Billboard is reporting that the Beastie Boys have recruited Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour. The tour will kick off October 28th in Richmond, Virginia and feature shows in St. Paul, Minnesota and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The band is endorsing Senator Barack Obama and explained:

This election is too important to stay at home. We hope that you can come out, have a nice night, dance, sing, get your freak on, and then wake up the next morning and get everyone that you possibly can to get out and vote.

The band released the instrumental album, The Mix-Up, in 2007.