Both the upcoming album release and the music tour planned for the group, Beastie Boys, has been postponed to accommodate cancer treatment for group member, Adam Yauch.
Yauch, also known as
MCA,
revealed in a video
statement that he has cancer in one salivary gland, and will undergo surgery. Beastie Boys was scheduled to play at a number of festivals this summer in the United States, but the tour has been put on hold while Yauch receives treatment. Thousands of fans have been posting messages of support for Yauch on the band's
website.
The Beastie Boys got their start in the 1970s as a punk rock band, but made a move to rap in the late 1980s. becoming the world's first successful white rap band. The upcoming
album is called
Hot Sauce Committee Part One. In the past, they have had four number one hit songs, which some might say were well deserved for this hard-working
band. Yauch is a Buddhist, and has been heavily involved in raising awareness about Tibet.
Yauch was
diagnosed with the cancer last week. Yauch told the public that the cancer was "very treatable," and he anticipated a quick recovery.
According to the
Mayo Clinic, salivary gland cancer is rare.
