Beastie Boys to Film Book Tour Shows for Release

During a chat with Billboard  at South by Southwest the Beastie Boys told the audience that they realized they missed an opportunity in Los Angeles and would be filming their upcoming book tour shows to promote the Beastie Boys Book.

“We wrote this book and instead of going to book stores and us readying chapters, which probably would’ve kind of sucked, we did these shows where we were onstage, coming together,” said Mike D. “It was kinda like a production, and we forgot to film the things we did before,” added Ad-Rock.

Last week, the group revealed that they will be having shows in Philadelphia and in Brooklyn where they will be discussing their massive memoir, which was released last year. They chose director Spike Jonze to capture the upcoming dates but as of right now the Beastie members haven’t released how the footage will be used or when it will be made available.

The Beastie Boys Book, which features stories from Mike D. and Ad-Rock about their career and shows proper respect to late band member MCA (aka Adam Yauch), is currently available. The book also includes a comic, a cookbook, a map of the key Beastie Boys York locations and some tributes among other surprises. Get it here!