Shot during his first-ever tour of Europe, Marvin Gaye’s Greatest Hits Live in ’76 (Wednesday, 11PM – Ovation) features some of the R&B legend’s greatest songs including Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, I Heard It Through The Grapevine and What’s Going On, performed in Amsterdam.

Monday, February 8 (All times ET)

• Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads [Ovation Noon]
• Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day [Ovation 1PM]
• Metallica: Behind the Music [VH1 Classic 1:30PM]
• Classic Albums: Bob Marley, Catch a Fire [VH1 Classic 5:30PM]
• Chelsea Lately: Ozzy Osbourne [E! 11PM]

Tuesday, February 9

• Snoop Dogg: Storytellers [Palladia 11AM]
• The Doors: No One Here Gets Out Alive [VH1 Classic 5PM]
• Jeff Beck: Live at Ronnie Scott’s [Palladia 5PM]
• Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts [VH1 Classic 6PM]
• Lady GaGa: London Live [Palladia 12:30AM]

Wednesday, February 10

• Katy Perry: Unplugged [Palladia 7PM]
• Tina Turner: Wildest Dreams [Ovation 9PM]
• Spectacle w/Elvis Costello: Sheryl Crow [Sundance 10PM]
• Documentary: Soul Train, The Hippest Trip in America [VH1 Classic 10PM]
• Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live in ’76 [Ovation 11PM]

Thursday, February 11

• Pete Townshend: Biography [BIO 8AM]
• Tina Turner: Live  in Holland [Palladia 10AM]
• Quincy Jones: Listen Up! [Palladia Noon]
• Led Zeppelin: Biography [BIO 8PM]
• Miles Davis: A Different Kind of Blue [Ovation 9PM]

Rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures make their Saturday Night Live debut this weekend on NBC, but Dave Grohl is no stranger to the long-running show. In fact, after Saturday night’s show, Grohl ties Paul Simon’s record for most SNL musical appearances. Dave appeared twice with Nirvana (1992, 1993), five times with the Foo Fighters (1995, 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007) and once with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1994).

Friday, February 5 [all times Eastern]

• Film: Pink Floyd – The Wall [VH1 Classic 6PM]
• David Letterman: Swell Season [CBS 11:35PM]
• Jimmy Kimmel: Ozzy Osbourne [ABC Midnight]
• Carson Daly: Lisa Hannigan [NBC 1:35AM]

Saturday, February 6

• Austin City Limits: Esperanza Spalding [PBS]
• Spectacle: The Edge and Bono [Sundance 11AM]
• Jeff Beck: Live at Ronnie Scott’s [Palladia Noon]
• Saturday Night Live: Them Crooked Vultures [NBC 11:30PM]

Sunday, February 7

• Super Bowl Halftime Show: The Who [CBS Approx. 8PM]
• John Fogerty: Long Road Home [Palladia 8PM]
• Legends of Rock: James Brown [Ovation 10PM]
• Film: The Song Remains The Same [Palladia 11PM]

One of the greatest rock albums of all time is the focus of Classic Albums when the series takes a look at The Who’s Who’s Next (Tuesday, 5PM – VH1 Classic). Learn how Pete Townshend’s Lifehouse project evolved into this masterpiece…and of course the story behind the controversial cover that showed the quartet taking a leak on a stone pillar at Easington Colliery.

Monday, February 1 (All times ET)

• Queen Latifah: Biography [BIO 8AM]
• Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live [Ovation 2PM]
• Lady GaGa: London Live [Palladia 4PM]
• Robert Plant: Soundstage [Palladia 6PM]
• Film: The Decline of Western Civilization, Part II [Sundance 11PM]

Tuesday, February 2

• Classic Albums: The Who, Who’s Next [VH1 Classic 5PM]
• Green Day: World Stage [Palladia 9PM]
• David Letterman: Ben Harper [CBS 11:35PM]
• The Beach Boys: Live at Knebworth [VH1 Classic Midnight]
• Documentary: NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell [VH1 Classic 1AM]

Wednesday, February 3

• LL Cool J: Biography [BIO 8AM]
• The Who: The Who & Friends [Palladia 9AM]
• David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust – Spiders From Mars [Palladia 1PM]
• Classic Albums: Nirvana, Nevermind [VH1 Classic 3PM]
• Muse: A Seaside Rendezvous [Palladia 6PM]

