Beastie Boys lock down short U.S. tour

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Beastie Boys will play a handful of dates this summer, alternating between more traditional hip-hop shows and an instrumental set along the lines of the trio's upcoming album, "The Mix-Up."

The hip-hop shows will begin August 1 in Philadelphia and run through August 25 in Berkeley, Calif. Pre-sale tickets will be available Thursday. Dates for the instrumental performances have yet to be announced.

"We've got plenty more work ahead of us," Mike D recently told Billboard. "We kind of have a pretty broad list (of songs) to pick and choose from."

The Beasties will be touring internationally through late July. Another run of shows in Ireland and the United Kingdom is on tap for early September.

"The Mix-Up," an all-instrumental follow-up to 2004's "To The 5 Boroughs," will be released June 26 via Capitol Records.

Here are the Beastie Boys' U.S. tour dates:

August 1: Philadelphia (Festival Pier)

August 4: Baltimore (Virgin Festival)

August 6: Boston (Bank of America Pavilion)

August 8: New York (Central Park SummerStage)

August 9: Brooklyn, N.Y. (McCarren Park Pool)

August 16: Morrison, Colo. (Red Rocks)

August 23: Santa Barbara, Calif. (County Bowl)

August 25: Berkeley, Calif. (Greek Theatre)

Reuters/Billboard

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