Maya Rudolph and Jimmy Fallon combined to create two ridiculous bands and two even more ridiculous songs during a around of “Build a Band” on The Tonight Show Wednesday. For the game, Rudolph and Fallon had to come up with the name of a band and their hit song on …
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Cher made a surprise appearance on The Tonight Show to perform her single “I Got You Babe” with the cast of The Cher Show, a Broadway musical about her life and career. Host Jimmy Fallon dedicated his entire episode to the singer to celebrate the musical. In the performance, Cher …
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Ellie Goulding reimagined her Diplo-produced single “Close to Me” as a spirited folk sing-along on The Late Show Monday. Goulding teamed with house band Jon Batiste and Stay Human, who crafted a delicate arrangement of intertwining acoustic guitars, tender piano and simple percussion. Throughout the performance, Goulding found new pockets …
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Beirut brought a taste of their new album, Gallipoli, to the Late Show on Thursday, performing the LP’s title track. The exotic song is named for the Italian city it was written in, while musically, the band returns to its horns-laden roots. Their performance tapped into that original sound, with singer Zach …
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Phosphorescent‘s Matthew Houck performed a melancholy solo version of “C’est La Vie No. 2” on Wednesday’s Late Late Show. The frontman stripped away the ballad’s lush keyboard arrangement, crooning softly over an electric guitar that he strummed with his thumb. The show’s cameras swirled around the stage, capturing the songwriter …
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H.E.R. appeared onThe Late Late Show With James Corden on Tuesday night to perform her song “Carried Away.” The rising R&B star received five nominations for the 2019 Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. H.E.R. launched her performance on the acoustic guitar, lifting up the …
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Jimmy Kimmel had older patrons at a local farmers market weigh in on Cardi B and Nicki Minaj‘s recently reignited feud. At the beginning of the segment, the late-night host briefly recapped the most recent installment of the rappers’ long-running, beef. He played one of the 11 videos Cardi B …
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Matthew McConaughey, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots‘ Tariq Trotter squared off in a round of “True Confessions” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show, using detective-style interrogation to validate wild stories about mountain rams, ferry docking and Kanye West. Each player received two envelopes: one containing a real story, the other a lie. …
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Troye Sivan‘s dramatic live version of “Animal” would have likely enraptured the Late Show audience – if only there’d been one. The pop singer presented a more band-oriented version of his dark Bloom ballad on Wednesday, relying on harmonized electric guitars, atmospheric synth-strings, soft piano flourishes and live drums.As the …
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James Corden claimed his moment of boy band glory on Tuesday’s Late Late Show, crashing theBackstreet Boys‘ long-running Las Vegas residency. The host offered singer Brian Littrell an unwanted performance break so he could perform the group’s 1999 hit “Larger Than Life.” Corden arrived at the band’s rehearsal with his …
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