Fire alarm disrupts 'Tonight' taping

Published: April 25, 2008 at 11:59 PM

BURBANK, Calif., April 25 (UPI) -- Taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" was disrupted by a fire alarm in Burbank, Calif., but was completed in time for Friday night's telecast, NBC said.

An NBC publicist said the alarm went off during the first commercial break and the audience was evacuated for about 20 minutes before being permitted to return to the studio, where the show resumed.

The audience got an unexpected bonus from one of Leno's guests, pop music icon Prince, who played three songs -- two more than the show's musical guests typically play -- said NBC spokeswoman Tracy St. Pierre.

Prince performed "Turn Me Loose," a new, unreleased song, and then after the show wrapped he surprised the audience by performing two private encores -- "Guitar" and the classic "1999."

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