If you enter the official site of Beastie Boys, you will see a home-made YouTube video of the band, which announced that the tour is being postponed and the new album goes far beyond, because of diagnosed cancer in Adam Yach (MCA) !
Two weeks ago, cancer in the tonsil has been diagnosed (salivary gland in the neck) of Adam Yach - MCA (bass, keyboards , vocals) of Beastie Boys. So next week he will have to have a surgery in the tonsil. Good news is that his voice , as he is saying in the video, will not be affected and the fact that cancer hasn't made any metastasis in the rest of the body. More generally, we must say that from all the tumors of salivary glands, about 80% develop in tonsil and in their vast majority are benign (80%).
Difficult moments for Adam, as a person, and at the same moment quite innovative to announce it by directing a video, which was uploaded in YouTube. It is perhaps another sign of the change with the " Social Media ". Already 115.000 people have seen it and more follow thereafter.
Our best wishes for full recovery to Adam Yach and I really hope that he'll soon be back in our country along with other "boys".
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