Yeah Yeah Yeahs have joined the Lollapalooza festival lineup as the headliners for Saturday night (August 8).

On the heels of Adam Yauch's unfortunate cancer diagnosis and subsequent concert cancellations, Lollapalooza has announced the Beasties' Saturday slot will be filled by Karen, Nick, Brian, and Pajo. No word as yet on who'll take the Beasties' headlining set at All Points West.

Well this is pretty sad. And it also sort of explains a lot. Despite generally looking spry and flowing admirably for their years, recent Beastie Boys performances live and on television have revealed MCA to be a little more sluggish than the rest. Today comes some bad news that may help explain that: Adam Yauch has been diagnosed with "a cancer...

On the same day Adam Yauch told us he has cancer and the band's taking a break so he can recover, we get a listen to the man doing his thing in Hot Sauce Committee Part 1's "Too Many Rappers." When he drops the line "I been in the game since before you was born / I might still be MC-ing after you're gone" it doesn't seem eerie or foreboding, but...

On the same day Adam Yauch told us he has cancer and the band's taking a break so he can recover, we get a listen to the man doing his thing in Hot Sauce Committee Part 1's "Too Many Rappers." When he drops the line "I been in the game since before you was born / I might still be MC-ing after you're gone" it doesn't seem eerie or foreboding, but...