no sleep 'till brooklyn

the scheduled headliners for the All Points West festival, Beastie Boys, had a last minute cancellation due to group member, Adam Yauch's surgery date for a recently found cancer tumor in his neck. Despite the horrible news, JAY-Z the replacement for the dynamic trio put on a phenomenal show following such acts like the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Vampire Weekend. He opened the show with his own rendition to the the beastie boys, "no sleep 'till brooklyn" and classics such as "can i live" were among my favorites, but everyone was WOWed with new material from his upcoming BLUEPRINT 3! a Michael Jackson tribute and audience shout outs (a guy in a tie-dye shirt lol) made it an unforgettable show to say the least:

ezra koenig of vampire weekend

karen-o of yeah yeah yeahs

daddy:

and ofcourse after the rain, after the henney, impatiently waiting: the infamous blackbeans