Roger Waters ran through a medley of classic songs from Pink Floyd‘s The Wall, delivering “The Happiest Days of Our Lives” and “Another brick in the Wall Pts. 2 & 3” on The Late Show Tuesday night. Waters sounded plucky as ever as he opened “The Happiest Days of Our …
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Beach House transformed theLate Show With Stephen Colbertstage into an indie pop dreamscape with their performance of “Superstar” Thursday. The shoegaze-inspired track comes off the group’s most recent albumOnce Twice Melody, which was released in February of this year. The Baltimore duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are longtime …
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Alessia Cara performed remotely on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday night, appearing from a somewhat unconventional location: Niagara Falls. The singer began her performance of “Sweet Dream” from her bedroom below deck on a ship. As she made her way to the upper deck, the lights around the Niagara …
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Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker performed her solo track “Anything” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday, January 26th. The clip finds Lenker performing outdoors, sun radiating in the background as she finger-picks her way through the track. On the studio version of “Anything,” Lenker’s playing is assisted by a …
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Stephen Colbert raised an eyebrow at some shifts in information about Covid-19 coming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on The Late Show Tuesday, September 22nd. Less concerning outright was the CDC’s advice for Halloween this year: while trick-or-treating during a pandemic was discouraged, the organization recommended alternate …
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Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste spoke with Stephen Colbert about leading a musical march through the streets of Manhattan over the weekend as part of the ongoing protests against the police killing of George Floyd. Batiste led We Are: A Peaceful Protest March With Music with keytar in tow, joined …
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New Jersey Senator Cory Booker detailed two facets of a plan he and his congressional colleagues are working on to stop abuses of power by police during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Thursday. Booker’s interview with Colbert was wide-ranging, and frequently emotional, especially when the senator …
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Sheryl Crow performed an intimate rendition of George Harrison‘s “Beware of Darkness” on The Late Show Tuesday evening. “I love you, Stephen Colbert,” Crow tells the camera, sitting at her piano. “There, I said it. I’m going to play you guys a song called ‘Beware of Darkness’ from George Harrison, …
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Delivering his latest monologue from the at-home Late Show, Stephen Colbert took one of his favorite targets, President Donald Trump, to task. Earlier this week, Trump announced that states on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic may soon be ready to reopen and invigorate the damaged economy, even before his …
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Kesha made her Late Show debut Friday to perform her recent single “Raising Hell” with Big Freedia and salute the late David Bowie. Kesha’s Late Show appearance landed on the fourth anniversary of Bowie’s January 10th, 2016 death, and the singer remembered the late icon with lightning bolt makeup reminiscent …
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