Tenacious D to replace Beastie Boys at SF Outside Lands

The annual Outside Lands Music and Arts festival is coming up August 28-30. Many who planned to attend were bummed to hear that the Beastie Boys, Sunday night's headlining act, had to cancel due to health problems with Adam "MCA" Yauch (read: Yauch Recovering at Home after Cancer Surgery). I'm on a conference call right now with Jack Black and Kyle Gass and a bunch of bewildered journalists, and the replacement act is now official: Tenacious D! (Wikipedia).

I wish more of the conference calls I have to sit through included Jack Black. The guy really knows how to liven up a party line full of reporters. Also lots of fart jokes.

Liveblogging notes after the jump.

* 12:20pm – Jack Black is berating his musical and LOLs partner for calling in on a cellphone speakerphone in a windy location. "Are you in a wind tunnel, dude?" (…) "We're literally phoning it in, this is awesome!"
* 12:30pm – OK, now the guys are promising to live-twitter throughout the entire performance, and to blog their setlist. Also, something about Skype grenades and Twitter costumes.

* 1236pm – Jack Black loves Taqueria La Cumbre in San Francisco, and specifically, carnitas burritos gordos.

*1238pm – Black says they've just recorded a "bomb-ass sci fi doomsday rock song called DETH STARR," which may or may not be debuted at the fest.
* 12:40pm – Black is discussing the quantum physics of creating a rip in the space-butt continuum.
* 12:44pm – Black and Gass are looking forward to seeing Silversun Pickups, Ween, and Modest Mouse at the fest, among others. Much excitement also about rumors of Dave Grohl's new supergroup, which is not scheduled to appear.
* 1245pm – "Bring some yogurt raita people, because our shit's so hot you're gonna get burned."