Nobody ever believes me when I tell them the Beastie Boys toured with Madonna in 1984-85. Here’s a great set of super high-res press clippings to prove it:
Why isn’t everybody this cool?:
Bill Adler was the director of publicity for Def Jam in the 80s. He allowed me to photocopy his press file on the Beastie Boys from the time when they opened for Madonna.
This is presently the topic of great discussion in the GitHub campfire.