Watch quarantined singers perform social-distancing songs on the late night shows

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Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert are co-hosting an unusual all-star concert on April 18 to lift the world's mood as it self-quarantines to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. But each of the hosts is already experimenting with presenting sheltered-in-place musical acts on their own shows, filmed from home. The result is an interesting, frequently delightful, way to experience songs you have never heard by artists you know, songs from artists you may not know about, and songs you know by artists who didn't make them famous, performed alone at home. There has been a distinct quarantine theme to the music on this week's late night shows.

On Monday's Tonight Show, Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong did a cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells hit "I Think We're Alone Now," accompanied by his digital audio workstation. "How apropos," Fallon said of the song choice.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.