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A regular weekly bulletin on musical guests playing the five-nights-a-week late night talk shows (and SNL); set your TIVOs or DVRs.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Monday, March 2-Friday, March 6: U2 (pictured, and yes, they are the musical guest every night this week)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC
Monday, March 2: The Fray
Tuesday, March 3: Bettye Lavette
Wednesday, March 4: Neko Case
Thursday, March 5: Tom Jones
Friday, March 6: Papa Roach

Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, CBS
Thursday, March 5: Andrew Bird
Friday, March 6: M. Ward

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, NBC
(Fallon takes the O’Brien torch with The Roots serving as his house band and kicks off his first week with a pretty fatty schedule of A-list guests and performers)
Monday, March 2: Justin Timberlake, Van Morrison
Tuesday, March 3: Jon Bon Jovi, Santogold
Wednesday, March 4: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Thursday, March 5: Ludacris Read the rest of this entry »

A regular weekly bulletin on musical guests playing the five-nights-a-week late night talk shows (and SNL); set your TIVOs or DVRs.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Monday, February 16: Willie Nelson with Asleep at the Wheel
Tuesday, February 17: M. Ward (pictured)
Wednesday, February 18: Antony and the Johnsons
Thursday, February 19: David Sanborn with Sam Moore
Friday, February 20: Shemekia Copeland

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC
Monday, February 16: Lily Allen
Tuesday, February 17: Andrew Bird
Wednesday, February 18: Lisa Hannigan
Thursday, February 19: A.R. Rahman
Friday, February 20: Chris Isaak Read the rest of this entry »

A regular weekly bulletin on musical guests playing the five-nights-a-week late night talk shows; set your TIVOs or DVRs.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Wednesday, February 4: Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt
Thursday, February 5: Mark Olson & Gary Louris
Friday, February 6: Beirut (pictured)
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As a service to those who like to know what bands are playing on the five-nights-a-week late night talk shows, I’ve decided to offer a regular update. Make sure to set your TIVOs or DVRs if you don’t stay up late enough to catch the performances on your own.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Monday, January 26: Ben Kweller
Tuesday, January 27: Andrew Bird
Thursday, January 29: No traditional musical guest but Graham Nash sits in with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra
Friday, January 30: The Gaslight Anthem
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