Beastie Boys Adam Yauch tribute performed by Coldplay - video
Published May 5 2012, 13:00 BST | By Greg Laing
The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch received a moving tribute performance from Coldplay last night (May 4) at their Hollywood Bowl concert in LA.Chris Martin's group performed a piano-led version of classic track '(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)'.
Watch the performance below:
Hip-hop icon Yauch died yesterday at the age of 47, and tributes have flowed in.
Known by his rap name MCA, the musician was a member of one of the most pioneering hip-hop groups of all time, which he co-founded in 1979.
With the band selling over 40 million albums, Yauch achieved recognition for directing many of their music videos as well as concert movie Awesome; I F**kin' Shot That.
Photo gallery - Adam Yauch's life and career in pictures:
Copyright: Everett Collection
The Beastie Boys in the 1980s - Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz), Mike D (Mike Diamond), and MCA (Adam Yauch)
pretty awful sounding. nice thing to do though.
May 6th 2012 at 11:37pm
couldn't have chosen a better band to perform it.
May 6th 2012 at 3:57pm
I remember being 18 when this came out. When the played it at henry africas it was amazing.
May 5th 2012 at 9:11pm
brilliant tribute RIP adam.
May 5th 2012 at 4:27pm
Not fit to lace the Beastie Boys sneakers.
May 5th 2012 at 3:47pm