Stereogum — When MCA's cancer forced the Beastie Boys to cancel their All Points West appearance, Jay-Z ably filled the slot. San Francisco might be wondering how they offended the gods and got Tenacious D. Read the announcement in an overly dramatic voice. more info

411 Mania — The D to make their festival debut... more info

Starpulse — Jack Black's raucous rock duo Tenacious D will replace the Beastie Boys on the bill for the upcoming Outside Lands festival.[...] Read more! more info

Live Daily — Tenacious D [ tickets ] will take over the Sunday-night headlining spot formerly held by the Beastie Boys [ tickets ] at San Francisco's Outside Lands [ tickets ] Festival, now just a little more than three weeks away. The rain-or-shine event, sla... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Outside Land Festival organizers today announced that Tenacious D will fill in for the Beastie Boys in Sunday night headlining slot. The rain-or-shine event, scheduled for August 28 thru30 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, will... more info

JamBase — Tenacious D To Replace Beastie Boys as Sunday Headliner at Outside Lands Tenacious D On a press conference for the second annual Outside Lands Festival earlier today, JamBase learned that Tenacious D will sub for the Beastie Boys to headline Sun... more info

Rolling Stone — Tenacious D have been revealed as the Sunday, August 30th headliner for San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival, taking the place of the Beastie Boys, who were forced to cancel their headlining slot after Adam “MCA” Yauch was diagnosed with Paro... more info

Kerrang! — Beastie Boys' Adam 'MCA' Yauch is recovering following surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his throat. "My neck and jaw are still pretty stiff from the surgery, but it gets better everyday," said Yauch. "The hospital was too crazy to get any ... more info

Pop Bytes — † FROM DJ PAUL V. Let's just get this out of the way: Joan Jett's I Love Rock 'N Roll will never suck. In fact, it's clearly one of the all-time greatest songs in rock history (and it's a cover by the way, from an obscure group called Th... more info

My Old Kentucky — Radiohead released a new track titled Harry Patch (In Memory Of). According to Dead Air Space, the song is dedicated to the memory of Harry Patch, the last living UK veteran of World War I. Patch, a former plumber who fought at the battle of Passche... more info