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What's That Song From 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien' Premiere?
Spinner — ... If NBC's prayers are answered, Conan O'Brien's move to 'The Tonight Show' and its 11:35 ET/PT time slot will bring more of the younger, hipper audience the lanky funnyman was known for on 'Late Night.' It's only fitting, then, that last night's long-awaited premiere episode kicked off with a Cheap Trick song about the similarities between the old and young, however vague they are. ...

Conan O'Brien Introduces 'Twitter Tracker'
Switched — ... Let's face it. No one has time to sift through the endless barrage of celebrity tweets. However, luckily for those celebrity-obsessed tweeters who are constantly distracted by things like family, work, and friends, Conan O'Brien has stepped in to help. On Tuesday's episode of 'The Tonight Show,' host O'Brien introduced the 'Twitter Tracker,' which aims to pluck only the best celebrity tweets for the delight of his viewing audience -- the 'Cream of Tweet,' as the announcer, who brings that monster-truck-rally vibe to the occasion, ...

Chad Smith Won't Use Will Ferrell Resemblance For Evil
Spinner — ... Smith tried to address that confusion when he joined his Chickenfoot mates recently on the 'Tonight Show' by wearing an "I'm Not Will Ferrell" t-shirt. "I thought, 'What better way to dispel the rumor than on national television?' I had their little prop department make me a t-shirt," he says. ...

Cheap Trick Set to Meet Conan on 'The Tonight Show'
Spinner — ... 's summer-long opening duties on the Def Leppard tour draw to a close, the veteran power pop group heads to Los Angeles, Sept. 1, to perform its killer new single 'Sick Man of Europe' on 'The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.' "He's a fan," Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen reveals to Spinner about the chat show host. ...

Cornell Flies High With Virgin America
Spinner — ... America's marketing department is touting its "state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system." While there's no word on whether passengers who were turned off by the radical pop departure of 'Scream' can opt out of the Cornell experience, the allegiance between both parties seems ironclad and gets underway Sept. 12 when Cornell headlines the second annual Virgin America-sponsored Sunset Strip Music Festival in Los Angeles. In advance of the performance, Cornell will appear on ' The Tonight Show With Conan O' Brien .'

Paolo Nutini Admires Rod Stewart's Attitude But Hates His Leopard Pants
Spinner — ... follows his recent sold-out North American headlining tour with a second batch of dates that includes a stop at 'The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien,' Sept. 10, to perform his hit single, 'Candy.' While this tour, in support of his new album, 'Sunny Side Up,' has plenty of memories for Nutini, it was on a previous trek that he got to watch one of his heroes, ...

Pianist, Hollywood Composer Arthur Ferrante Dies at 88
Spinner — ... ' and ' The Tonight Show ,' as well as White House invitations from presidents Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan. Throughout their decades-long career, which ended when they retired in 1989, the duo recorded 150 albums and played 5,200 concerts, but they will best be remembered for creating the music to a golden era of film. Ferrante is survived by his wife, Jena, a daughter and two granddaughters.

Conan Asks USB Co-Inventor What He Has Against Firewire
Switched — ... For a recent episode of 'The Tonight Show,' hilarious troublemaker Conan O'Brien sat down with Intel's Ajay Bhatt, the co-inventor of the USB port (video after the break). As befits the man who indirectly brought us data-storing neckties and heated mousepads, the ensuing interview was -- in a word -- ridiculous. Watch as O'Brien asks Bhatt the tough questions. Does he hate the inventor of Firewire? Would he bring up the USB in general conversation in order to score chicks? We do find it somewhat ironic that this ...

Jay Weinberg Divides Time Between the Reveling and the E Street Band
Spinner — ... from New Jersey stood out simply for the fact that he showed up on time and knew the songs. "We went through a lot of flaky people," guitarist Dave Kramer tells Spinner. Clearly, professionalism was another talent that Jay Weinberg picked up from his father, Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen and Conan O'Brien fame. At 18, the younger Weinberg joined the Reveling; nine months later, he also started playing in the E Street Band whenever Dad was busy doing 'The Tonight Show.' "It's definitely interesting to compare the two," Jay ...

