, with some interesting results and some less interesting results. 3,000 Britishes aged 18-60 took part in the survey, undertaken by Compare Download.»
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by Luke Slater
Is this news? In somewhat of a not-very-surprising development, the Beastie Boys have announced the reissued remaster of their magnum opus, 1994's Ill Comiunication.»
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by Luke Slater
The Beastie Boys, seemingly not content with re-issuing and remastering everything they've ever done ever, are readying their eighth studio album, and their first fully-rap release since 2004's To The 5 Boroughs which now rather seems like a lifetime away.»
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by Kev Kharas
Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase, known collectively as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, have made their "collective acting debut" in the video for the new Tiny Masters of Today single.»
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by Mike Diver
Nuu Yoikeers The Beastie Boys are to play a one-off UK date ahead of their appearance at this year's Bestival festival, on the Isle Of Wight in September...»
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by Kev Kharas
An army of alt-rock titans will converge on Co Laois, Ireland at the end of August for the Electric Picnic festival.»
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by Mike Diver
Mogwai are the latest act to confirm their appearance at the first-ever Connect Music Festival, held in September in Scotland...»
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by Mike Diver
The Isle Of Wight's the place to be come September time (7th 'til the 9th) for spotting the likes of Mike D, a pair of Adams and a Tom and Ed, as this year's Bestival is to be headlined by The Beastie Boys (pictured) and The Chemical Brothers...»
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by Mike Diver
Canadian website Jam! (link) has confirmed that The Beastie Boys are in the studio as of now, working on the follow-up to 2004's To The 5 Boroughs LP...»
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by Mike Diver
A Beastie Boys documentary is to be submitted to the Sundance film festival, in the hope of raising the project's profile prior to any widespread release....»
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by DiS News
MTV has reported that hip-hoppers the Beastie Boys are to release a best-of compilation album, entitled Solid Gold Hits.»
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by Andrew Farley
The Beastie Boys are back with a new single and album, their first new material proper since 1998. And we at DiS are keen to see what they have to offer...»
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by Scott McKeating
For much of their career The Beastie Boys have been known as much for their political leanings as for their music. Their Tibetan Freedom Concerts were pivotal in bringing this issue into the mainstream music press, and therefore into the minds of a new generation.
Now the Beasties join an evergrowin»
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by Mat Hocking
In response to the tragic events of September 11th and the subsequent actions of the US government The Beastie Boys have announced a benefit concert consisting of a number of major New York acts. Adam Yauch says this:
"in the midst of this madness adam and mike and i got together to discuss what we»
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by Adie Nunn
Grand Royal is to close down. The record label was set up by the Beastie Boys in 1993 and has also played home to At The Drive-In, Atari Teenage Riot, Luscious Jackson, Bis, and Ben Lee.
The nature of the closure has been blamed on "mounting debts, decreasing assets and exceedingly harsh industry cond»
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by Colin Weston
The Tibetan Freedom Concert which was due to be held on September 15th at London's Brockwell Park, has been postponed.
Details are sketchy but the event organisers have said it is due to "unexpected scheduling complications and logistical issues." Acts set to appear included the Beastie Boys »
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by Sean Adams
The headliners for the Tibetan Freedom Concert has been announced and they are: Pulp, Morcheeba and Joe Strummer with the Beastie Boys. The event will take place on September 15 in London. On July 31st the complete full line-up will be announcement tieing in with new website @ »