Beastie Boys benefit concert for animal charities

[flvegan]

No strangers to charity, the Beastie Boys performed a concert in New York (where else?) to benefit a couple local animal organizations. Unsurprising to me, personally (as the Beasties ARE my favorite band EVAH!), considering that when they played in Tampa, $1 from each ticket went to a local animal charity here. They've also worked with PETA on the anti-KFC campaign and are either vegetarian or vegan, depending on to whom you refer.

http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1542483/20061005/beastie_boys.jhtml?headlines=true

Beastie Boys Throw Down For Real Beasts At Rare Club Appearance

Group headlined concert benefiting animal-rights organizations; played songs spanning entire career.

by Rob Kemp

Around 11:30 p.m., the trio hit the stage of the hotel's Hiro Ballroom to a rapturous crowd that paid from $50 (general admission) to $875 (VIP) to see what had to be the most intimate Beastie Boys show in New York since a surprise Thanksgiving gig at the now-defunct club Coney Island High in 1995.

Wednesday's show, titled Gimme Shelter, was organized by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Rational Animal (www.rational-animal.org), a local animal-welfare advocacy group, to benefit various similar charities. The stated purpose of the benefit was to raise awareness of a movement toward "no-kill shelters," as opposed to animal shelters that euthanize dogs and cats without homes due to lack of space or available adopters.


(l to r: Mike D, King AdRock, MCA)

The Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) has been a vocal supporter of Rational Animal recently, and many of the acts on the bill, notably neo-cabaret wunderkind Nellie McKay, made impassioned pleas on behalf of the humane treatment of animals. The lineup included Joe and Albert Bouchard of '70 hard-rock savants Blue Öyster Cult, '80s pop craftsman Marshall Crenshaw, local New York punk revivalists the Star Spangles, local Irish-rock institution Joe Hurley and the Gents and '70s parody-punk band the Sic F---s.

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[peacebuzzard]

1. I'll have to pay more attention to the Beastie Boys now.

since they directly benefit the plight of the shelter animals.