Edit: 07/20/09

The Beastie Boys have cancelled their tour and delayed the release of their album due to personal matters. (see YouTube video on the right)

NYC’s favorite sons; the Beastie Boys return to the Santa Barbara Bowl after their 2007 sold-out performance, for a pair of not-to-be-missed shows on Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20.

The group’s forthcoming eighth studio album, “Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1,” is due in stores Sept. 15. The set is the trio’s first release of new music since 2007’s “The Mix-Up,” and first collection of non-instrumental studio tracks since 2004’s “To the 5 Boroughs.” “It’s a combination of playing and sampling stuff as we’re playing, and also sampling pretty obscure records,” the group’s Adam “MCA” Yauch told a BBC reporter earlier this year. “There are a lot of songs on the record and there are a lot of short songs and they kind of all run into each other.”

Don’t miss your chance to see the Beastie Boys with very special guests at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Saturday, September 19 & Sunday, September 20 at 6pm. Tickets On Sale Saturday, July 25 @ 11am.