{"id":2052827,"date":"2026-07-20T18:32:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2052827"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:32:03","slug":"beastie-boys-mike-d-adds-more-uk-dates-to-2026-solo-tour-including-headlining-mutations-alongside-fat-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2052827","title":{"rendered":"Beastie Boys\u2019 Mike D adds more UK dates to 2026 solo tour \u2013 including headlining Mutations alongside Fat Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/miked_beastie_boys.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Beastie Boys\u2019 Mike D adds more UK dates to 2026 solo tour \u2013 including headlining Mutations alongside Fat Dog<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The shows come ahead of the release of his debut solo album, \u2018Thank You\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-20T19:32:03+01:00\">20th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/miked_beastie_boys-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Mike D Performs At 26 Leake Street\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Mike D with his band 5D at 26 Leake Street on June 05, 2026 in London, England.  (Photo by Jim Dyson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Beastie\u00a0Boys\u2019\u00a0Mike D\u00a0has\u00a0added more UK dates to his 2026 solo tour, including a headline appearance at Brighton\u2019s Mutations Festival\u00a0alongside\u00a0Fat Dog.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1165\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>No Sleep Till\u2026 North Shields: Beastie Boys\u2019 Mike D talks going solo and keeping weird venues alive<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The rapper has embarked on a new solo chapter this year,\u00a0sharing his debut solo single \u2018Switch Up\u2019\u00a0in May\u00a0\u2013 the first\u00a0new music\u00a0from any Beastie Boys member since the trio\u2019s final album, 2011\u2019s \u2018Hot Sauce Committee Part Two\u2019.\u00a0He will release his debut album \u2018Thank You\u2019 on August 28\u00a0\u2013 pre-order\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He has also been playing live alongside his sons Davis and Skyler Diamond, members of the indie-dance band Very Nice Person, including\u00a0a UK and European run in June that saw them appear at\u00a0unusually intimate venues.<\/p>\n<p>Mike D has now extended the tour into the autumn,\u00a0beginning with a headline slot at Mutations Festival in Brighton on October 24.\u00a0Dates in Glasgow, Manchester and London\u2019s O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire will then\u00a0follow, before\u00a0a European run.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbBULzcNI8w\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At Mutations, Fat Dog will headline the opening night on Friday October 23, with Mike D topping the bill at Chalk the following evening. The two acts are the first headliners announced for the festival\u2019s eighth edition, with over 90 more artists set to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Mike D\u2019s performance will mark the first live appearance by a Beastie Boys member in Brighton since the group played the Brighton Centre with\u00a0Run-DMC\u00a0in May 1987.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tickets\u00a0for Mutations\u00a0go on sale at 10am\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0(July 22)\u00a0here, while you can pick up tickets for the other UK shows from 10am on Friday (July 24)\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbBUc1Egp2l\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Mike D will play:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>OCTOBER<\/b><br \/>\n24 \u2013 Brighton, Chalk (Mutations Festival)<br \/>\n26 \u2013 Glasgow, SWG3 TV Studio<br \/>\n27 \u2013 Manchester, Albert Hall<br \/>\n28 \u2013 London, O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire<br \/>\n30 \u2013 Amsterdam, Melkweg<br \/>\n31 \u2013 Lille,\u00a0L\u2019A\u00e9ronef<\/p>\n<p><b>NOVEMBER<\/b><br \/>\n1 \u2013 Cologne,\u00a0Carlswerk\u00a0Victoria<br \/>\n3 \u2013 Lausanne, Les Docks<br \/>\n4 \u2013 Lyon, Le Transbordeur<br \/>\n5 \u2013 Brussels,\u00a0Ancienne\u00a0Belgique<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since \u2018Switch Up\u2019, Mike D has released three further singles from \u2018Thank You\u2019, in the form of \u2018What We Got\u2018, \u2018True Colors\u2019 and \u2018Crypto\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u00a0about why he had taken so long to pursue solo music, Mike D reflected on\u00a0the death of Beastie Boys bandmate Adam \u201cMCA\u201d Yauch in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe so much loved all three of us being in a band with each other for Beastie Boys,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen Yauch died, it was an extremely sad time for me, so making music was just not on the table. Then being a dad was something I put myself into and eventually I worked on the\u00a0<i>Beastie Boys Book<\/i>\u00a0with Adam [\u2018Ad-Rock\u2019 Horovitz], and that really helped both of us as we were really able to shine a light on our past together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the influence of his sons on \u2018Thank You\u2019, he added: \u201cThey were extremely frank with me on my vocals, which was super helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way I describe the record is that musically it\u2019s still pretty immature, and lyrically it\u2019s a little bit more mature,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just feel like\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0more of the things I had to tap into. 