Mike D of Beastie Boys announces tour, NYC show. Get discounted tickets

No “Passing the Mic” necessary this year.Mike D of the Beastie Boys just announced he’s striking out on a short solo tour that will send him to five East Coast clubs and one Bay Area music festival in support of his forthcoming debut album “Thank You,” which is due out Aug.28.While out and about, the New York City native is slated to make just one Big Apple stop on the brief jaunt.That’s currently scheduled to go down at Queens’ lively Knockdown Center on Wednesday, Sept.

9.As for his festival appearance, the 60-year-old Rock Hall of Famer will lend his talents to San Francisco’s Portola Music Festival on Saturday, Sept.26.Notable co-headliners on the rump shakin’, two-day bill include party-starters Robyn, Swedish House Mafia, Fatboy Slim, Soulwax and DJ Shadow among others.Prior to these late summer/early fall concerts, Mike D has played 16 shows all over the U.S., England, Germany, Portugal, France and more.In late May, he performed two nights at Brooklyn’s Xanadu Roller Arts and played roughly a dozen songs at each show with his stylish backing band that he calls 5D and includes members Eddie Ruscha, Will Graefe and Milo Ruscha as well as his two sons, Skyler and Davis Diamond.Notable tracks to make the cut on night one included Beastie Boys favorites “Hello Brooklyn,” “So What’cha Want” and “Staring Down the Barrel of a Gun” along with the lead singles “What We Got,” “Switch Up” and “True Colors” from “Thank You,” according to Set List FM.“With turntables on stage, hip-hop clobber in the audience, a six-piece band in matching outfits and bingo tables at the back, this unlikely show feels simultaneously low-key and an event,” The Guardian wrote about a UK show that Mike D put on in the UK earlier this spring.“…[5D’s] slamming grooves and crunching guitars aren’t Beastie Boys reheated, but certainly have the same inimitable joie de vivre…indeed the only disappointment in this engaging, fun hour-lo...