Beastie Boys reveal tour dates

The Beastie Boys have announced a series of preliminary tour dates in support of their forthcoming album, To the 5 Boroughs.

Currently, the trio has only announced a handful of dates, although a full-blown world tour is said to be in the works. The group will begin the tour on Wednesday with a Las Vegas performance to be taped for MTV2's 2$Bill program before moving on to a series of radio festivals.

They also plan to play the MuchMusic video awards ceremony, as well as one of two dates at a Japanese festival in August. Kick it:

06-09 Las Vegas, NV - Huntridge Theater [MTV 2$Bill Concert Series]
06-11 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre [Live105 BFD]
06-12 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre [KROQ Weenie Roast]
06-18 Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center [Y100 Feztival]
06-19 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Amphitheatre [KROCK Dysfunctional Family Picnic]
06-20 Toronto, ON - MuchMusic Video Awards
08-07 Osaka, JP - Japan Summersonic
08-08 Osaka, JP - Japan Summersonic

To the 5 Boroughs hits stores on June 15th, if you needed a reminder, though the Beasties already dropped the record's first single, "Ch-Check It Out". The single has appeared in several formats, with varying tracklists, though among the assorted bonus tracks are the usual instrumental and a cappella versions, a non-album cut titled "And Then I", a video for the single, and most notably, a remix from hotshot hip-hop producer Just Blaze.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;