Mike D has announced his first-ever European headline run under the Mike D 5D banner, marking a new chapter for the Beastie Boys co-founder following the surprise release of his debut solo material earlier this year.
The tour begins in London on June 5 and continues through Europe before closing in Paris on June 20, with tickets officially going on sale Friday, May 15 at 10am local time.
Rather than opting for large venues or nostalgia-heavy festival stages, the Mike D 5D Tour follows the same intimate and unpredictable direction that defined his recent Los Angeles appearances.
Last week, Mike D performed surprise pop-up shows at Plaza Club & Dance Hall and Sid The Cat in LA, both selling out almost instantly. Rolling Stone described the performances as carrying the same “punk energy” that originally fueled the Beastie Boys’ early rise, while audiences experienced a rawer and more experimental side of his current musical identity.
That atmosphere now extends into Europe.
The full Mike D 5D Tour includes two nights at 26 Leake Street in London on June 5 and 6, followed by Saalchen in Berlin, Primavera Sound Porto, Beyond The Pale Festival in Ireland, La 2 de Apolo Nitsa in Barcelona, Blender at Bolwerk in Kortrijk, De Casino in Sint-Niklaas and Beyond The Streets in Paris.
The venue selection itself feels intentional.
Instead of oversized arenas, the tour focuses on unconventional spaces and smaller-capacity rooms that better match the chaotic and genre-fluid energy surrounding the Mike D 5D project.
The announcement also arrives shortly after the release of Switch Up, Mike D’s first new solo music since the final Beastie Boys album.
The track immediately sparked attention for its unexpected sonic direction. NME described it as “infectious,” while Billboard called it “a heady mashup of U.K. jungle beats, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry-like sonic collage and digital hardcore attitude.”
That description captures the wider feeling around Mike D 5D well:
less legacy act, more experimental reinvention.
The project appears far more interested in collision and spontaneity than revisiting old formulas. Jungle rhythms, punk attitude, rave textures and sound-system energy all sit somewhere inside the mix, creating a direction that feels both contemporary and deeply rooted in underground music culture.
Mike D has also hinted that additional announcements connected to the project may follow soon.
For longtime Beastie Boys fans and younger underground audiences alike, the Mike D 5D Tour promises something increasingly rare — a legendary artist stepping back into smaller rooms not to relive the past, but to test entirely new ideas in real time.
