Undercover, Australia — Danny Goldberg, one time manager of Nirvana and Beastie Boys, will be a speaker at the Big Sound music conference in Brisbane. more info

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Perez Hilton — Jay-Z will be replacing the Beastie Boys at All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey. The Beastie Boys had to drop out and cancel their upcoming schedule so that member Adam Yauch can receive treatment for a cancerous tumor in his salivary... more info

Live Daily — Indie rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs [ tickets ] will replace the Beastie Boys as a headlining attraction at this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. The move comes after Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beasties revealed his throat cancer diagnosis, which w... more info

VH1 Blog — The three-day All Points West Festival appeared to take a hit when the Beastie Boys pulled out after Adam Yauch disclosed that he has parotid gland cancer. (Don’t freak out. It’s “very treatable!”) But all is not lost. In fact, some will be t... more info

USA Today Music — Jay-Z will make his U.S. festival debut when he replaces the Beastie Boys at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New ... more info

Starpulse — JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Jay-Z will make his U.S. festival debut when he replaces the Beastie Boys at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey.[...] Read more! more info

Associated Press — JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Jay-Z will make his U.S. festival debut when he replaces the Beastie Boys at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival in New Jersey.... more info

MSN Music — Jay-Z to headline All Points West festival in NJ after Beastie Boys forced to cancel more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- With word of the BEASTIE BOYS concert cancellation due to bassist Adam Yauch cancer treatment, NJ's ALL POINTS WEST FESTIVAL (July 31 thru August 2 in Jersey City, NJ) has announced that they have the hip-hop superstar, JAY... more info