Silent Uproar — It's heavily rumored that The Roots will retire from touring in March 2009 to become Jimmy Fallon's house band. Fallon will take over the late night slot from Conan O’Brien. Blog posts and YouTube videos have been mysteriously disappearing l... more info

Stereogum — As promised, the Roots (aka Jimmy Fallon's new Late Night house band maybe) hit up kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba! recently to spread "Lovely, Love My Family." The song's an upbeat and sunny-day ska thing, and the pastels and dancing creatures make sure ... more info

Buzzgrinder — The rumor mills are abuzz with this news out of left field: This past weekend, a hip hop blog called Nah Right posted a YouTube interview with ?uestlove, a member of hip hop live band supergroup The Roots. And he said that The Roots were retiring fr... more info

MTV.com News — Drummer/leader ?uestlove says group will always perform live, but might abandon large-scale touring.By Jocelyn Vena, with additional reporting by Jem Aswad The Roots Photo: Evan Agostini/ Getty Images Over the weekend, a video interview po... more info

Chorus.fm — There appears to be a rumor (http://stereogum.com/archives/the-roots-to-be-jimmy-fallons-house-band_035931.html) that *The Roots* (http://www.theroots.com/) might end up being Jimmy Fallon's house band when he takes over for Conan O'Brien. Yikes. more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketSpinner.com: The Roots might retire from touring, apparently so ?uestlove can laugh obnoxiously (a la Kevin Eubanks) at all of Jimmy Fallon's late-night hilarity. [Gawker]Prince may be against homosexuality, but his John ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty The Roots have announced they’ll be breaking from their regular touring schedule for a stint as Jimmy Fallon’s house band when the comedian’s late night show debuts next March. Two years after hitting it big with a track on Greyâ... more info

Stereogum — So says ?uestlove! Or, so says a rumor that so says ?uestlove. Jimmy (aka Bag Of Hair) is taking over Conan's seat next year, and having Ahmir for interstitial banter would be at least one factor mitigating his show being the worst. more info

JamBase — Words by: Greg Peeler | Images by: Kenny Pusey HeadCount :: 11.03.08 :: Highline Ballroom :: New York, NY Marc Brownstein :: 11.03 :: NYC There was definitely something in the air at the Highline Ballroom as we all stood on a precipice, looking d... more info

AllHipHop — If you are a fan of The Roots, the last time to see them perform live may be during their upcoming tour of Europe, which kicks off November 11 in Switzerland.   Sources have told AllHipHop.com that the revered Philadelphia Hip-Hop band will tempora... more info