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Ellie Goulding Drums Up A ‘Late Show’ Performance Of “Lights”

Robbie Daw — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:48:51 +0000

Kelly Clarkson’s favorite contemporary Ellie Goulding swung by the Ed Sullivan Theater yesterday for a Late Show performance of her single “Lights”. Yes, “Lights” — a song that has been around for a year now, but is finally starting to slowly make its way up the iTunes chart. The British singer stood before David Letterman’s audience and banged on a drum before launching into a rousing vocal performance. So, head below, all you folks who have yet to download the tune but have iTunes gift cards laying around after the holidays, and see if this TV gig by Ellie motivates you to show her some love.

J. Cole Works Out On ‘Letterman’

Robbie Daw — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:57:09 +0000

J. Cole looked quite sporty in his New York jacket when he hit up last night’s Late Show With David Letterman. The chart-topping Roc Nation MC busted out his current Paula Abdul-interpolating hit “Work Out”, but the real surprise came at the end when Santa Dave handed Cole a huge present for Christmas. Watch J. dash all all the ladies’ dreams as he works it out below.

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Justin Bieber Discusses Taking His Paternity Test On ‘Letterman’

Erika Brooks Adickman — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:40:48 +0000

Justin Bieber may have cleared up the allegations surrounding the Mariah Yeater baby scandal earlier this week, but that doesn’t mean the “Fa La La” singer is out of the woods just yet. While chatting with his “Uncle” David on the Late Show last night, the pop star had to chat once again about the ordeal. Biebs agreed with Letterman that false (and wildly outrageous) accusations such as this come with being in the limelight. Unfortunately, so does having to talk about said experiences ad nauseum. Catch the budding rapper’s clip below.

Bieber also confirmed on the show that he did indeed take a paternity test to prove he isn’t the father of Mariah Yeater’s baby. Asked what the test involved, Bieber said the doctors just swabbed his mouth.

Justin seemed confused (or thrown off) by the late night talk show host’s half-joking question regarding the process of the DNA test. “Is there disrobing?” inquired Letterman. The pop star replied, “No, no, I don’t think so!” As he isn’t even sure what disrobing is, of course he was never the father — that should have been the entire paternity test right there.

Now that this baby drama is behind him, it seems like the perfect time for JB ti put out a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”, no?

Foster The People Dance To “Helena Beat” On The ‘Late Show’

Robbie Daw — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:15:49 +0000

Now that Foster The People’s surprise hit “Pumped Up Kicks” is finally showing signs of cooling off on the Hot 100 (it slid to #5 this week after a month of being lodged at #3, behind “Someone Like You” and “Moves Like Jagger”), maybe their follow-up single “Helena Beat” will start to see some life at Top 40 radio? Frontman Mark Foster brought his trademark moves and scruffy stance to the Late Show With David Letterman last night, where the band knocked out an impressive performance of the Torches tune. Take a sip and watch below.

Coldplay Bring Paradise To The ‘Late Show’

Robbie Daw — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:40:47 +0000

Coldplay’s fifth album Mylo Xyloto isn’t out for another month (October 25, to be exact), but the band is clearly taking a “no time like the present” tactic to promote the record. Bathed in blue, Chris Martin and his mates took to the Ed Sullivan Theater stage last night for a Late Show With David Letterman performance of “Paradise,” and a Live On Letterman web-exclusive gig that included tracks from their upcoming LP. Watch the former below!

Coldplay — ”Paradise” (on the Late Show)

Lady Antebellum Give David Letterman “Just A Kiss”

Robbie Daw — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:13:33 +0000

Lady Antebellum barely had time to get over the utter ecstasy of their upcoming album Own The Night being featured in our Fall Preview yesterday before they had to make an appearance on the Late Show. The Grammy-winning Nashville trio offered up a pitch-perfect rendition of their hit single “Just A Kiss” — and it’s great that Hillary, Charles and Dave are finally getting out there and doing some TV promo for the song, since we’ve been jamming to it pretty much non-stop since early May! Watch Lady A turn it out below.

Christina Perri Has A Call To “Arms” On The ‘Late Show’

Robbie Daw — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:54:13 +0000

Christina Perri will be just one of many performers at this coming weekend’s annual Lollapalooza fest in Chicago, but ahead of that, the Pennsylvania songstress hit up the Late Show With David Letterman last night to belt out her current single “Arms.” It’s a much more upbeat tune than Christina’s recent hit “Jar Of Hearts,” and so it’s nice to see the singer-songwriter flash her pretty smile while performing on TV for a change. Watch below!

Porcelain Black Shows Us “What Rock N Roll Looks Like” On ‘Letterman’

Becky Bain — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:09:17 +0000

You guys gave us your say for You Be The Judge pick Porcelain Black, and it looks like you’re digging the goth-rock-pop singer’s black-and-white vibes. Her style is already drawing comparisons to Lady Gaga — so welcome to the highly-populated club, lady! Check out Black making her very first late night TV appearance, performing her single “This Is What Rock N Roll Looks Like” on David Letterman.

Cee Lo Green Shines His Bright Lights On ‘The Late Show’

Robbie Daw — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:52:06 +0000

Cee Lo Green is the man of the moment: he recently rocked Glastonbury, wrapped up the first successful season of The Voice, launched his own Fuse talk show Talking To Strangers, posted stellar mid-year sales for his single “F**k You!” and revamped his current single “Bright Lights, Bigger City.” Watch Green perform the latter below while backed by a trio of backup singers, a string section and Paul Shaffer on The Late Show.

PS Is it just us, or does all this success having Cee Lo looking a bit leaner and meaner these days?

Justin Bieber Reads List Of 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Him On ‘Letterman’

Robbie Daw — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:02:33 +0000

When we heard Justin Bieber would be doing yet another Top 10 list on the Late Show — one dealing with little-known facts about the recent MuchMusic Video Awards winner, no less — we echoed what host David Letterman said last night: “You’d think that everything had been covered by now.” Apparently not! For instance, did you know the Biebz did time for siphoning gas? Or that he owns a four-slice toaster? Didn’t think so. All is revealed below, Beliebers.

Check out JB looking preppy in pink on the way to the Ed Sullivan Theater for the taping of the Late Show yesterday.