Neon Trees performs on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Jan. 22. (NBC/CONTRIBUTED IMAGE)
As Jay Leno signs off of “The Tonight Show” later this week, one group with Inland ties remembers the comedian fondly.
Hit band Neon Trees, whose members Tyler Glenn and Chris Allen hail from Murrieta, was the show’s musical guest six times, most recently on Jan. 22.
“There was definitely a bittersweet vibe in the air,” Glenn said in a recent telephone interview.
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Leno’s final show will be on Thursday, Feb. 6 before “The Tonight Show” moves to New York City and will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon. Fallon’s debut will be on Monday, Feb. 17.
The band’s first performance on “The Tonight Show” was of “Animal” in May 2010, before the song became the monster hit that made Neon Trees a household name. The group has also performed “1983,” “Your Surrender,” “Everybody Talks” and “Lessons In Love” (All Day, All Night)” on the show.
On their last performance, the group played “Sleeping With a Friend,” the first single off the forthcoming album “Pop Psychology,” which will be released on April 22.
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“They’ve really been so kind to the band and let us do our thing,” Glenn said.
The band also performed the new song on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”