Watch Danny Elfman perform ‘Simpsons’ theme song at Coachella 2022

Carson Burton It has been 20 years since Sam Raimi‘s “Spider-Man” changed Hollywood forever, proving that the superhero movie genre offers the opportunity for massive box-office success while also garnering critical appreciation.“The world that they’ve created since ‘Spider-Man,’ which is the last time we have worked on a Marvel film together, look what’s happened! It’s exploded! It’s become this insane universe,” composer Danny Elfman told Variety at Monday night’s premiere for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” in Los Angeles.“Sam stepped right into this universe with Dr Strange and took it so to the next level,” Elfman continued. “Yet, he brought his own sensibility.

Kelly Clarkson has given an emotional performance of one of Harry Styles’ singles in a recent episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.The long-running US TV series features a segment called Kellyoke, which sees the host and singer perform different covers from an eclectic range of artists.During Thursday’s (May 5) episode of the show, Clarkson chose to air her own rendition of Styles’ ‘Falling’, the original version of which appeared on his second album ‘Fine Line’. Backed by her band Y’all, the star added new layers to the powerful ballad, bringing guitar and drums to its central piano line.Watch Clarkson’s take on ‘Falling’ below now.Styles is set to release his third album ‘Harry’s House’ on May 20.

Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA have got a collaborative project on the way, and the two rappers performed a track from it live at the Smoker’s Club festival in Southern California over the weekend.The title of the track is not yet known, but as Stereogum point out, the duo premiered the unreleased cut during an NTS Radio show back in March.After performing the track live together, Brown addressed the crowd: “So yeah, Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA album. Y’all just heard the first song, coming soon.

Big Thief took to The Late, Late Show With James Corden to perform ‘Certainty’ last night – check it out below.‘Certainty’ is taken from Big Thief’s fifth album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, which was released in February.The performance on Corden rounds off a hat trick of late night American talk show appearances, with the band using the same living room practice space to air  ‘Spud Infinity’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and ‘Simulation Swarm‘ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.Watch ‘Certainty’ below: Big Thief are currently touring North America ahead of a string of UK and European festivals, including Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Best Kept Secret and Tempelhof Sounds. You can find the band’s full live schedule here.In a video message to fans though, frontwoman Adrianne Lenker has asked fans to stop talking through their support acts’ sets.“It’s really come forward in the last few days that: when music is happening in a room, there’s a performer on stage playing and doing their craft, when you enter into that space, try to be mindful of what’s happening and pay attention and don’t talk,” she said.Hello.

Avril Lavigne joined Olivia Rodrigo onstage last night (April 29) to perform her debut single ‘Complicated’ – watch footage belowRodrigo has been performing ‘Complicated’ at every night of her ‘Sour’ World Tour since it kicked off at the start of the month, alongside a cover of ‘Seether’ by Verruca Salt.Last night in Toronto, she was joined onstage by Lavigne to perform the pop-punk classic. Rodrigo introduced the singer as someone “who broke down so many barriers, and opened so many doors for girls like me.

Soccer Mommy has performed live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for the first time this week, playing her recent single ‘Shotgun’ on Tuesday night (April 26).The performance saw Sophie Allison playing the alongside her four-piece backing band – guitarist Jules Powell, keyboardist/guitarist Rodrigo Avedano, bassist Nick Widener and drummer Rollum Haas. ‘Shotgun’ served as the lead single from Soccer Mommy’s third studio album, ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which is set for release this coming June.Watch the performance of ‘Shotgun’ below:Since the release of ‘Shotgun’ and the announcement of ‘Sometimes, Forever’ back in March, Soccer Mommy has released a second single from the album, entitled ‘Unholy Affliction’.

Pusha T delivered a live rendition of ‘Dreamin Of The Past’ on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last week – tune in below.The Kanye West-featuring song appears on the New York rapper’s fourth studio album ‘It’s Almost Dry’, which came out last Friday (April 22).On the eve of his latest record’s release (April 21), Pusha T – minus Ye – played a live rendition of the track on Jimmy Fallon’s US chat show with help from the host’s studio house band, The Roots.West’s contributions to ‘Dreamin Of The Past’ could be heard on the backing track as T and the musicians performed in the New York City studio. ‘Dreamin Of…’ is built around a sample of Donny Hathaway’s cover of ‘Jealous Guy’ by John Lennon, the latter of whom is credited as a co-writer.“‘It’s Almost Dry’, out now,” T said at the end of the Fallon performance.

Omar Apollo joined Daniel Caesar at weekend two of Coachella 2022 to perform their recently released collaborative single ‘Invincible’ – watch footage below.After performing his own set on the Outdoor Theatre earlier in the day, Apollo joined Caesar during his set on the Coachella Stage to run through their sleek pop song ‘Invincible’.At the end of the track, Caesar introduced Apollo to the crowd and called him “the greatest”.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIf you missed out on catching the first weekend of Coachella from the comfort of your own home, and want to catch up after reading all about it… you’re probably in luck, if your interest is in the roughly 25 artists whose sets will be livestreamed in a more limited weekend-2 webcast lineup.Twenty-six attractions will have their full sets livestreamed as part of the “Coachella Curated” programming happening through Sunday. Full follow-up sets going out online include performances by Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, the teaming of the Weeknd with Swedish House Mafia, Doja Cat, Anitta, Baby Keem and Brockhampton, along with a partial set from 88rising, all on the festival’s YouTube channel 1.

