Another week, another set of major label biggies on the Tonight Show. Jay wins the legends category this week with Wednesday's Van Morrison appearance. Van the Man will be playing a song from Astral Weeks, the revival of which has been his thing for the past year. Will it be "Sweet Thing"? "The Way Young Lovers Do"? It can't be "Madame George"... can it? And on Friday, Jewel is on. It's 2009—why is Jewel on?
Letterman has his usual fairly eclectic mix—Kanye's on tonight for a Keri Wilson collabo, tomorrow it's a Glaswegian party with Franz Ferdinand, Thursday indie overlords Animal Collective twiddle knobs, and Friday, the ever-controversial Chris Cornell shows up to screech over Timbaland's phat beats.
Over at Late Night, Fallon's bookers maintain their indie cred with The National on Wednesday and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings on Tuesday. Both artists were involved with last night's star-studded (Bon Iver, Feist, David Byrne) Dark Was The Night show at Radio City Music Hall.
The Tonight Show [sched]
Monday: Eli Young Band
Tuesday: Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters
Wednesday: Van Morrison
Friday: Jewel
Late Show With David Letterman [sched]
Monday: Keri Hilson with Kanye West
Tuesday: Franz Ferdinand
Wednesday: Ben Harper & Relentless7
Thursday: Animal Collective
Friday: Chris Cornell
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon [sched]
Monday: Adele
Tuesday: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Wednesday: The National
Thursday: Ben Harper & Relentless7
Jimmy Kimmel Live! [sched]
Monday: The Whip (R)
Wednesday: Black-Eyed Peas
Thursday: Flo Rida
Friday: Scott Weiland
Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson [sched]
Tuesday: Jenny Lewis
Wednesday: Zac Brown
Last Call With Carson Daly [sched]
Monday: Lykke Li (R)
Tuesday: Lily Allen
Wednesday: Bobby Ray
Thursday: Black Kids
Friday: Ida Maria
Today's late night classic is a blistering Rockin' In The Free World by Neil Young on Saturday Night Live in 1989. Band includes Crazy Horse member Frank Sampedro and session drummer/producer extraordinaire Steve Jordan. Check out Neil's Elvis shirt. And the Toronto Maple Leafs patch on his jeans. Did you know Neil's dad Scott Young was an award-winning hockey writer? You do now. One of the all-time great SNL musical performances: