Late Night Performances
Brandi Carlile Performs “The Story” and “You and Me on the Rock” on SNL: Watch
Brandi Carlile served as the musical guest on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live co-hosted by Steve Martin and Martin Short. Carlile played the fan favorite hit “The Story,” and showcased her latest album, In These Silent Days, by performing “You and Me on the Rock” with backing vocals from Lucius. Watch the replay below. In These Silent Days is nominated for seven Grammy Awards in 2023, including Album of the Year and Best Americana Album, and “You and Me on the Rock” is up for Record of the Year. Advertisement Related Video Carlile has a busy year ahead, including a slot opening for P!NK on her 2023 Summer Carnival Tour. Carlile is also set to back Joni Mitchell for her first pubicly-announced concert in 20 years at the Gorge Amphitheatre in June, and she’s staging a Moth...
Goose Get in a Groove with “Dripfield” on Fallon: Watch
Goose landed at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, December 7th with a performance of the title track from their latest album, Dripfield. The quintet appeared relaxed and loose making their Tonight Show debut. The 30 Rock stage was dressed for the holidays, and after Goose added some well-saturated purple and blue jam band lighting, the set was more than merry and bright. Check out “Dripfield” below. The performance coincided with multi-instrumentalist Peter Anspach’s birthday, which only added to the celebratory nature of their first Tonight Show appearance. It also capped a seismic year for the band, who released their third LP, Dripfield, as well as the 4-track Undecided EP, and also co-headlined a fall tour with Trey Anastasio Band. Advertisement Related Vid...
SZA Previews New Album S.O.S on Saturday Night Live: Watch
SZA previewed her highly-anticipated sophomore album, S.O.S, while serving as musical guest on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. She also revealed that the album would be released in less than a week — on Friday, December 9th. The pride and joy of Maplewood, New Jersey, SZA performed the album’s lead single, “Shirt,” and debuted a second song called “Blind.” Additionally, SZA appeared in a sketch opposite host Keke Palmer paying tribute to “Big Boys.” Watch it all below. Advertisement Related Video S.O.S serves as the follow-awaited follow-up to SZA’s debut album, Ctrl, which was released in 2017. Elsewhere on last night’s SNL, Kenan and Kel reunited to parody their beloved Nickelodeon show. [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-for...
LCD Soundsystem Perform “New Body Rhumba” on Colbert: Watch
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert had a particularly exciting episode on Tuesday night: Friend of the program Jon Stewart stopped by for an always-welcome appearance, then LCD Soundsystem played the show out with a rousing rendition of their new single, “New Body Rhumba.” “New Body Rhumba,” which appears in Noah Baumbach’s film White Noise, marks LCD Soundsytem’s first song since their 2017 album American Dream. James Murphy’s band recently appeared in Meet Me in the Bathroom, the documentary adaptation of Lizzy Goodman’s oral history of the early 2000s New York City rock scene. The group will return to Brooklyn Steel for another 20-night residency later this week; tickets are on sale here. As for Stewart, he and Colbert touched on a variety of topics, from their two-d...
Rina Sawayama Performs Monstrously Good “Frankenstein” on Seth Meyers: Watch
What better way to celebrate Halloween than by watching Rina Sawayama tear through “Frankenstein” on Late Night With Seth Meyers? The 32-year-old pop sensation appeared in a Bride of Frankenstein-inspired hairdo, with a high top and vivid white streaks along the sides. She and her backup dancers performed in fog up to their knees, with choreography inspired by Boris Karloff and “Monster Mash.” Relive the monstrously good set below. “Frankenstein” appears on Sawayama’s latest album, Hold the Girl, which also features tracks like “Catch Me in the Air,” “Phantom,” and Song of the Week “This Hell.” Advertisement Related Video Throughout November, the artist will take her album on the road with a run of shows throughout the United States. Tickets to that tour are on sa...
The 1975 Jam Out New Singles “Happiness” and “I’m in Love with You” on Jools Holland: Watch
The 1975 performed “Happiness” and “I’m in Love with You” from their upcoming fifth album Being Funny in a Foreign Language as the musical guests on BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland. The quartet was flanked by an expanded lineup that included saxophone and percussion, but Matty Healy commanded the stage for the opener, “Happiness,” with the frontman’s typical shades-and-suit outfit and demeanor once again perfectly straddling the line between dapper and loose. The funky number featured a guitar solo from Adam Hann and intermittent sax breaks, but it reached jammy greatness as Healy took to the keys and opened the floor to the full band’s groove. The group then switched it up for the upbeat ballad “I’m in Love with You,” with a relatively straightforward delivery that added to the song’s inh...
