Breaking News! The Wisconsin organizers canceled this performance at the last minute! This is horrible news, but true. I’ll let you know if it is re-scheduled for a future date. (I’m hearing that refunds for tickets will be available.) ~ Sorry…

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By now you know that Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer, two of the main stars of House also play in a group called Band From TV. Jesse doesn’t sing, but Hugh will sing some of the time and both are fantastic musicians. Here’s the entire line-up for the group:

Hugh Laurie, aka Dr. Greg House on “House” plays keyboards
Jesse …read more

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By now, you’re probably familiar with the Band From TV. It’s a musical group that includes House stars Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer, along with a number of other well-known TV stars. Together, they sing and play lots of great songs and all the proceeds of their concerts and recordings go to their charities.
So it’s a big deal that Amazon.com is going to offer their album of covers, Hogging All the Covers for their Daily Deal on October 21, 2009. That means that the selection will be at a fraction of the regular price for fans, but Amazon will …read more

Yesterday, Hugh Laurie and the rest of the Band From TV were at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. Hugh Laurie was the Master of Ceremonies for the racing event and here are a couple of photos of him when he announced to the drivers, “Start your engines.” I think it’s cute that they all dressed in very casual clothes for the vent. We don’t get to see them this way very often.
There are also a bunch of photos after the jump where Hugh, Greg Grunberg, James Denton & Jesse Spencer …read more

Thanks to Grace for the tip about Band From TV’s big news!! After their television debut on the Tonight Show about a week and a half ago,
their CD, Hoggin’ All the Covers
hit #1 in sales on Amazon.com. It looks like the band is really taking off in popularity!
And to celebrate their success, the Band From TV is holding an online sweepstakes. Visitors to the Amazon.com page for BFTV will be able to enter to win a Gibson guitar signed by Hugh Laurie, James Denton, Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney and other members of the band. The sweepstakes will run …read more

As always, Hugh Laurie was so witty and wonderful when he appeared on the Tonight Show last night. He talked about his first “Christmas among the palm trees” and the fact that Stephen Fry joined them for Christmas, as he has for the past 20 years. And who knew that Christmas was orginally a pagan knitwear festival….? There’s a cute flub when he talks about Stephen…so fun.
Then, he tells some very funny accounts of helping his father, who was a physician. He jokingly said that he had to at times answer the phone for his father and people would think …read more

If you were unfortunate enough to miss last night’s Tonight Show, here’s the fantastic performance by Band From TV, including Hugh Laurie & Jesse Spencer. They played Will it Go ‘Round in Circles.
First of all, I’ve always loved the song anyway, and they really did a great job with it!! The beginning has Jesse on the violin, immediately followed by Hugh on the piano and with the first part of the vocals. I backed it up and listened twice last night with the old TiVo, and just now while I’ve been writing this little intro, I’ve listened 3 times. …read more

TiVo Alert!!
Be sure to set your TiVo or other recording device to capture this Friday night’s (January 16) episode of the Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
Hugh Laurie will be a guest on the show and afterwards, the entire Band From TV will play a song…including Hugh! Greg Grunberg just confirmed this.
Be sure to check your local listings for times in your area. You won’t want to miss this one!

Hurray! The photos of Hugh Laurie’s People’s Choice win are starting to be released. Here are a bunch more for you to enjoy. I especially love that his fellow Band From TV member Teri Hatcher was the one to give him his award.
Congratulations, Hugh!

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Recently, the Band From TV released its CD/DVD set called Hoggin’ All the Covers. Hugh Laurie played keyboards and sang for the set and plans to donate all of his share of the proceeds to the Save the Children fund. Save the Children is the leading independent humanitarian organization helping children and families in need in the U.S. and around the world.
I really like that he and the rest of the band give the money from their music to worthy charities. It’s very cool of them!!
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The Band From TV is scheduled to perform at the Hollywood Christmas Celebration at The Grove on Sunday November 23 at 7 p.m. in Los Angeles.
UPDATE: I just got a chance to ask Greg Grunberg if Hugh Laurie will be performing with the band on Sunday and he said that Hugh is so far, unable to make it. But he added that Hugh has surprised them before. So everyone who is going, be sure to keep your fingers crossed that Hugh shows up! (And I’ll update you if I hear more…)
According to the press release, both Hugh Laurie (keyboards) …read more