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  Fall Out Boy Try to Out-Funny 'Conan' With 'Spinal Tap' Riffs

  April 18, 2013 – As if calling their just-released comeback album Save Rock and Roll wasn't meta enough, Fall Out Boy loaded their performance on Conan last night (April 17) with winking references to the classic rock'n'roll mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. …
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  See Dirty Projectors Bring Arena Rock-ish 'Offspring Are Blank' to 'Conan'

  February 7, 2013 – Dirty Projectors' recent cover of Usher's "Climax" didn't exactly, ahem, do it for us, but the New York art-rock posse did score some points, via guffaws, for their contribution to the Portlandia bands Featherwash and Bless the Barn. …
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  Gary Clark Jr. Delivers Pins-and-Needles Performance of 'Numb' on 'Conan'

  January 9, 2013 – SPIN Essential bluesman Gary Clark Jr. tore it up on Conan last night (January 8), performing two tracks from his not-to-be-missed 2012 album Blak and Blu. The Tupac-guided Texan led a smoldering, alarm-sounding rendition of "Numb" for the late-night talk show, bathed entirely in blue light but still fiery nontheless. …
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  Ben Gibbard Sings Mariachi-Backed 'Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)' on 'Conan'

  December 21, 2012 – Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel's divorce became official earlier this month, but chances are the Death Cab for Cutie frontman — who just released solo debut Former Lives — won't be able to escape the New Girl star's name for a while. …
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  Nas and Anthony Hamilton Go Baroque on 'Conan' with 'World's an Addiction'

  November 30, 2012 – Nasty Nas may have retired — as SPIN's Brandon Soderberg points out, his tenth album Life is Good slangs "rap for the 40-and-over crowd" — and the recently re-elected POTUS may have mispronounced the legendary rapper's three-letter name, but the man born Nasir Jones sits firmly at the top of his game right now. The latest evidence of this? …
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  Coldplay Preview Video, Cudi Plays Conan + More

  November 30, 2010 – Coldplay give a sneak peek at the music video fortheir new holiday single, "Christmas Lights." The clip features behind-the-scenes footage of the band filming in a small theatre and along London's River Thames. [Gigwise] A new Bright Eyes album, titled The People's Key, will arrive Feb. 15, 2011, the Conor Oberst project's first since 2007's Cassadaga. Tickets for a March 9 gig at NYC's Radio City Music Hall go onsale Dec. …
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  Jack White Rocks Conan O'Brien's Debut Show

  November 9, 2010 – Conan O'Brien made his return to late night last night on TBS. Ricky Gervais, Glee's Lea Michele, and Seth Rogen made appearances; Andy Richter returned triumphantly as O'Brien's side-kick. Even O'Brien's infamous Masturbating Bear character popped by for a brief cameo (it turns out he's found work pulling lottery balls in Maryland). But the night's clear highlight? …
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