Thursday, February 4

• Jay-Z: Live From  Madison Square Garden [Fuse Noon]
• The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night [VH1 Classic 4:30PM]
• Elton John: Biography [BIO 8PM]
• Pink Floyd: The Wall [VH1 Classic 11:30PM]
• Jimmy Fallon: Hot Chip [NBC 12:35AM]

We weren’t racing to set our DVRs for Michael Buble’s stint as the musical guest on this week’s Saturday Night Live until we read Brooklyn Vegan’s post advising us that the Canadian singer will be joined by HT fave Sharon Jones for a duet. The pair will sing Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) off of Buble’s recent album, Crazy Love, on which Jones appears.

Friday, January 29 [all times Eastern]

• David Letterman: Julian Casablancas [CBS 11:35PM]
• Conan O’Brien: Grizzly Bear [NBC 11:35PM]
• Jimmy Kimmel: John Mayer [ABC Midnight]
• Carson Daly: Phoenix [NBC 1:35AM]

Saturday, January 30

• Austin City Limits: Steve Earle [PBS]
• Storytellers: Kanye West [Palladia 11:30AM]
• Spectacle: Bruce Springsteen [Sundance 7PM]
• Saturday Night Live: Michael Buble [NBC 11:30PM]

Sunday, January 31

• Iconoclasts: Batali on Michael Stipe [Sundance Noon]
• Unplugged: Adele [Palladia 2:30PM]
• Jason Mraz: Live on Earth [Palladia 4PM]
• Jay-Z: Live From MSG [Fuse 6PM]

Get your studded gloves out and put your best sneer on for Biography’s profile of Billy Idol on Thursday at 11PM. From the creepy White Wedding video to his motorcycle accident to his cameo in The Wedding Singer, Idol certainly has had a long and unique career and is worthy of closer look.

Monday, January 25 [all times Eastern]

• Film: Tapeheads [IFC 2:35PM]
• The Police: BBC Crown Jewels [VH1 Classic 4PM]
• Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert [VH1 Classic 5PM]
• Kings of Leon: Live at Roskilde [Palladia 5PM]
• The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night [VH1 Classic 6PM]

Tuesday, January 26

• Elvis Presley: Elvis 56 [Ovation 5PM]
• Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [VH1 Classic 5:30PM]
• Fleetwood Mac: Soundstage [Palladia 7PM]
• Film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Fuse 9PM]
• David Bowie: A Reality Tour [Fuse 11PM]

Wednesday, January 27

• Film: Wild Man Blues [IFC 8AM]
• Tom Petty: The Last DJ [Palladia 10AM]
• Paul McCartney: Electric Proms [Palladia 1PM]
• Jay-Z: On the Record [Fuse 5PM]
• Spectacle w/Elvis Costello: Bruce Springsteen II [Sundance 10PM]

Thursday, January 28

• Duran Duran: Biography [BIO 2PM]
• The Doors: No One Here Gets Out Alive [VH1 Classic 3PM]
• John Mayer: Storytellers [VH1 8PM]
• Billy Idol: Biography [BIO 11PM]
• Craig Ferguson: Wilco [CBS 12:35AM]

Just seven months after it began, Conan O’Brien’s reign as the host of NBC’s The Tonight Show comes to an end this evening. For his final guest, Conan has invited Hall of Fame Canadian rocker Neil Young to perform. Jay Leno returns to The Tonight Show after the Winter Olympics on March 1.

Friday, January 22 [all times Eastern]

• Dave Letterman: Charlotte Gainsbourg [CBS 11:35PM]
• Conan O’Brien: Neil Young [NBC 11:35PM]
• Craig Ferguson: the HotRats [CBS 12:35AM]
• Carson Daly: Gossip [NBC 1:35AM]

Saturday, January 23

• Austin City Limits: The Avett Brothers [PBS]
• Spectacle w/ Elvis Costello: Bruce Springsteen [Sundance 11AM]
• World Stage: Green Day [Palladia Midnight]
• Saturday Night Live: Rihanna [NBC 11:30PM]

Sunday, January 24

• Muse: A Seaside Rendezvous [Palladia 3PM]
• Tina Turner: Live in Holland [Palladia 5PM]
• Film: A Hard Day’s Night [VH1 Classic 8PM]
• David Gilmour: Live in Gdansk [Palladia 10:30PM]

With the late night war at NBC coming to a head (or more accurately, chin), the week of January 18-22 will most likely be Conan O’Brien’s last on the air at the Peacock. Keep an eye out for special guests – musical and otherwise – to wrap up Conan’s all-too-brief stint as host of The Tonight Show.

