Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch has been honoured by the local government in his home state of New York.
Yauch, who was also known as MCA, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and succumbed to the disease earlier this month, aged 47.
The rapper, who grew up in New York and lived there throughout his life, was honoured by the city's state senate on Tuesday [May 15].
Starring REM, Prince, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Townes Van Zandt, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sinead O’Connor, Morrissey, U2, Pixies and The Wedding Present!
Thom Yorke has jokingly said that if anyone calls his and producer Nigel Godrich's Atoms For Peace project a supergroup to his face, he'll "fucking knock their teeth out".
The project also features Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers on bass, percussionist Mauro Refosco and drummer Joey Waronker.
Atoms For Peace - the side project of Radiohead's Thom Yorke, producer Nigel Godrich, Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers and percussionist Mauro Refosco - are officially streaming their debut album 'Amok' ahead of its official release on February 25.
Scroll down to stream, or click here to listen to the album, which had already leaked ahead of release: amok.atomsforpeace.info.
Thom Yorke has confirmed details of Atoms For Peace's debut album Amok, which is set for release on February 25.
Atoms For Peace are the Radiohead frontman's side project with Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, super-producer Nigel Godrich and percussionist Mauro Refosco.
The three detailed members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot told a court yesterday that is was the Russian government on trial, and not them.
Their case, which has been seen as a watermark of the Vladimir Putin's desire to crack down on dissent in Russia, has attracted global attention, with Madonna throwing her weight behind the three women at her concert in Moscow this week, and a host of artists including Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, Jarvis Cocker, St Vincent, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers backing their plight.
Jack White, Black Keys and Alabama Shakes are among the acts playing this year's Lollapalooza Festival.
The line-up also includes Franz Ferdinand, Gaslight Anthem, Black Sabbath, the Afghan Whigs and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
You can read the full line-up here: http://lineup.lollapalooza.com/
Started in 1991 by Jane's Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, the festival takes place this year on August 3 - 5 in Grant Park, Chicago, where it's been based since 2005.
Radiohead's Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich debuted new songs from their Atoms For Peace supergroup during their DJ set at an LA club on Friday [April 27].
The duo, who play in the band alongside Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco, played the new songs during their set at Transmission LA: AV Club, a free 17-day music and visual arts festival series at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, curated by the Beastie Boys’ Mike D.
Jack White has confirmed his second European solo appearance of this summer.
The former White Stripes man will play Belgium's Rock Werchter festival, which takes place in Rotselaar from June 28 – July 1.
Also confirmed to play at the Belgium event are Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence And The Machine, Justice, The Cure, Elbow and Snow Patrol.
