I’ll keep this short, with an exclamation point:

The Beastie Boys are playing the Congress Theater on August 6th at 6:30pm! Check your head here:

http://congresschicago.frontgatetickets.co…77054&qty=1

And, yes, that is the new album cover up top. Please note that MCA holds a kittie. That kinda looks like Keyboard Cat. Cameo!

Quite interesting, that “PT. 1″ bit. Could it be there’s another album coming on its heels?

Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 hits stores on September 15. Here’s the tracklisting.

1. Tadlock’s Glasses
2. B-Boys In The Cut
3. Make Some Noise
4. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
5. OK
6. Too Many Rappers (featuring NAS)
7. Say It
8. The Bill Harper Collection
9. Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (featuring Santigold)
10. Long Burn The Fire
11. Bundt Cake
12. Funky Donkey
13. Lee Majors Come Again
14. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
15. Pop Your Balloon
16. Crazy Ass Shit
17. Here’s A Little Something For Ya

Deluxe reissues of Beastie’s albums continue this summer with Ill Communication (July 14) and Hello Nasty (August 25).