Jack White performed his song ‘What’s The Trick’ on last night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (April 20) – you can watch his performance and interview with Colbert below.The track is taken from the guitarist’s recently released solo album ‘Fear Of The Dawn’, the first of two LPs that are set to be released by the White Stripes musician in 2022.White and his live band delivered an electric performance of ‘What’s The Trick’ during yesterday’s episode of The Late Show following an interview with host Colbert.White spoke to Colbert about his recent on-stage marriage to Olivia Jean and recalled a piece of advice he once received from the late Prince: “Don’t let anyone tell you how to play your guitar, Jack.”You can watch White’s performance of ‘What’s The Trick’ in the above clip, and see White’s interview with Colbert below.White has also this week shared the Jason Lester-directed video for ‘What’s The Trick’, which you can only watch on White’s Facebook page here.The clip features a host of Nashville musicians, including Regina McCrary (of the McCrary Sisters) and the singer-songwriters Adia Victoria and Lola Kirke. Recordings of shows from Jack White‘s ongoing world tour are currently being made available to stream or download via the live concert streaming platform Nugs.net.White’s tour will visit London for two dates in late June, with support from Chubby and The Gang and Yard Act.

Danny Elfman has reflected in a new interview on the “intense and insane feeling” of performing at this year’s Coachella.The 68-year-old composer, singer and songwriter’s set was one of the unexpected highlights of last weekend’s edition of the annual Indio, California festival, during which he performed his theme from The Simpsons as well as compositions from Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas.Speaking to Variety in a new interview about his Coachella performance, Elfman said that he “was just relieved to have made it through in one piece”.“I was joking to a friend before the show, ‘Look, we have 30 minutes to set up a show that’s never been performed before with 50 musicians on stage. What can possibly go wrong?'” he recalled.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDanny Elfman saw his career flashing before his eyes during his performance Saturday night at Coachella, in more ways than one. Yes, there was the 40-yer-plus, career-encompassing aspect of the setlist, from Oingo Boingo new-wave evergreens to score chestnuts from “Edward Scissorhands” and “Batman”; from his recent orchestral-rock comeback album to a deeply viral concert breakout of his “Simpsons” theme.

Jeff Miller With literally more than a hundred acts on the Coachella bill, it’s hard to make an impact, but every year some artists break through in a big way. Here are the five best things we saw at the first weekend of Coachella 2022.Lawrence: This brother-sister duo and their band delivered a jolt of high-energy, high-musicianship blue-eyed soul and funk on Friday, with jam band-level instrumentalism, a single that just hit the Billboard top 40 chart (“Don’t Lose Sight”), and horn-driven punctuation that feels ready for any kind of party.

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Arcade Fire debuting new song ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’ at Coachella 2022 – check it out below.The band played a secret set at the Californian festival on Friday (April 15) ahead of the release of new album ‘WE’, which is due out next month. Over the last few weeks they’ve made their live comebacks with gigs in New York, New Orleans and elsewhere.The hour-long set saw the band open with recent single ‘The Lightning I, II’ before playing hits from their five studio albums to date including ‘Wake Up’, ‘Rebellion (Lies)’ and ‘Everything Now’.Before playing their new song, ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’, which was teased last week, frontman Win Butler dedicated the track to his son.

Big Sean performed at Coachella on Friday night (April 15), and was joined on stage by his girlfriend and frequent collaborator Jhené Aiko for a pair of songs – see footage below.The Detroit rapper delivered a career-spanning set on the Sahaha stage, marking the first time he’s ever performed a solo slot at the California festival.Among the 18-track setlist, Sean performed the hits ‘Blessings’, ‘I Don’t Fuck With You’, ‘Clique’, and ‘Bounce Back. He also gave live debuts to ‘Why Would I Stop?’ and ‘Wolves’, taken from his most recent album ‘Detroit 2’.In the middle of his set, Sean brought out Aiko – who aside from being his partner is also his TWENTY88 bandmate – to perform the tracks ‘Beware’ and ‘I Know’, taken from Sean’s albums ‘Hall Of Fame’ (2013) and ‘Dark Sky Paradise’ (2015) respectively.You can check out footage of their performances below:big sean & jhene aiko in coachella @BigSean @JheneAiko #Coachella pic.twitter.com/ASHpCLx9iu— bash rockii (@BashRockii) April 17, 2022Big Sean and Jhene aiko “ I know ” .

Coachella Night 2 was, by many accounts, dominated by the festival’s youngest and oldest performers.

Danny Elfman performed on Day 2 of Coachella 2022, serving up a powerhouse show that took the audience on a tour through his eclectic career, from his early days as frontman for rock outfit Oingo Boingo through to his evolution as composer for film and television.

Megan Thee Stallion has debuted a new track today (April 17) during her set at this year’s Coachella festival.The new song, called ‘To Whom It May The Fuck Concern’, came during a hit-filled set on the second day of the Californian festival.The new song is a call for female empowerment, with Stallion rapping lines like “Ladies love yourself” – check out the footage and see the rapper’s full Coachella set list below.Megan Thee Stallion previews an unreleased song tonight at #Coachella pic.twitter.com/JNQ0aUl5Zc— Stallion Access (@StallionAccess) April 17, 2022.@theestallion performs a new song at #Coachella pic.twitter.com/sFt5w9C414— Nick (@nicksawaboy) April 17, 2022Megan Thee Stallion previews a new song at #Coachella.

Big Sean has something to say about his performance at the 2022 Coachella Music Festival, and it involves Harry Styles.