Chris Martin: fighting for his right to wear military clothing at All Points West. Image: © David Atlas/Retna Ltd./Corbis
When Beastie Boy Adam Yauch revealed the sad news that he has a cancerous tumour, one of the ramifications was that all of his band's upcoming shows were cancelled.
One of those on the calendar was the Friday night headline slot at last weekend's All Points West festival in New Jersey, but organisers managed to find a more-than-able replacement act in the shape of Jay-Z.
Jay-Z filled The Beastie Boys' sneakers. Image:© STEVE C. MITCHELL/epa/Corbis
Fittingly, he kicked off his set with a cover of No Sleep Till Brooklyn, but this wasn't the only Beasties tribute of the weekend. On Sunday, perennial 'coverer' Chris Martin sang a piano-led version of Fight For Your Right To Party during Coldplay's set.
So, we have to ask: whose Beastie Boys cover was the best? Watch the clips below and let us know…
(Via Pitchfork)
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"I'm like, I'm freaked out right now. I'm scared. I feel like I'm drowning on stage and I feel like I'm failing”: SZA on that misfiring Glastonbury headline set
“It sounded so amazing that people said to me, ‘I can hear the bass’, which usually they don’t say to me very often”: U2 bassist Adam Clayton contrasts the live audio mix in the Las Vegas Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible”
