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Wednesday, late night went in on climate change, joining forces for a “Climate Night.” On the Daily Show With Trevor Noah, the host caught up with climate activist Greta Thunberg three years after her first appearance on the show to see if there’s been progress in, well, saving the world. …

Garbage delivered a performance of their track, “Wolves,” on Late Night With Seth Meyers Thursday, June 10th. Set up in a room with a classic checkerboard floor and filled with red and orange lights, Garbage ran through “Wolves” with its pile-driver bassline, crashing drums, and scythe-like guitar riffs. “No one …

Billie Eilish shared a performance of her new song, “Your Power,” and spoke about her recent Vogue cover on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday, May 10th. The performance took place on a small stage dropped in the middle of a vast desert expanse, with Eilish’s brother/collaborator Finneas playing …

Adam Duritz delivered a stripped-back version of the Counting Crows’ “A Long December” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday, March 11th. The performance was spurred in part by the fact that the Counting Crows album on which “A Long December” appears, 1996’s massive Recovering the Satellites, will celebrate its 25th anniversary …

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers (with some help from Amber Ruffin) busted out the tea and crumpets as they broke down Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on their respective late-night shows Monday, March 8th. On The Late Show, tea kettle full of …

Billie Eilish teased her new album in an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Tuesday, February 23rd. The singer said the Covid-19 quarantine marked the first extended period of time off she’d had in four years, and she took that opportunity to make an album. “I don’t think …

The Hold Steady performed their song, “Family Farm” on Late Night With Seth Meyers Monday, February 23rd. The band barreled through the track, which is a classic blast of Hold Steady, alternating between driving guitars and twinkling piano, and accented at just the right moments with rich horn fanfare. The …

John Oliver examined President Donald Trump’s confounding decision to withdraw support from the World Health Organization on Last Week Tonight Sunday, October 18th. As Oliver explained, the WHO has a fairly limited purview and power, but still manages to do a lot, like alert the world to health threats, develop …

Stephen Colbert called President Donald Trump’s dismissal of Covid-19 death rates in “blue states” “unspeakably monstrous” on The Late Show Thursday, September 17th. Speaking at a press conference on the 16th, Trump claimed that, sans about half the country, America’s Covid-19 death rate would be “at a level that I …

Jimmy Kimmel joked about President Donald Trump‘s Twitter feud with Twitter after the social media site flagged one of his missives about voter fraud with a fact-check disclaimer. Trump sent out the tweet in question on Tuesday, claiming without any evidence that mail-in ballots — which are being touted as …