Monday, January 18 (All Times ET)

• Vampire Weekend: Unplugged [MTV 8AM]
• Erykah Badu: Soulstage [Palladia 11:30AM]
• Amy Winhouse: Live From London [Palladia Noon]
• INXS: Live Baby Live [VH1 Classic 5:30PM]
• Genesis: When in Rome [Palladia 9:30 PM]

Tuesday, January 19

• Sheryl Crow: Soundstage [Palladia 9AM]
• Jack  Johnson: En Concert [Palladia 2:30PM]
• Film: That Thing You Do! [VH1 Classic 3PM]
• Film: La Bamba [Fuse 10:30 PM]
• Conan O’Brien: Spoon [NBC 11:35PM]

Wednesday, January 20

• Green Day: Storytellers [Palladia 10:30AM]
• AC/DC: Live from Circus Krone [Palladia Noon]
• Duran Duran: Live at Wembley Stadium [VH1 Classic 6PM]
• Strat Pack: 50 Years of the Fender Stratocaster [Palladia 6PM]
• Spectacle w/Elvis Costello: Bruce Springsteen [Sundance 10PM]

Thursday, January 21

• Arctic Monkeys: Live [MTV 8AM]
• Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same [Palladia 10AM]
• Kiss: Extreme Closeup [VH1 Classic 11AM]
• David Letterman: Blind Boys of Alabama w/Lou Reed [CBS 11:35PM]
• Jimmy Fallon: Cast of Broadway’s Fela [NBC 12:35AM]

British pop duo The Ting Tings, who are working on a new album, make their Saturday Night Live debut tomorrow night on NBC at 11:30PM. Actress Sigourney Weaver returns to the show for her second stint as host.

Friday, January 15 [all times Eastern]

• Conan O’Brien: Lifehouse [NBC 11:35PM]
• Jimmy Fallon: the Hotrats [NBC 12:35AM]
• Carson Daly: Paolo Nutini [NBC 1:35AM]

Saturday, January 16

• Austin City Limits: K’Naan/Mos Def [PBS Check Local Listings]
• Indigo Girls: Live at the Roxy [Palladia 9:30AM]
• Spectacle w/ Elvis Costello: Lyle Lovett [Sundance 11AM]
• Saturday Night Live: The Ting Tings [NBC 11:30PM]

Sunday, January 17

• Heart: Dreamboat Annie Concert [VH1 Classic 3PM]
• Live From Abbey Road: MGMT [Sundance 4:15PM]
• Muse: A Seaside Rendezvous [Palladia 10PM]

VH1 Classic shows ZZ Top’s best concert film, Live in Texas, on Wednesday afternoon at 5:30PM. Filmed in 2008, Live in Texas features most of the band’s greatest hits including La Grange, Tush and Sharped Dressed Man.

Monday, January 11

• Tina Turner: Live in  Holland [Palladia Noon]
• Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music [Palladia 2PM]
• Film: That Thing You Do [VH1 Classic 4PM]
• Green Day: Storytellers [Palladia 10PM]
• Kiss: Extreme Close Up [VH1 Classic 1:30AM]

Tuesday, January 12

• John Lennon: Sweet Toronto [Noon VH1 Classic]
• Classic Albums: Cream, Disraeli Gears [VH1 Classic 4PM]
• Rush: Box Set [VH1 Classic 5PM]
• AC/DC: Live from Circus Krone [Palladia 8PM]
• Pink Floyd: The Wall [Palladia 11PM]

Wednesday, January 13

• O.A.R.: From Madison Square Garden [Palladia 9AM]
• Classic Albums: Nirvana, Nevermind [VH1 Classic Noon]
• ZZ Top: Live from Texas [VH1 Classic 5:30PM]
• Steve Vai: Where the Wild Things Are [Palladia 4PM]
• Spectacle w/Elvis Costello: Lyle Lovett [Sundance 10PM]

Thursday,  January 14

• Tavis Smiley: Rosanne Cash [PBS Check Local Listings]
• David Letterman: The Low Anthem [CBS 11:35PM]
• George Lopez: Snoop Dogg [TBS Midnight]
• Craig Ferguson: Vampire Weekend [CBS 12:35AM]
• Carson Daly: Pete Yorn [NBC 1:35AM]

Charles Barkley acts about as well as Lorne Michaels dunks so this week’s Saturday Night Live (NBC, 11:30PM) should have plenty of cringe-worthy moments. But musically, the show should fare much better with the talented Alicia Keys performing.

