Mere months after she was the musical guest on Saturday Evening Stay earlier this spring, Ariana Grande returned to NBC final night time because the present’s host. She starred within the majority of the night’s sketches and impersonated Celine Dion recording a sports activities promo, Jennifer Coolidge speaking within the mirror, an over-competitive mom enjoying charades, and extra. Becoming a member of the pop singer was musical visitor Stevie Nicks, who carried out her new tune “The Lighthouse” and her large 1981 hit “Fringe of Seventeen.” Watch these performances, sketches, and Nicks and Grande’s joint SNL promo movies under.
Throughout her opening monologue, Grande mentioned her casting as Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, the upcoming movie adaptation of the Broadway musical, and poked enjoyable at her capacity to impersonate different singers, change keys whereas singing, and steal the highlight.
Stevie Nicks’ triumphant return to Saturday Evening Stay arrived 41 years after her first and solely different efficiency on the present, again in 1983 as a solo artist. Fleetwood Mac by no means performed SNL. Written following the Supreme Court docket’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, “The Lighthouse” is self-described by Nicks as being “perhaps an important factor I ever do: to face up for the ladies of the USA and their daughters and granddaughters.” It’s her first authentic tune since 2020’s “Show Them the Way” and her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault.
As for Grande, this was her second time internet hosting SNL, after 2016’s episode the place she pulled double duty because the musical visitor, too. She additionally made her debut as a musical guest again in 2014 and sang once more in March 2024. Grande launched Eternal Sunshine—her Positions follow-up—earlier this 12 months, which incorporates the songs “Yes, And?” and “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” in addition to the post-release single “The Boy Is Mine.” That latter monitor acquired a remix with Brandy and Monica.
Revisit “Stevie Nicks: Her Art and Life in 33 Songs” and “5 Takeaways From Ariana Grande’s New Album Eternal Sunshine” on the Pitch.
