Category: TV

Video: The Fixx play new single ‘Anyone Else,’ 2 classic hits on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

Video: The Fixx play new single ‘Anyone Else,’ 2 classic hits on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

The Fixx returned to network television last night with an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” that saw the band performing new single “Anyone Else” plus the classic “Red Skies” during the closing credits. The group stuck around to perform a web-only version of “One Thing Leads To Another” as well.

Paul Weller announces Los Angeles concert, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ appearance in October

Paul Weller announces Los Angeles concert, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ appearance in October

After playing just two shows in New York and a concert in Toronto this past May in support of ‘Sonik Kicks,’ Paul Weller will return to the U.S. this fall for an even briefer visit: The ex-Jam leader is set to perform on the Oct. 18 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and will follow that with a concert Oct. 19 at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre.

Video: PiL’s John Lydon discusses the war on drugs on BBC’s ‘Question Time’

Video: PiL’s John Lydon discusses the war on drugs on BBC’s ‘Question Time’

Public Image Ltd. frontman John Lydon appeared on a panel with several members of the British Parliament last night on the BBC’s ‘Question Time’ program, where a good portion of the discussion focused on the so-called war on drugs (‘Let us as human beings determine our own journey through life,’ Lydon implored).

Video: BBC’s ‘Punk Britannia’ Parts 1-3 (1972-1981) — watch complete 3-hour series

Video: BBC’s ‘Punk Britannia’ Parts 1-3 (1972-1981) — watch complete 3-hour series

Last night, Britain’s BBC Four aired the third and final installment of the new “Punk Britannia” documentary series, billed as a look at the ‘historic cosmology, meteoric impact and smouldering aftermath of the most genuinely transformative force in British popular music history.’ Watch the full, three-hour series right here.

Video: Watch BBC’s ‘Punk Britannia: Part 2, Punk 1976-1978’ — full episode

Video: Watch BBC’s ‘Punk Britannia: Part 2, Punk 1976-1978’ — full episode

Last night, BBC Four aired the second installment of the new three-part ‘Punk Britannia’ documentary series. Thanks, once again, to YouTuber syden1, you can now watch Part 2, subtitled ‘Punk 1976-1978.’ The final part, ‘Post-Punk 1978-1981,’ debuts next Friday, June 15.

Video: Watch BBC’s ‘Punk Britannia: Part 1, Pre-Punk 1972-1976’ — full episode

Video: Watch BBC’s ‘Punk Britannia: Part 1, Pre-Punk 1972-1976’ — full episode

Last night, Britain’s BBC Four aired the first installment of the new three-part ‘Punk Britannia’ documentary series, billed as a look at the ‘historic cosmology, meteoric impact and smouldering aftermath of the most genuinely transformative force in British popular music history.’ Watch Part 1 here.

Trailer: BBC to air ‘Punk Britannia,’ 3-part series marking 35th anniversary of punk

Trailer: BBC to air ‘Punk Britannia,’ 3-part series marking 35th anniversary of punk

BBC Four next month will follow up its excellent documentary ‘Synth Britannia’ with the new three-part ‘Punk Britannia,’ a look at the ‘historic cosmology, meteoric impact and smouldering aftermath of the most genuinely transformative force in British popular music history.’ The three parts air Friday, June 8 and June 15.

Video: The Cult performs ‘For the Animals,’ ‘Wildflower’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

Video: The Cult performs ‘For the Animals,’ ‘Wildflower’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

With their new album, ‘Choice of Weapon,’ out Tuesday and a North American tour slated to open Friday in San Diego, The Cult stopped by ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ last night to perform one of the show’s outdoor concerts. Check out ‘For the Animals,’ the new record’s lead single, and the classic single ‘Wildflower.’

Video: Paul Weller plays ‘That Dangerous Age,’ ‘That’s Entertainment’ on Fallon

Video: Paul Weller plays ‘That Dangerous Age,’ ‘That’s Entertainment’ on Fallon

Paul Weller’s only playing a handful of North American dates in support of his newly released ‘Sonik Kicks’ album, but he did manage to stop by ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ last night to perform, on air, that record’s lead single ‘That Dangerous Age,’ plus a web-only run through The Jam classic ‘That’s Entertainment.’

Video: Dexys perform ‘Free,’ ‘Come On Eileen’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

Video: Dexys perform ‘Free,’ ‘Come On Eileen’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

Dexys — Kevin Rowland‘s relaunched and renamed Dexys Midnight Runners — appeared on BBC chat show “Later… with Jools Holland” on Tuesday night, performing “Free,” off the forthcoming ‘One Day I’m Going to Soar,’ as we well as the needs-no-introduction “Come On Eileen.”

Stream: Devo, ‘Monsterman’ — theme song to Syfy’s new series ‘Monster Man’

Stream: Devo, ‘Monsterman’ — theme song to Syfy’s new series ‘Monster Man’

As you may have heard on this week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs show on Strangeways Radio, the ever-quirky Devo has recorded the theme song to the new Syfy series ‘Monster Man,’ a show that goes behind the scenes of a Hollywood prop shop. You can stream and/or download the track here.

Video: Squeeze performs ‘Tempted,’ ‘Pulling Mussels From a Shell’ on ‘Ellen’

Video: Squeeze performs ‘Tempted,’ ‘Pulling Mussels From a Shell’ on ‘Ellen’

With Squeeze, er, squeezing in some U.S. dates between and around the band’s appearances at the two-weekend Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, the group also managed to fit in an appearance on the ‘Ellen’ daytime talk show yesterday (‘I’ve loved their music for a long time,’ Ellen Degeneres says).

Video: Paul Weller plays ‘The Attic,’ ‘Kling I Klang’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

Video: Paul Weller plays ‘The Attic,’ ‘Kling I Klang’ on ‘Later… with Jools Holland’

Paul Weller dropped by BBC’s ‘Later… with Jools Holland’ last night to perform two tracks — ‘The Attic’ and ‘Kling I Klang’ — off his just-released new solo album ‘Sonik Kicks,’ both of which you can see via the clips posted here. Weller is due on these shores later next month to play a pair of gigs in New York City and one in Toronto.