Jay Weinberg Divides Time Between the Reveling and the E Street Band
Spinner — ... whenever Dad was busy doing ' The Tonight Show .' "It's definitely interesting to compare the two," Jay Weinberg says. "With the E Street Band, it's like you're travelling with a nation -- 200-plus people. Then with the Reveling, you hop in the van and your tour personnel is four -- just us. It's cool." On ...

Andrew W.K. Is 'Hooked' on Television
Spinner — ... ' or ' Conan O'Brien .' Seeing the studio, the lights and the cameras, seeing how it worked and shooting music videos, too. That intense process of working with a 100 people over a two-day period, the teamwork and the energy." He's enthusiastic all right, but that's not to say Andrew W.K.'s musical career is taking a back seat. The recently-released '55 Cadillac,' which comprised an out-of-leftfield set of improvised solo piano pieces, is followed next February by 'Close Calls With Brick Walls,' which was previously only available overseas due to contractual wrangles in the ...

OK Go Channel Prince and Led Zeppelin on New Album
Spinner — ... performs on ' The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien ' on Friday, Jan. 8, the band will jet off to the UK to launch a European tour on Jan. 11, the very day the Chicago power pop quartet's latest album, 'Of the Blue Colour of the Sky,' is released there. Singer Damian Kulash tells Spinner that the record, which is released in the US one day later, was deeply influenced by heavy touring, which caused him to take stock of his song writing. "We toured for 31 months without stopping," he says. "I came home and tried to write a big blammo chord. Like, turn the amp to 11 and write a ...

Spoon Rock Out for Conan O'Brien
Spinner — ... . He may be getting forced out of his 'Tonight Show' chair, but he's not phoning it in when it comes to picking guests. Such is the case with Wednesday's memorable appearance by ...

Neil Young to Be Conan O'Brien's Final 'Tonight Show' Musical Guest
Spinner — Neil Young Alongside news today that Conan O'Brien 's last show as host of ' The Tonight Show '' will be on Friday, the embattled talk show host has roped Neil Young to be featured as his last musical guest, the New York Times confirmed. We've been a longtime fan of O'Brien's musical choices, mainly because he has such good taste. In the past, he's let Modest Mouse steer the ship and managed to wrangle the White Stripes out of hiding www.spinner.com/2009/02/12/white-stripes-closing-late-night-with-conan/ This week, he ...

The Chum Bucket: The Insane Clown Posse Movie + More
Spinner — Filed under: The Chum Bucket The Insane Clown Posse have made a movie -- a western, actually. For now, we have a trailer. Watch this immediately. [Prefix] Conan O'Brien said goodbye to 'The Tonight Show' with some help from Beck, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper and a certain cowbell playing comedian. [Buzzgrinder] What about Max Weinberg? Idolator has a few suggestions for his next big gig (because drummer for the E Street Band just isn't enough). [Idolator] ...

Conan O'Brien Immortalized in Cheetos
TV Squad — ... of Colorado Springs, Colorado did just that for former 'Tonight Show' host Conan O'Brien with over 2,000 Cheetos of the crunchy, puffed and "flamin' hot" variety. It goes without saying that orange really suits ol' Coco. ...

NBC Takes Down All of Conan's 'Tonight Show' Content
TV Squad — It looks like NBC is doing a little house cleaning at their web site. Not only is all of Conan O'Brien's 'Tonight Show' content gone, but the 'Tonight Show' section is gone completely. ...

Even Fictional Characters and TV Shows Need Social Networks
Switched — ... about a child molester. Often, TV shows and movies create catch-all fictional social networks that serve whatever purpose the plot demands. 'Law and Order: SVU' has FaceUnion, '30 Rock' has YouFace, and the novel 'Snow Crash' has the Metaverse. All of these are included in Geekosystem's 'Pocket Guide to Fictional Social Networks'. Our favorite, and perhaps strangest, entry on the list is YouTwitFace; from its beginnings as a one-liner in Conan O'Brien's 'In the Year 3000' sketch, it has spawned a mock developer ...