Will Smith is slated to be the first guest of the Jimmy Fallon-hosted version of The Tonight Show, which is set to debut February 17, according to hiphopwired.com.

The Roots, the house band of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, will be joining The Tonight Show in the same capacity. 

Fallon was announced as the successor to Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show in March 2013. 

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The program, which will be filmed in New York City, will feature U2 as its first musical guest, hiphopwired.com’s story says.

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