Rolling Stone — Jay-Z has been added as the Friday, July 31st headliner of the All Points West Festival, filling in for the Beastie Boys after the group canceled their opening-night performance. Although Jigga was a mainstay on the 2008 European festival circuit, th... more info

XFM.co.uk — Plus, Karen O and company add another UK date... more info

MTV.com News — Stephen Perkins' hospitalization isn't expected to impact Lollapalooza date.By Gil Kaufman Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Jane's Addiction have been forced to cancel their upcoming Australian tour... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jay-Z has replaced the Beastie Boys as the headliner of the first night of All Points West in Jersey City on Friday, July 31st.This show will mark the U.S. festival debut of Jay-Z, who last year performed at a... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — All Points West did it right. Beastie Boys sadly are out,  but they managed to pull in fellow Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z, and make everyone happy. This is actually his first American festival appearance. Two thumbs up from me, this is a great, great, r... more info

MVSW — Beastie Boys ~ “Pass the Mic” Goodness Gracious! Get better MCA. Lyrics If you can feel what I’m feeling then it’s a musical masterpiece But if you can hear what I’m dealing with then that’s cool at least What’s running through my mind... more info

JamBase — Yeah Yeah Yeahs Confirmed to Replace Beastie Boys at Lollapalooza Yeah Yeah Yeahs Following Monday's news that the Beastie Boys have had to cancel all tour dates due to Adam "MCA" Yauch being diagnosed with cancer, we've already heard word of... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Cancer sucks. The music world was hit hard yesterday when we all learned that Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA from the Beastie Boys has a cancerous tumor. This cancells all of their festival performances and will delay their upcoming LP. All of the delays are... more info

NME — Band discuss live shows in exclusive NME.COM video more info

Chicago Tribune — The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were named new Lollapalooza headliners Tuesday to replace the Beastie Boys. more info