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

MTV.co.uk News — Beastie Boys’ Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch has released a statement about his cancer battle saying he is “a week-and-a-half out of surgery now and rapidly recovering.”   The... more info

Guardian Music — The rapper has updated fans on his condition, thanking them for their support and saying that his 'treatment and recovery are going well'Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch is "rapidly recovering" from cancer surgery, assuring fans that "things are moving along... more info

AngryApe — Adam Yauch has had surgery more info

Reuters — DETROIT (Billboard) - Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch, recently diagnosed with cancer, said on Wednesday he is "rapidly recovering" from surgery, and is gearing up for seven weeks of radiation treatment. more info