Friday, January 8:

• Elvis Presley: Return to Tupelo [BIO 2PM]
• Pink Floyd: Which Ones Pink? [VH1 Classic 4:30PM]
• Dave Matthews Band: Live from Piedmont Park [Palladia 8PM]
• Motley Crue: Carnival of Sins [VH1 Classic 9PM]
• Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake [Fuse 10PM]

Saturday, January 9

• The Roots: Soulstage [Palladia 6PM]
• Film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Fuse 8PM]
• Film: A Headbangers Journey [VH1 Classic 9PM]
• Muse: A Seaside Rendezvous [Palladia 9PM]
• Saturday Night Live: Alicia Keys [NBC 11:30 PM]

Sunday, January 10

• Coldplay: Storytellers [Palladia 2PM]
• David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars [Palladia 3PM]
• Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music [Palladia 9PM]
• The Beatles: Video Retrospective [VH1 Classic 11PM]
• Elvis Costello: Live in Memphis [VH1 Classic 1:30AM]

Elvis Costello does an outstanding job with his weekly Sundance show Spectacle. But this week, the tables will turn on the host when actress Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, The West Wing) interviews Costello about his career and life. Check out the unique episode on Wednesday at 10PM.

Monday, January 4

• Michael Jackson: Devotion [Fuse 5PM]
• Gnarls Barkley: Live at Roskilde 2008 [Palladia 5PM]
• Classic Albums: Queen, A Night at the Opera [VH1 Classic 7PM]
• Duran Duran: Behind the Music [Palladia 8PM]
• Paul McCartney: Live in St. Petersburg [VH1 Classic 10PM]

Tuesday, January 5

• Johnny Cash: Live at Montreaux 1994 [Ovation 1PM]
• Lou Reed: Live at Montreaux [Ovation 2PM]
• Film: La Bamba [Fuse 8PM]
• Gene Simmons: Biography [BIO 11PM]
• David Letterman: Vampire Weekend [CBS 11:35PM]

Wednesday, January 6

• Black Crowes: Unplugged [Palladia 9AM]
• Woodstock: Then and Now [VH1 Classic 1PM]
• John Lennon: The US vs. John Lennon [VH1 Classic 6PM]
• 50 Cent: On the Record [Fuse 9PM]
• Spectacle w/Elvis Costello: Mary-Louise Parker [Sundance 10PM]

Thursday, January 7

• Kiss: Kiss Symphony, Alive IV [VH1 Classic 11AM]
• Pink Floyd: Which Ones Pink? [VH1 Classic 6:30PM]
• Iron Maiden: Flight 666 [Palladia 9PM]
• Diana Krall: Live in Paris [Ovation 10PM]
• Queen: Live at Wembley [VH1 Classic 10PM]

If you aren’t quite up for ringing in 2010 watching Jennifer Lopez perform on Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin Eve (ABC 10PM), which is hosted by Ryan Seacrest, check out VH1 Classic at Midnight for Rush in Rio. Shot at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro during the final concert on the Vapor Trails Tour, the Canadian trio plows through a setlist that spans the band’s entire career.

Monday, December 28 (All times ET)

• ZZ Top: Storytellers [Palladia 9AM]
• Justin Timberlake: Biography [BIO 11AM]
• Film: That Thing You Do! [VH1 Classic 3PM]
• 50 Cent: Behind the Music [VH1 8PM]
• Jeff Beck: Live at Ronnie Scott’s [Palladia 11PM]

Tuesday, December 29

• Bret Michaels: Behind the Music [VH1 Classic 6PM]
• Glastonbury 2009: Hour 1 [Palladia 6PM]
• Paul McCartney: In St. Petersberg [VH1 Classic 7PM]
• Film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show [Fuse 9PM]
• The Mamas and The Papas: Biography [BIO 9PM]

