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Daft Punk's booked performance on last night's (Aug. 6) episode of "The Colbert Report" did not go quite as planned, apparently. When the show opened last night, Stephen Colbert announced that despite being booked, the French electronic duo were not able to appear on the lampooning news show, because Viacom sister network MTV had booked Daft Punk to perform in a "secret" performance at the 2013 VMAs. Read More »
Robin Thicke continued with the promotion and lampooning of his massive summer single "Blurred Lines" in a viral video with "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon and hip-hop legends The Roots. In a move similar to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," Thicke, Fallon and co. redid "Blurred Lines" using children's classroom instruments. The result is an adorable, jolly three-and-a-half minute rendition of the sexy tune. Read More »
Daft Punk are quite the aloof electronic French duo. The masterminds behind the massive summer hit "Get Lucky," featuring Pharrell rarely make televised appearances. Their latest album, "Random Access Memories" topped the U.S. charts with little promotion. However, now, the band is rumored to make a rare appearance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" next week. Read More »
The Lonely Island Crew (Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer) stopped by "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" last night and preformed their hits song "YOLO" off of their recent album The Wack Album. This single was an earlier release in anticipation for The Wack Album and it became an immediate hit. The comical take of "You Only Live Once" turned into a cautionary song was pretty great in general, and then the music video for it made it even better. So it might seem hard to top, right? Well with some help from Fallon and the Roots, it got even better! Read More »
Gypsy Punk band and perrenial must-see live act Gogol Bordello played tracks off their new album Pure Vida Conspiracy last night. Check out their performance of "Lost Innocent World" below: Read More »
Following the success of his 2012 O.N.I.F.C. release and the birth of he and fiancé Amber Rose's son Sebations, the Taylor Gang chief Wiz Khalifa preparing to release his fifth album "Blacc Hollywood." Read More »
Kelly took a page from Janet Jackson's book with her rendition of "Gone," featuring Wiz Khalifa. The Destiny's Child diva took the stage with Wiz on the Late Night With Jimmy Falllon show Monday night to perform her new single with a little help from house band The Roots. Read More »
Broken Social Scene broke the extended hiatus that the band has been on in order to help celebrate its record label's (Arts & Crafts) 10th anniversary. Last night the influential Canadian band performed two of their hits on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" and were even joined by longtime member Feist who has since gone on to more fame and acclaim. Arts & Crafts celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a retrospective compilation, photo exhibit, pop-up shop/gallery, a one-day Toronto fest coming this weekend, collaborations comp with artists from the A&C roster, and so much more. Read More »
Brian Williams, the host of "NBC News," has proven to be humorous at times during his stops along the talk show circuit. Still, he was probably one of the last people Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg expected to see covering their 1992 hit "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" during "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." Read More »
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the drummer and figurehead for hip-hop band The Roots, will release a memoir co-written with author Ben Greenman. Even the title, "Mo' Meta Blues," resonates with a mixture of soul and academia, much like the real-life Questlove. Read More »
Kim Kardashian's stepdad Bruce Jenner recently revealed that the starlet's future baby daddy Kanye West is "never around"... in fact, Jenner doesn't ever remember actually meeting him! Apparently, the pregnant Kim K AND Yeezy are both pretty pissed with Jenner's remarks... since they're allegedly untrue! The former Olympic star appeared on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night" on Tuesday evening (June 4), where he humorously butted heads with the popular comedian before discussing his "feud" with the infamous "Yeezus" rapper. Check out the amusing clips below! Read More »
J. Cole is doing everything right to draw attention to his sophomore album Born Sinner. A few days after announcing that he would push his album release date up to June 18th, to compete with Grammy Award winning rapper Kanye West. J. Cole hit the stage on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform his hit "Power Trip" with a little help from the iconic house band The Roots. Read More »
Last night, former guitarist of The Smiths, Johnny Marr, appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote his upcoming record The Messenger. His on-air performance was of the title track of his new album but he also treated fans to another song. In a web-excusive performance, Marr performed an old tune that he used to play with The Smiths. Keep reading to see a video clip of Johnny Marr and band performing "How Soon is Now?" Read More »
