{"id":17204,"date":"2012-05-16T02:17:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T02:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=17204"},"modified":"2012-05-17T02:16:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T02:16:57","slug":"craig-ferguson-scotland-open-music-salmond-chelsea-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-scotland-open-music-salmond-chelsea-tour\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"Scotland Shows Rock!<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nWere you as blown away as we were by the opening night of Craig Ferguson<\/strong>‘s week of episodes of the Late Late Show in Scotland? Thanks to the RSA’s General @Malinky2Stoatir<\/strong>, we’ve been watching the half Scottish punk\/half Doctor Who<\/em> opening segment over and over!\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: CBS<\/span>\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\nMichael Tweets<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a> Craig has been quiet on Twitter this week but LLS Producer Michael Naidus<\/strong> has been tweeting about the Scotland shows:\r\n\r\n[stextbox id=”custom”]I’m a big fan of @<\/s>TheImagineers<\/strong><\/a> … and after tonight [Monday], anyone who watches The Late Late Show in Scotland, will be too. #<\/s>IseeasIsay<\/strong><\/a>.\r\n\r\nFor those of you just saw the Scotland opening [Monday] yes that was The Steve Jones. Yes that was Craig singing. Yes, that was a real Tardis.\r\n\r\nScotland nugget: Craig’s chat with Mila Kunis, who is awesome, aired completely without edits just as it took place in Glasgow’s Necropolis[\/stextbox]\r\n\r\nSo What Was That Song?<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nThe music from the opening segment of Monday night’s show was taken from a Scottish punk song called the “Scottish Rite Temple Stomp.”\u00c2\u00a0 Some new lyrics were written for the occasion and as Michael pointed out, Craig sang it himself.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to the folks at hennemusic.com<\/a> for finding the details about the music and an itunes link to the original song.\r\n\r\nFun in Scotland<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\nThe president of Craig’s production company, Rebecca Tucker<\/strong> tweeted a photo from th week the Scotland episodes were taped back in March:

The Scotland shows are almost as much fun to watch as they were to make http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/r1nZGDy4<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\nTuesday Preview<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nMild spoilers<\/span> ahead:\u00c2\u00a0 On Tuesday’s show, Craig interviews Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 If you’d like to see a brief preview of that interview, click on the arrow below.\r\n\r\n[stextbox id=”custom” caption=”Alex Salmond Preview – Mild Spoilers”]Craig interviews Alex Salmond<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Washington Post<\/a> has a preview of Craig’s interview with Alex Salmond. Below is an excerpt from that interview.\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: CBS<\/span>\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\nScotsman.com<\/a> also summarizes the interview.\r\n\r\n[\/stextbox]\r\n\r\nScotland Show Coverage<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\nThe website GossipCenter.com<\/a> reports on Craig’s conversation with Mila Kunis<\/strong> in the cemetery on Monday’s show. NBC’s local television station group<\/a> is posting an interview with Craig on their websites around the country. And the Los Angeles Times<\/a> has a brief article about the Scotland episodes that the posted on Tuesday morning.\r\n\r\nKing of Late Night<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nIn connection with its airing of the American Masters<\/em> program about Johnny Carson<\/strong>, New York’s PBS station is asking viewers to vote on which current late night host should be considered the new “king of late night.” You can vote by visiting their page<\/a> and clicking where it says “vote now” on the image of the television set.\r\n\r\nFringe Fans<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>Also tweeting on Monday was the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is proud to consider Craig one of their own:

We’re excited to see the @<\/s>CraigyFerg<\/strong><\/a> Scotland homecoming shows, which kick off today! Great to see a local @<\/s>edfringe<\/strong><\/a> lad made good…<\/p>\r\nCraig on Chelsea<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn case you missed Craig’s appearance on Chelsea Lately<\/em> Monday night, enjoy his enthusiasm for massage chairs:\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: onechirimine<\/span>\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\nTonight’s Guests<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nTuesday on the Late Late Show in Scotland, Craig visits the historic town of Arbroath with Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond <\/strong>and Rashida Jones<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 On Wednesday, Craig returns to his hometown of Cumbernauld with Michael Clarke Duncan<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nTour Update<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a> Craig has filled in the last gap of his October east coast tour schedule, with a show at the State Theater in Ithaca, NY<\/strong> on Thursday, October 11th at 8:00pm.\u00c2\u00a0 Tickets go on sale Friday, May 18th (Thursday, May 17th for those on the theater’s email list) for the show.\u00c2\u00a0 For the most complete and up-to-date venues, dates, times and ticket information for Craig’s stand up shows, check out our Live Comedy Tour<\/a> page.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scotland rocks, tweets galore, the opening song, an Alex Salmond interview preview, news coverage, the king of late night, Craig on Chelsea, tonight’s guests and a tour update.<\/p>\n

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