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Brooklyn<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Beastie\u00a0Boys\u2019\u00a0Mike D\u00a0has\u00a0added more UK dates to his 2026 solo tour, including a headline appearance at Brighton\u2019s Mutations Festival\u00a0alongside\u00a0Fat Dog.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1165\" 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id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He has also been playing live alongside his sons Davis and Skyler Diamond, members of the indie-dance band Very Nice Person, including\u00a0a UK and European run in June that saw them appear at\u00a0unusually intimate venues.<\/p>\n<p>Mike D has now extended the tour into the autumn,\u00a0beginning with a headline slot at Mutations Festival in Brighton on October 24.\u00a0Dates in Glasgow, Manchester and London\u2019s O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire will then\u00a0follow, before\u00a0a European run.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbBULzcNI8w\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At Mutations, Fat Dog will headline the opening night on Friday October 23, with Mike D topping the bill at Chalk the following evening. The two acts are the first headliners announced for the festival\u2019s eighth edition, with over 90 more artists set to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Mike D\u2019s performance will mark the first live appearance by a Beastie Boys member in Brighton since the group played the Brighton Centre with\u00a0Run-DMC\u00a0in May 1987.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tickets\u00a0for Mutations\u00a0go on sale at 10am\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0(July 22)\u00a0here, while you can pick up tickets for the other UK shows from 10am on Friday (July 24)\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbBUc1Egp2l\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><b>Mike D will play:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>OCTOBER<\/b><br \/>\n24 \u2013 Brighton, Chalk (Mutations Festival)<br \/>\n26 \u2013 Glasgow, SWG3 TV Studio<br \/>\n27 \u2013 Manchester, Albert Hall<br \/>\n28 \u2013 London, O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire<br \/>\n30 \u2013 Amsterdam, Melkweg<br \/>\n31 \u2013 Lille,\u00a0L\u2019A\u00e9ronef<\/p>\n<p><b>NOVEMBER<\/b><br \/>\n1 \u2013 Cologne,\u00a0Carlswerk\u00a0Victoria<br \/>\n3 \u2013 Lausanne, Les Docks<br \/>\n4 \u2013 Lyon, Le Transbordeur<br \/>\n5 \u2013 Brussels,\u00a0Ancienne\u00a0Belgique<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since \u2018Switch Up\u2019, Mike D has released three further singles from \u2018Thank You\u2019, in the form of \u2018What We Got\u2018, \u2018True Colors\u2019 and \u2018Crypto\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u00a0about why he had taken so long to pursue solo music, Mike D reflected on\u00a0the death of Beastie Boys bandmate Adam \u201cMCA\u201d Yauch in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe so much loved all three of us being in a band with each other for Beastie Boys,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen Yauch died, it was an extremely sad time for me, so making music was just not on the table. Then being a dad was something I put myself into and eventually I worked on the\u00a0<i>Beastie Boys Book<\/i>\u00a0with Adam [\u2018Ad-Rock\u2019 Horovitz], and that really helped both of us as we were really able to shine a light on our past together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the influence of his sons on \u2018Thank You\u2019, he added: \u201cThey were extremely frank with me on my vocals, which was super helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way I describe the record is that musically it\u2019s still pretty immature, and lyrically it\u2019s a little bit more mature,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just feel like\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0more of the things I had to tap into. I had to learn how to feel all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/beastie-boys-mike-d-adds-more-uk-dates-to-2026-solo-tour-including-headlining-mutations-alongside-fat-dog-3958097&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/miked_beastie_boys.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Beastie Boys\u2019 Mike D adds more UK dates to 2026 solo tour \u2013 including headlining Mutations alongside Fat Dog The shows come ahead of the release of his debut solo album, \u2018Thank You\u2019 By Max Pilley 20th July 2026 Mike D with his band 5D at 26 Leake Street on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2052827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2052827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2052827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2052827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2052827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}