Beastie Boys warm up with club show, expand tour

Beastie Boys headline this weekend's "MTV2 Presents: A LIFEbeat Benefit" concert in Miami, a show that serves as a warm-up for the group's ever-growing fall tour.

The Aug. 28 performance at Miami's Crobar Nightclub--which is part of MTV's Video Music Awards week and benefits LIFEbeat--will also feature De La Soul, DJ AM and DJ Samantha Ronson. Ticketing details are posted at Beastie Boys' website.

Meanwhile, an Oct. 9 hometown show at New York City's Madison Square Garden punctuates a new batch of Beastie Boys dates that also includes October stops in Fairfax, VA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Tampa, FL; and Dallas. Tickets for the New York show will hit the box office on Friday (8/27), while those for the other new stops go on sale on Saturday (8/28), according to Beastie Boys' website. Details are shown below.

Subscribers to Beastie Boys' official email newsletter have access to online ticket pre-sales; more information is available at the group's website.

In addition to their headlining plans, Beastie Boys' itinerary includes a mid-October performance at New Orleans' annual Voodoo Music Experience festival.

Released in June, "To the 5 Boroughs," debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart. The album--which is the trio's first since 1998's "Hello Nasty"--has sold more than 850,000 copies, according to industry sources. Helping spur sales is the set's lead-off single, "Ch-Check it Out."

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
 tour dates and tickets
September 2004
9 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
11 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
13 - Universal City, CA - Universal Amphitheatre
14 - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Arena
16, 17 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
19 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
20 - Vancouver, British Columbia - PNE/Pacific Coliseum

October 2004
8 - Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center (on sale 8/28)
9 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (on sale 8/27)
11 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
15 - Duluth, GA - Arena @ Gwinnett Center
16 - New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience
18 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Office Depot Center (on sale 8/28)
19 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum (on sale 8/28)
22 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
23 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center (on sale 8/28)

 tour dates and tickets
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