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Beastie Boys Secret Show at Slam City Skates (1994)

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Anyone remember when the Beastie Boys played a secret show in the basement of Slam City Skates in London? It was the Sunday afternoon of the 12th June when this hot, sweaty show took place in the basement of Neil’s Yard, but they managed to jam out a bunch of classics as you can see below in this newly posted footage of the entire show.

The Beasties were in the UK to do some promo on Ill Communication, also doing some TV stuff on MTV Most Wanted and a performance in Ireland on the same trip.

I managed to get on the stairs for this only but you may spot a few familiar faces from the skate scene from that era lurking in the basement. Knowing that Slam City has moved now, this little piece of gold will remain one of those special moments in musical history, in a shop that was famous for serving up prime cuts, upstairs and down.