Despite the holiday it’s a busy weekend for music on the ol’ telly. Tonight, Darlene Love makes her annual visit to The Late Show with David Letterman, where she’ll sing Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — the subject of this week’s Cover Wars. On Saturday, PBS airs a classic episode of Austin City Limits featuring Tom Waits that was recorded in 1978, during the program’s fourth season. Also on Saturday, The Rolling Stones – Some Girls Live in Texas makes its VH1 Classic debut at 7:30PM ET.
Friday, December 23 [All Times ET]
- Darlene Love on David Letterman [CBS 11:35PM]
- Chris Isaak on Jay Leno [NBC 11:35PM]
- Lenny Kravitz on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC Midnight]
- Foster The People on Carson Daly [NBC 1:35AM]
Saturday, December 24
- Tom Waits on Austin City Limits [PBS]
- Phoenix on Unplugged [Palladia 1:30PM]
- Mumford & Sons on Unplugged [Palladia 3PM]
- The Rolling Stones – Some Girls 1978 [VH1 Classic 7:30PM]
Sunday, December 25
- Film: Pink Floyd – The Wall [VH1 Classic 11AM]
- Metallica, Jeff Beck, U2 – Rock Hall Anniversary Concert [Palladia 4PM]
- U2, BB King, Paul Simon – Glastonbury 2011 [Palladia 7PM]
- Michael McDonald – This Christmas [HDNet 7:30PM]