If Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary is anything like its 40th, celebrities in Hollywood will be extra hungover on Monday. SNL is going to be live on Sunday, February 16, at 8 PM Eastern for the official Anniversary Special on NBC and Peacock, complete with a televised red carpet leading into the event.
The SNL 50 Homecoming Concert was the most exclusive event in entertainment, with a super selective invite list of past hosts, musical guests, cast members, and others who worked on Saturday Night Live over the past 50 years. Money couldn’t buy access to this one – some didn’t even get a plus one from their invite.
The three-and-a-half hour spectacle, which is streaming on Peacock, featured some of the most popular Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Cher, DEVO, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Mumford & Sons, and Post Malone took the stage next to some SNL performances by iconic characters like Fred Armisen as Prince and the Lonely Island performing a bunch of their songs.
Check out the setlist from the SNL 50 Homecoming Concert (now available to stream on Peacock and some clips on YouTube.)
- “Soul Man” – Jimmy Fallon
- “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” – Miley Cyrus & Brittany Howard
- “Flowers” – Miley Cyrus
- “Baile Inolvidable” – Bad Bunny
- “DTMF” – Bad Bunny
- “You’re All I Need to Get By” – Bill Murray (feat. Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph & Cecily Strong)
- “The Waiting” – Eddie Vedder
- “Corduroy” – Eddie Vedder
- “Astronaut Jones Theme Song” – Tracy Morgan
- “Love Shack” – The B-52s (feat. Fred Armisen, Sarah Sherman & Bowen Yang)
- “I Want It That Way” – The Backstreet Boys
- “Uncontrollable Urge” – Devo
- Lonely Island Medley – Andy Samberg & Lady Gaga (feat. Bad Bunny, Chris Parnell, Eddie Vedder, Jorma Taccone & T-Pain)
- Lauryn Hill Medley – Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean
- The Culps Medley – Will Ferrell & Ana Gasteyer
- “I Walk the Line” – Jellyroll
- “Ring of Fire” – Jellyroll
- “The Joke” – Brandy Carlile
- “I Will Wait” – Mumford & Sons
- “The Boxer” – Mumford & Sons & Jerry Douglas
- “Gin and Juice” – Snoop Dogg
- “Last Dance With Mary Jane” – Snoop Dogg & Jelly Roll
- “Heroes” – Arcade Fire, David Byrne, St. Vincent & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- “Wake Up” – Arcade Fire, David Byrne, St. Vincent & Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- “Thing Called Love” – Bonnie Raitt
- “I Can’t Make You Love Me” – Bonnie Raitt & Chris Martin
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Post Malone & Nirvana
- “Dancing On My Own” – Robyn
- “This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)” – Robyn & David Byrne
- “If I Could Turn Back Time” – Cher
- “Shallow” – Lady Gaga
- “Rockin’ in the Free World” – Jack White
- “Seven Nation Army” – Jack White
Here are the confirmed stars set to appear, per NBC:
- Adam Driver
- Alec Baldwin
- Ana Gasteyer
- Ayo Edebiri
- Bad Bunny
- Billy Crystal
- Cher
- Dave Chappelle
- John Mulaney
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Kim Kardashian
- Leslie Jones
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Martin Short
- Mike Myers
- Miles Teller
- Miley Cyrus
- Paul McCartney
- Paul Simon
- Pedro Pascal
- Peyton Manning
- Quinta Brunson
- Rachel Dratch
- Rev. Al Sharpton
- Robert de Niro
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Scarlett Johansson,
- Steve Martin
- Tom Hanks
- Woody Harrelson
On February 10, NBC confirmed which former cast members will participate in the show.
- Adam Sandler
- Amy Poehler
- Andy Samberg
- Chevy Chase
- Chris Rock
- Eddie Murphy
- Fred Armisen
- Garrett Morris
- Jane Curtin
- Jason Sudeikis
- Jimmy Fallon
- Kate McKinnon
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
- Laraine Newman
- Maya Rudolph
- Molly Shannon
- Pete Davidson
- Seth Meyers
- Tina Fey
- Tracy Morgan
- Will Ferrell
- Will Forte
Choose your SNL Era
Maybe you loved the early seasons, or the Will Ferrell seasons, or the Adam Sandler seasons, or even the new cast. One thing is for sure – SNL 50 will be a unique, once-in-a-lifetime party that even other celebrities wish they could attend but can’t.
How and Where to Watch
Don’t miss the three-hour SNL 50th anniversary special airing on Sunday, February 16 on NBC and Peacock. SNL50: The Anniversary Special celebrates a half-century worth of sketches, cast members, Hosts, and other collaborators — it’s sure to be a star-studded event.
The special airs live coast to coast starting at 8 ET / 5pm PT, with a live one-hour red carpet special kicking things off at 7 ET / 4 pm PT on NBC, E!, and Peacock.
The 50-day lead-up to the special includes Peacock’s four-part docuseries, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, as well as Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music, a documentary about SNL’s Musical Guests that’s co-directed by Questlove and Oz Rodriguez, available to stream on Peacock now.