Beastie Boys @ the Greek
Date: Sun, Aug 19 at 7:30pm
Price:$49.50
The Greek Theatre
2700 North Vermont, in Griffith Park
Los Angeles, California 90027
After selling out their August 20 show, the Beastie Boys have added a second night at The Greek Theatre on August 19. Hip Hop masters Mike “Mike D†Diamond, Adam “MCA†Yauch and Adam “Adrock†Horovitz kicked off a summer’s worth of worldwide touring in May, which includes a performance in July for Live Earth at Wembley Stadium. The trio has created such popular hits as “Sabotage,” “So Whatcha Want,” “Paul Revere,” and “Intergalactic,” among many more.
Who would have thought that a punk band thrown together for its bass player’s 17th birthday party would evolve into one of the most influential and groundbreaking successes of its time? Certainly not the then-teenage Beastie Boys, yet the band’s 25-year-and-counting career has logged more than 40 million records sold, two Grammy awards, the MTV Video Vanguard Lifetime Achievement award, four #1 albums–including the first hip hop album ever to top the Billboard 200, the band’s 1986 debut full length, Licensed To Ill, and countless sold out world tours, magazine covers and TV appearances.