Red Hot Chili Peppers joined late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon for a bit of April Fools fun Friday, performing on both theTonight Show andJimmy Kimmel Live— with the help of some TV magic. Kimmel and Fallon pranked their audiences by swapping places, each hosting the other’s show for …
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Nilüfer Yanya brought single “Midnight Sun,” which appears on her recently released album Painless, to The Tonight Show Friday. Appearing in a pre-recorded segment, the British singer-songwriter donned a pair of pink angel wings while performing the track, which details the disintegration of a relationship. “Always I did it for you/Never …
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Alessia Cara stopped by The Tonight Show to promote her new rendition of “Jingle Bell Rock” and took the opportunity to participate in the late-night show’s musical genre challenge. In the clip, Cara and host Jimmy Fallon take turns transforming songs like BTS’s “Butter,” Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” and …
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St. Vincent performed “Down,” from her latest album Daddy’s Home, on The Tonight Show Tuesday, May 25th. The performance retained the Seventies aesthetic that’s defined Daddy’s Home, with St. Vincent and the Down and Out Downtown Band delivering the song on what could’ve easily been a set for a classic …
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Rising R&B star Summer Walker performed her song “Body” on The Tonight Show Monday, September 14th. The performance was filmed in a dingy warehouse space where the paint peeling off the walls was balanced out by the sea of flowers covering the floor. The setting was a perfect complement to …
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Brittany Howard appeared on The Tonight Show Wednesday night to take a personal look at race and prejudice with her song “Goat Head,” from her 2019 standout solo debut Jaime. Performing in an isolated studio — with several of her band members in face masks — Howard delivers a message on …
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Hillary Clinton said she hoped President Donald Trump would stop calling the coronavirus outbreak a hoax during an interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Wednesday. The former Democratic presidential candidate said she wasn’t surprised by how the Trump administration was handling the outbreak, adding: “This is something that …
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Patti Smith performed a spare and tender cover of Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush” on The Tonight Show Thursday. Smith opened the performance with a short poem, in which she enumerated the chaos engulfing the world, while still ending on a hopeful note: “Yet I still keep thinking that/Something …
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Sheryl Crow returned to The Tonight Show to perform “Tell Me When It’s Over” alongside Chris Stapleton. The track appears on Crow’s recently released album Threads. The performance, which marked the first time Crow and Stapleton played their collaboration live together, came nearly two weeks after Crow covered Bob Dylan …
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Big Sean performed his latest song “Single Again” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night, incorporating a “speed dating” scenario onstage. The rapper came out dressed in a jacket with name tag on it, and during the performance he sat down at two rose-covered tables with prospective partners …
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