Quite a lot of alum and music icons joined collectively for the epic kickoff to SNL50 weekend, which is able to culminate with an anniversary particular.
Saturday Night time Dwell weekend is formally in full swing, with the SNL50: The Homecoming Live performance kicking off in epic trend at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor. Let’s try some highlights!
Taking internet hosting duties for this begin to SNL50 was Jimmy Fallon, who served as a forged member from 1998 to 2004. However Fallon went again a lot additional than that, opening the present with an homage to The Blues Brothers, the suited up dudes performed by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd who first debuted on SNL in 1976.
One other musical throwback got here quickly after within the type of Nick the Lounge Singer, as reprised by Invoice Murray. Different SNL recurring characters who popped in for a musical quantity have been Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer’s The Culps, who did a medley of contemporary hits, together with one by latest Tremendous Bowl halftime performer Kendrick Lamar.
Quite a lot of SNL forged members each previous and current have been in attendance however just some bought to take the stage with some music icons, together with Fred Armisen, Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman becoming a member of The B-52s for “Love Shack”, in addition to a Lonely Island reunion that discovered them with Girl Gaga doing “Dick in a Box”. There was additionally a medley of different Lonely Island songs from SNL, together with “Motherlover”, “I’m on a Boat” and the one which launched all of them, “Lazy Sunday”. Many of the performances have been launched by former SNL forged members, with the likes of Kate McKinnon, Molly Shannon and Adam Sandler welcoming Brandi Carlisle, Bonnie Raitt and Nirvana. Sure, we bought one other Nirvana reunion at SNL50, this time with Publish Malone taking the vocals of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
After all, all the SNL50 celebration was and will probably be lacking far too many individuals that it misplaced through the years. Dealing with the tribute portion was Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, who did a canopy of Tom Petty’s “The Waiting” whereas additionally mentioning names akin to Gilda Rander, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Norm Macdonald, and Michael O’Donoghue.
The live performance was solely the begin to the weekend-long SNL50 get together. On Sunday(…), The Anniversary Particular will air on NBC at 8 p.m.
Did you watch the SNL50 live performance? What was your favourite second?
