Mon, 09/26/2011 - 2:14 pm

"WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC PRESENTS A MEDLEY OF POLKA VERSIONS OF SONGS BY JUSTIN BIEBER, KE$HA, BRITNEY SPEARS, P!NK, LADY ANTEBELLUM, KATY PERRY AND LADY GAGA

IN THE WORLD PREMIERE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “POLKA FACE” | NOW EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON COMEDYCENTRAL.COM

Parody and polka are perfectly performed when Grammy® Award-winning "Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the small screen to present his first special since 1999.  COMEDY CENTRAL will debut the World Premiere of “Weird Al” Yankovic Live! – The Alpocalypse Tour on Saturday, October 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

On October 4,“Weird Al” Yankovic Live! – The Alpocalypse Tour will be released in North America on DVD and Blu-ray by COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment and download-to-own including iTunes and Amazon Video On Demand.  In addition, the special will be available in high definition on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Store.  The extended DVD and Blu-ray include nearly an hour’s worth of concert footage not seen on COMEDY CENTRAL, plus over 30 minutes of bonus features that include: music videos for "Perform This Way" and "Polka Face," three extra live concert performances, a bunch of Al’s personal YouTube videos and more.

Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:15 am

Coldplay will rock out on "The Colbert Report" for the first time this Thursday, October 20 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. The performance will include a television debut of a new song from Coldplay's forthcoming album “Mylo Xyloto,” which will be released on Monday, October 24 and is available for pre-order via www.itunes.com.In addition to offering fans the first televised version of their new song, Coldplay will perform a second song from their upcoming album that will be available for viewing exclusively at www.ColbertNation.com.Musicians who have previously appeared on "The Colbert Report” include Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, Radiohead, The Black Belles, Florence & The Machine, Bon Iver, LCD Soundsystem, Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers, Gorillaz, Cee Lo Green, Alicia Keys, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson, R.E.M., The Roots, John Legend, Barry Manilow, John Mellencamp, NAS, Toby Keith, Feist, Rush, Peter Frampton, Carole King, Elvis Costello, among many others."The Colbert Report" airs Monday-Thursday at 11:30 p.m. and repeats at 1:30 a.m. the same night and at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. the following day (all times ET/PT). Full episodes, as well as clips, are posted for viewing the following day at www.ColbertNation.com with URL and embed links.“The Colbert Report” is produced by Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions, Inc. in association with Colbert’s Spartina Productions, Inc. Stewart, Colbert and Tom Purcell are the executive producers with Meredith Bennett and Richard Dahm as co-executive producers. Jim Hoskinson is the director. Lisa Leingang is the executive in charge of production for COMEDY CENTRAL..

Fri, 12/02/2011 - 2:42 pm

Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Nation will be rockin' out to the infectious rhythms of The Black Keys when the band appears on "The Colbert Report" on Tuesday, December 6 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.  The band will perform their newest single, "Lonely Boy," in support of the release of their latest album El Camino.  In addition to "Lonely Boy," the band will perform a second song, "Gold on the Ceiling," that will be available for viewing exclusively at www.ColbertNation.com.The Black Keys appearance on "The Colbert Report" coincides with the release of their newest album, El Camino, which is produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys and will be released nationwide by Nonesuch Records the same day as their appearance on COMEDY CENTRAL.  In advance of the release, five tracks from the new album are currently streaming on The Black Keys website.The December 6 performances by The Black Keys will mark the band's second appearance on "The Colbert Report." In their previous visit (January 11, 2011), band members Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney were pitted against Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig in "Sell Out Off," in which the victor, to be determined by the number of commercials their songs appeared in, was to receive Colbert's Grammy vote for Best Alternative Music Album. Despite an inconclusive result, The Black Keys, nonetheless, went on to win three Grammys the following month.

Wed, 06/05/2013 - 10:36 am

The Nation will experience a special one-hour episode of "The Colbert Report" as Stephen Colbert welcomes Paul McCartney.  The super-sized show will feature an interview as well as performances of songs featured on McCartney’s current Out There tour, the new 2013 reissue of “Wings Over America” and more with one song to be exclusively available at www.ColbertNation.com.  Tune-in to "The Colbert Report" on Wednesday, June 12 from 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. ET/PT to watch this epic episode. Said Colbert, “I think this McCartney kid’s got something special and I’m gonna put him on the map!”McCartney first appeared on “The Colbert Report” on January 28, 2009 in an interview for a “Better Know a Beatle” segment.  The one-hour special on Wednesday, June 12 marks McCartney’s first musical appearance on the show.  Currently, McCartney is on his sold-out Out There world tour.  The performer’s vintage 1980 concert film “Rockshow,” shot during Paul McCartney and Wings' 1976 tour, had a one-night only theatrical release in May.  Visit paulmccartney.com for more artist info.T