https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/10/19/beastie-boys-license-a-song-for-an-ad-for-first-time-ever-for-joe-biden-spot-focused-on-live-music-shutdown/

The Beastie Boys had never before licensed any of their songs for an advertisement, but that commercial blackout came to an end during Sunday’s Steelers/Browns game, when the sounds of “Sabotage” accompanied a spot for the Joe Biden presidential campaign.

It wasn’t just any campaign spot, but one that focuses on how the COVID-19 shutdowns have decimated the live music industry. The ad focuses on a club in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Blind Pig, that remains shuttered this year after a 50-year run as a pillar of the community, which the owner blames on what he considers Donald Trump‘s shortsighted response to the coronavirus crisis.