{"id":21520,"date":"2014-06-06T09:43:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=21520"},"modified":"2014-06-06T09:43:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:43:45","slug":"watch-damon-albarn-blur-gorillaz-perform-on-the-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-06\/watch-damon-albarn-blur-gorillaz-perform-on-the-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) Perform on The Tonight Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nbc_tjf_web_s01e69_069_damon_albarin_20140605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-21522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nbc_tjf_web_s01e69_069_damon_albarin_20140605-650x365.jpg\" alt=\"nbc_tjf_web_s01e69_069_damon_albarin_20140605\" width=\"635\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nbc_tjf_web_s01e69_069_damon_albarin_20140605-650x365.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nbc_tjf_web_s01e69_069_damon_albarin_20140605-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nbc_tjf_web_s01e69_069_damon_albarin_20140605-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nbc_tjf_web_s01e69_069_damon_albarin_20140605.jpg 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve now seen two great nights in a row for late night TV music. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-06\/late-night-music-wrap-up-chrissie-hynde-bob-mould-and-the-afghan-wigs-perform\/\">Wednesday&#8217;s triple-header<\/a>, future <strong>Rock &#8216;n Roll Hall of Famer<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.damonalbarnmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Damon Albarn<\/strong><\/a> appeared on <strong><em>The Tonight Show<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>starring Jimmy Fallon<\/strong><\/em> in support of his debut solo album, <strong><em>Everyday Robots<\/em><\/strong>, and sang the isolated <em><strong>Lonely Press Play <\/strong><\/em>supported by a superb big-band.\u00a0 And in a web-exclusive,<strong> Albarn<\/strong> also sang<strong> Blur&#8217;s<\/strong> brilliant <em><strong>This Is A Low<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 While both were rapturously rendered, the latter&#8217;s string embellishment behind Albarn&#8217;s affecting piano playing and vocals was on another plane. Watch both performances below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/NnzsPC\/widget\/select\/c4z1gyMvMy77?form=html\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/NnzsPC\/widget\/select\/G_riG1XrlP1t?form=html\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve now seen two great nights in a row for late night TV music. After Wednesday&#8217;s triple-header, future Rock &#8216;n Roll Hall of Famer Damon Albarn appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in support of his debut solo album, Everyday Robots, and sang the isolated Lonely Press Play supported by a superb big-band.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lefort\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-06\/watch-damon-albarn-blur-gorillaz-perform-on-the-tonight-show\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO 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