The classic “MTV Unplugged” franchise returns on September 8; singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes will perform during that premiere episode.<\/p>\n
MTV just revealed the headliner for the following week’s broadcast.<\/p>\n
According to an announcement from MTV, Bleachers will be the focus of the September 15 episode. The set was recently taped at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.<\/p>\n
The Jack Antonoff-fronted band did not take the stage alone.<\/p>\n
Lorde and Carly Rae Jepsen, with whom Antonoff has worked on recordings, joined Bleachers for the intimate, unplugged set.<\/p>\n
“Unplugged was the first time I played the songs from Gone Now live,” says Antonoff. “I had just finished making the album, and I immediately went into to rehearsal deconstructing the songs I had just produced to play live at Unplugged.<\/p>\n
It was all months before the world heard it and we got to change the arrangements at my favorite venue in the world with a small room full of people who had no cell phones. I grew up playing shows at the Stone Pony and watching Unplugged on TV. It was incredible to bring these two together.”<\/p>\n
“MTV Unplugged: Bleachers” will air at 8PM ET\/PT on September 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The episode was taped at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[1875,2838,1008,640,9591],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n