Kendrick Lamar Kicks Off SNL Season 48 in Style with Three-Song Performance: Watch
Kendrick Lamar took a break from “The Big Steppers Tour” to help kick off the 48th season of Saturday Night Live. In support of his latest album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, the Compton rapper made his third visit to Studio 8H. He performed “Rich Spirit,” “N95”, and “Father Time” with Sampha. Watch the replay below. “The Big Steppers Tour” resumes later this week in Europe. Check out the tour’s itinerary and on-sale ticket links below. Kendrick came through with the energy on the season premiere of SaturdayNightLive. What was up with earrings? He pulled the look off though. #SNLPremiere #snl #kendricklamar pic.twitter.com/7r9XEOKEfJ Advertisement Related Video — GoreJust Goth (@gorejustgoth) October 2, 2022 KENDRICK LAMAR x SAMPHA – FATHER TIMEpic.twitter.com/EF9NgWYMUc — Hiiipo...
Future Interrupts Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a “Love You Better” Dream Sequence: Watch
Life is different when you’re living in the Future, as the Atlanta MC demonstrated with a show-stopping performance — literally — of “Love You Better” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel introduced the musical guest as if he were sitting down for an interview. After Future took a spot on the couch, the host asked, “So how is the Future? Relatively speaking.” “Man, I be drifting off sometimes,” Future replied, as music began to swell and the lighting went woozy. The cameras shifted to show a young woman calling out, “Future!” as she entered his dressing room. She found a bouquet of flowers, a bucket of ice, and a note: “I NEVER LIKED U.” Advertisement Related Video That’s a reference to Future’s new album, I Never Liked You, and as she sat on the couch to process this missive, the camera...
Smashing Pumpkins Perform “Beguiled” on Fallon: Watch
Smashing Pumpkins are set to release their new triple album, ATUM. In anticipation, the band appeared on The Tonight Show on Friday to perform lead single “Beguiled.” Watch the replay below. Billed as the sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God, ATUM (pronounced “autumn”) will be unveiled over the course of three acts released 11 weeks apart. Act 1 will arrive on November 15th, with Act 2 following on January 31st and Act 3 coming on April 21st. A box set containing all three acts plus 10 additional bonus tracks will also be released on April 21st. Beginning in October, Smashing Pumpkins will hit the road with Jane’s Addiction for the “Spirits on Fire Tour,” a 32-date co-headlining outing that runs into the middle of November. Tickets are a...
BLACKPINK “Shut Down” Kimmel with High-Energy Performance: Watch
BLACKPINK supported their latest album, BORN PINK, with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday night. The all-star foursome of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa staged a highly choreographed performance of “Shut Down,” which you can replay in full below. The group previously appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in October 2020, where they performed “Lovesick Girls.” That appearance was also historic as it marked the first time an all-female K-pop act was interviewed on the program. To further support BORN PINK, BLACKPINK will embark on “the largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group” beginning next month in South Korea. A North American leg launches in Dallas on October 25th and extends through the end of November. Tickets are available here, and see our dream setlist for the tour....
Phoenix Perform “Tonight” with Ezra Koenig on Colbert: Watch
Phoenix appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, September 14th, to perform “Tonight,” their new song featuring Ezra Koenig. The Vampire Weekend vocalist joined his fellow indie rock icons by dialing in from what appeared to be a Tokyo taxi. This felt a little odd; Koenig was chilling in the back of the cab and seemingly lip synching, while Phoenix’s Thomas Mars gave a high energy performance all across the Late Show stage. But ‘odd’ can still be a lot of fun, as you can see in the performance below. We named “Tonight” Song of the Week when it dropped earlier this month. The track appears on Phoenix’s upcoming album Alpha Zulu, which is out November 4th (pre-orders are ongoing). So far, the band has also shared the album’s t...
Denzel Curry Blows Fallon Away Performing “Walkin” on The Tonight Show: Watch
Denzel Curry’s rendition of “Walkin” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was so energetic he had the host dancing in his seat and the audience cheering long before he’d finished, leaving Fallon to join him at the end and confirm: You won’t see a performance like this every day. Curry began by introducing the Cold Blooded Soul band, which had also accompanied him during his recent captivating appearance on the NPR Tiny Desk. That prelude was the last time the 27-year-old MC stood still. With every word his hands punctuated the air, even as he danced and charged back and forth across the stage. At one point he brought the performance over to Fallon’s desk, where the enraptured host was smiling and bopping in his seat like a kid who’d snuck into the front row after the op...
