SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, a three-hour-long event celebrating Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, aired live from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on NBC this past Friday (February 14). There to honor the long-running sketch comedy series and its contributions to music history were David Byrne and Robyn, Lady Gaga with Andy Samberg, Devo with Fred Armisen, the surviving members of Nirvana with Post Malone, and many more. Watch select performances below, and find a full replay of the concert at Peacock.
The star-studded SNL50 concert merged different eras of the show’s musical guests with beloved skits, unlikely cameos, and generation-spanning collaborations. David Byrne joined Robyn onstage, both in slightly oversized grey suits, to perform her 2010 hit “Dancing on My Own.” Later, Lady Gaga slid behind a piano to sing a botched version of “Shallow” with Andy Samberg before they called it off and performed the Lonely Island’s “Dick in a Box” instead. They then segued into a full-on medley of the SNL trio’s greatest hits, including “Lazy Sunday” with Chris Parnell, “I Just Had Sex” with Bad Bunny, “I’m on a Boat” with T-Pain, and “Jack Sparrow” with Eddie Vedder.
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert also featured the B-52’s busting out “Love Shack” with help from Armisen, Bowen Yang, and Sarah Sherman; the aforementioned Nirvana reunion with Post Malone on vocals for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”; and Cher singing “If I Could Turn Back Time.”
Other highlights included Devo tapping Armisen for “Uncontrollable Urge,” a Fugees mini-reunion with Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean singing “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “Lost Ones,” Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard performing “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and Bill Murray singing “You’re All I Need to Get By” with Maya Rudolph and Cecily Strong, among others.
Vedder, Cyrus, Hill, Gaga, Bonnie Raitt, Bad Bunny, Jack White, Snoop Dogg, Backstreet Boys, Mumford & Sons, Brandi Carlile, and Jelly Roll performed solo songs onstage as well. Plus, Arcade Fire, Byrne, St. Vincent, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band played a medley of “Heroes” and “Wake Up.”
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