Pearl Jam debuted their new song, “Get Some,” Monday night with a thrilling performance on Conan O’Brien’s first night as host of The Tonight Show.
“Launching a show like this takes a lot of hard work, and one of the things that has sustained me over the past three months was knowing that at the end of our first show, I would get to watch a performance by one of the greatest rock bands in the world,” Conan O’Brien said as he introduced Pearl Jam.
June 1st marks the night, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready and Matt Cameron also known as Pearl Jam, help inaugurate late night funnyman Conan O’Brien as he replaces Jay Leno as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show. Pearl Jam, who has been described as “modern rock,” will be performing songs off of their unfinished and as-of-yet untitled album. The new album will be the 9th for the band, first in three years. The band that was formed in Seattle,WA in 1990, will follow their The Tonight Show performance with a summer tour throughout August (tour dates listed below).
Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:15PM - By Seraphina L.
Last night was the last time Conan would be airing at the late night slot. It was bittersweet to watch, but when he’s finally on an hour earlier during the tonight slot in June, we’ll all be a little happier. Conan was making a pretty big deal about this as well, and he was careful when it came to choosing his musical guest for this last show.
After Conan called them “good friends for many years,” The White Stripes appropriately played “We Are Going To Be Friends” to close out the show. There weren’t any drums (oh well), but Meg wasn’t really impressive on the guitar playing either. Watch the video for yourself and let us know what you think.
Was the performance perfect or tragically lackluster?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:38PM - By Guest Writer
A reunion show can be one of two experiences: a bittersweet reminder of a sound long missed or a shameless flogging of something mercifully put to pasture. For those in New York and Boston who’ve already put down their dollars for a chance to see Letters to Cleo(featured above) return to the stage, you’re in luck. This return is a triumphant one.
LTC charted after their first single “Here & Now” appeared on a promotional soundtrack for soapy drama Melrose Place, earning the band the dubious honor of prototype for the primetime payola scheme now running under Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, etc. But a pocket of fans looking for middle ground between Nirvana and Madonna clustered around Letters to Cleo, and with the release of the surprisingly crunchy and perfectly melodious follow-up Wholesale Meats & Fish, MTV “buzz clip” addicts bought in. The more radio-friendly third album Go didn’t perform as expected. Letters parted ways with Revolution Records in 1997 and then with each other (officially) in 2000.
