You couldn’t step foot in a bar, store, or baseball stadium in New York this weekend without hearing the Beastie Boys. And as members of Generation Yauch continued to reel from the news that Adam “MCA” Yauch had succumbed to cancer Friday morning, the music world stepped up its cover game, adding heartfelt renditions of the group’s tracks to live sets all over the world. The outpouring of support didn’t go unnoticed by the Beasties, whose Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz posted a quick note to the trio’s Tumblr. “as you can imagine, shit is just fkd up right now. but i wanna say thank you to all our friends and family (which are kinda one in the same) for all the love and support,” he wrote. “i’m glad to know that all the love that Yauch has put out into the world is coming right back at him.”
Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover “So What’Cha Want” in Newark, New Jersey, Friday, May 4:
Social Distortion Take the Stage in Houston, Texas, to a Beasties’ Tribute, Friday, May 4:
Coldplay Reprise Their Cover of “Fight For Your Right” at KROQ’s Weenie Roast at the Hollywood Bowl, Friday, May 4:
Pennywise Did, Too, Also at the Weenie Roast:
Deer Tick Cover “Fight For Your Right” in San Diego, California, Friday, May 4:
Rise Against Dedicate an Acoustic Version of “Swing Life Away” to MCA, Friday, May 4:
Rusko Spins the Beastie Boys (For Some Seemingly Confused Attendees) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Friday, May 4:
Diplo Spins “Intergalactic” at (Fittingly) Mike D’s Transmission LA: AV Club exhibit at MOCA in Los Angeles, California, Saturday, May 5:
Train Cover “Fight For Your Right” at Birmingham’s O2 Academy in the U.K., Saturday, May 5:
ABBA’s Benny Andersson Pays Tribute with a Video:
