Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has been given the all-clear in his cancer battle, 18 months after he was diagnosed with the disease. more info

ContactMusic — BEASTIE BOYS rapper ADAM YAUCH has been given the all-clear in his cancer battle, 18 months after he was diagnosed with the disease.The star, aka MCA, put his career on hold after doctors found a tumour in his parotid gland in July 2009, and as a res... more info

411 Mania — Mike D talks new album, Pt 1 and new video... more info

NME — Mike D says 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2' is coming out as originally scheduled more info

Gigwise — Despite bandmate's illness... more info

Altsounds — If vikings time-travelled to the 80s, took semen samples from Grandmaster Flash, Beastie Boys, Michael Jackson, Prince and Poison, came back to the present, inseminated Peaches, and then brought her to the future to have the baby and have it rais... more info

Guardian Music — From Destiny's Child, to New York Dolls, what will you be spinning at midnight tonight?Gaz MayallDJ, Gaz's Rockin' Blues (appearing at the Tabernacle, London)Aulde Lang Syne, The Trojans"We recorded it in 1994 because I thought if the day comes when ... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — Gaga plus Beastie equals Christmas music, or Dosvecmas music. The 17 Days of Dosvecmas only has one more day left folks. Get some. Lady Gaga vs Beastie Boys “Intergalactic Romance” (DOSVEC Mashup) by DjWhatt more info

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonIt's easy to dismiss Ke$ha as a Primark take on Lady Gaga, but such an appraisal disregards the fact that 23-year-old Kesha Sebert this year enjoyed a No 1 US album with her platinum-selling debut, Animal. She has reacte... more info

Guardian Music — Singer named as one of the official 2011 inductees alongside Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr John and Darlene LoveTom Waits is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it was announced yesterday. The gravel-voiced singer will share a hallow... more info