UPDATE: Conan O'Brien and Jack White Did Something Cool Last Night
Update: Remember that “something cool” we mentioned yesterday? The something that involved funnyman Conan O’Brien and rockin’ Jack White in the same room? Well, that “something cool” has transformed into “something completely awesome.” O’Brien played a supposedly “rockabilly” flavored set for 300 people at White’s Third Man Records in Nashville.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsPearl Jam, Jim Carrey, Vampire Weekend, Oh My: Video Clips of Conan O'Brien's Finest Tour Guests
Everyone’s favorite gangly ginger funnyman with a penchant for string-dancing (Conan O’Brien, in case we lost you there) made a lot of famous friends during his 16-year stint as the host of NBC’s Late Night, and he’s putting them all to good use. Throughout his “Legally Prohibitied From Being Funny On Television Tour,” O’Brien invited actors, comedians, musical guests and one boxer to help him out. Below are but a few of the highlights:... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsThe 15 Best Music Performances on Late-Night TV in May
This has been Music-On-TV Appreciation Month at Paste. In addition to all the good prime-time music, there’s been a wealth of amazing musical guests on the late-night talk shows lately. A couple of weeks ago, I looked at the state of late-night music, and liked what I saw. Here’s a countdown of my 15 favorite late-night performances from May:... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityHigh Definition: Late Night Music on the Telly
Jay Leno might have fended off Team Coco to win the late night war on NBC, but along with Conan O’Brien—and, many would argue, America—the loser of this battle was music. Last night, just before Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show on CBS hosted Wilco, Leno welcomed the members of Limp Bizkit onto his Tonight Show stage. Last week, the musical guests included Michael Bolton and Godsmack. The week before that featured Creed.... read more
Found in: TV, ColumnsWatch Conan O'Brien's 60 Minutes Interview
“I went through some stuff, and I got very depressed at times,” Conan O’Brien said during his first post-NBC interview last night on 60 Minutes. “It was like a marriage breaking up suddenly, violently, quickly. And I was just trying to figure out what happened.”... read more
Found in: TV, News60 Minutes Nabs Conan O'Brien's First Post-NBC Interview
When Conan O’Brien left NBC, one of the stipulations was that he stay off TV until May 1. True to his word, O’Brien has been making the stand-up comedy rounds and keeping to live venues, but come May 2 he’ll re-enter the world of television by way of a 60 Minutes interview.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsWatch Pearl Jam Surprise Conan O'Brien Fans in Seattle
There’s no doubt where Pearl Jam’s allegiance lies when it comes to the Conan vs. Leno saga, especially not after two of the band’s members showed up for a surprise performance at Coco’s “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television” Seattle show Monday night.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsConan O'Brien Heads to TBS
Don’t beat yourself up—we didn’t see it coming, either. Conan O’Brien, who just today kicked off his half-assed comedy and music tour while on hiatus thanks to the drama over at NBC, signed a deal to return to late-night TV—on TBS. That’s right, even though we’d all gotten used to the idea that good old Coco would be reintroduced to our late-night lives via Fox this fall, TBS’ eight-figure deal was apparently a little too good to pass up.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsBonnaroo 2010 Comedy Lineup Led By Conan O'Brien, Aziz Ansari and Margaret Cho
Bonnaroo is not just a a place to hear your favorite bands while standing in the mud under a Tennessee-summer sun. If festival goers need a break from all the music, or just want to sit down and have a couple of laughs, Bonnaroo’s got that covered too. The festival just announced this year’s comedy lineup, which features Conan O’Brien (as part of his recently-announced tour), Margaret Cho and Paste’s #10 comedian of the aughts, Aziz Ansari, as headliners.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsConan O'Brien Announces "Half-Assed Comedy & Music" Tour
Take that, NBC. Forbidden from signing on to any new television ventures thanks to residual contract issues with his former employer, funnyman Conan O’Brien is using his time off to spread laughter across the nation during a 30-city, two-month “half-assed comedy & music tour,” according to a message on his Twitter account today.... read more
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