Beastie Boys

MSN Music — Rihanna will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV has announced. She will perform live at the ceremony. Previous winners of the award include Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Guns N’ Roses, Beastie Boys, B... more info

NME — It's the duo's follow-up to 'Are You Satisfied?' more info

NME — Other items were stolen from the rapper's outdoor shed over the weekend more info

TMZ — Mike D from the Beastie Boys told cops he's out thousands of dollars in surf and skate gear and now police are on the hunt to catch the thief. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... L.A. Sheriffs Dept. got called to the Beastie Boys' home… more info

JamBase — On what would have been Beastie Boys founding member Adam “MCA” Yauch’s birthday today, watch the final song played at the band’s final performance in 2009. more info

Chorus.fm — Beastie Boys’ Mike D will be getting his own show on Apple Music’s Beats 1. He spoke with Rolling Stone about the new show, “The Echo Chamber”: It’s heartbreaking sometimes, but I’m still fascinated with and stay rooted in current music. ... more info

411 Mania — Premiering Friday... more info

NME — First show will premiere this Friday more info

Consequence of Sound — The Echo Chamber, a "freeform" program, with premiere this Friday. more info

Stereogum — Today in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, former Beastie Boy Mike D announced that — in addition to working on the Beastie Boys memoir with co-founder Adam Horowitz and designing expensive accessories — he will begin hostin... more info