No Sleep Till… North Shields: Beastie Boys’ Mike D talks going solo and keeping weird venues alive

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Mike D, formerly of The Beastie Boys, live at King Street Social Club in North Shields.</p><p>Credit: Jack Flynnhttps://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MIKED_JACKFLYNN-_edit_1.jpg" width="2000" />


The rap icon meets NME in a bingo hall up north to tell us about the battle for the grassroots, and being the first Beastie Boy to go solo after the death of Adam Yauch: "I had to learn how to feel all over again"


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