Wednesday, December 30

• Ray Charles: Biography [BIO 8AM]
• Aretha Franklin: Biography [BIO 9AM]
• Jack Johnson: En Concert [Noon Palladia]
• AC/DC: Live from Circus Krone [VH1 Classic 4PM]
• Spectacle w/Elvis Costello: Bono and the Edge [Sundance 10PM]

Thursday, December 31

• David Gilmour: Live in Gdansk [ Palladia 7AM]
• Rush: Rush in Rio [VH1 Classic Midnight]
• David Letterman: Ray Davies [CBS 11:35PM]

This week’s episode of Spectacle with Elvis Costello features legendary performers Nick Lowe, Levon Helm, Richard Thompson and Allen Toussaint participating in an all-star jam for the ages. You can catch an airing at 9PM on Sundance this Sunday.

[Photo via Bumpershine]

Friday, December 25 [all times Eastern]

• Jimmy Kimmel: Band of Skulls [ABC Midnight]
• Jimmy Fallon: Snoop Dogg [NBC 12:35AM]
• Carson Daly: Doves [NBC 1:35AM]

Saturday, December 26

• Austin City Limits: Arcade Fire [PBS Check Local Listings]
• VH1 Rock Honors: The Who [VH1 Classic 1:30PM]
• Saturday Night Live: Taylor Swift [NBC 11:30PM]

Sunday, December 27

• John Fogerty: The Long Road Home [Palladia 11AM]
• Spectacle: Levon Helm [Sundance 9PM]
• Soundstage: Counting Crows [Palladia 10PM]

If you want to watch the strangest Christmas movie ever made, check out the Flaming Lips in Christmas on Mars late on Xmas Eve on Sundance. It took Wayne Coyne and gang eight years to make the movie, which comes off as intentionally bizarre. But if you are looking for something different to watch while you wait for Santa, this would certainly qualify.

Monday, December 21 (All times ET)

• Film: Monterey Pop [Sundance 10:45AM]
• Tom Petty: The Last DJ [Palladia Noon]
• U2: Rattle & Hum [Palladia 3:30PM]
• INXS: Live Baby Live [VH1 Classic 4:30PM]
• Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same [Palladia 7:30PM]

Tuesday, December 22

• Coldplay: Storytellers [Palladia 9AM]
• Strat Pack: 50 Years of the Fender Stratocaster [Palladia 11AM]
• Jay-Z: Live from MSG [Fuse 3 PM]
• Nine Inch Nails: Beside You in Time [Palladia 4PM]
• Film: Woodstock [VH1 Classic 8PM]

Wednesday, December 23

• Film: Footloose [VH1 Noon]
• Live Aid: The Day the Music Changed the World [VH1 Classic 3PM]
• Classic Albums: Metallica, Metallica [VH1 Classic 6PM]
• Pink Floyd: The Wall [VH1 Classic 9PM]
• Spectacle w/Elvis Costello: Levon Helm [Sundance 10PM]

Thursday, December 24

• Classic Albums: Judas Priest, British Steel [VH1 Classic 11AM]
• Film: Wayne’s World [VH1 Noon]
• Kings of Leon: Live at Roskilde 2008 [Palladia 1:30PM]
• The Flaming Lips: Christmas on Mars [Sundance 1:15AM]
• Paul McCartney: Electric Proms [Palladia 2AM]

A number of legendary Fender Stratocaster players inlcuding Ronnie Wood, Joe Walsh, David Gilmour and Brian May assembled at London’s Wembley Arena on September 24, 2004 for a concert that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the iconic guitar. You can peep highlights of the “Strat Pack” in action on VH1 Classic this Sunday afternoon at 5PM EST.

Friday, December 18 [all times Eastern]

• David Letterman: Alicia Keys [CBS 11:35PM]
• Conan O’Brien: Foreigner [NBC 11:35PM]
• Carson Daly: Snoop Dogg [NBC 1:35AM]

Saturday, December 19

• Austin City Limits: Kings of Leon [PBS Check Local Listings]
• Concert Film: The Song Remains The Same [VH1C 8PM]
• Saturday Night Live: Muse [NBC 11:30PM]

Sunday, December 20

• Documentary: Everyone Stares – The Police [Ovation 1:30PM]
• Concert: Strat Pack – Wembley Arena [VH1c 5PM]
• Spectacle: Sheryl Crow, Neko Case [Sundance 9PM]