NBC’s Saturday Night Live will wrap its 51st season with a bang in May thanks to musical guests Olivia Rodrigo (May 2), Noah Kahan (May 9) and Paul McCartney (the May 16 finale).
Rodrigo will also make her hosting debut on May 2. Her highly anticipated third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, will be released June 12 through Geffen. Lead single “Drop Dead” will arrive April 17.
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Actor Matt Damon will promote his role in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey when he hosts for a third time on May 9. That night, Kahan will perform songs from his April 24 album The Great Divide; both pre-release singles (the title track, “Porch Light”) are already massive streaming hits.
SNL album Will Ferrell hosts for a sixth occasion on May 16, during which McCartney is expected to play material from his upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane. The Andrew Watt-produced effort comes out May 29. McCartney was last seen on SNL during its 50th anniversary special in early 2025.
The news comes as the fledgling spinoff SNL U.K. struggles to maintain viewers, with its third episode dropping 42% of the audience from its March 21 Tina Fey-hosted debut. Fey did her best to plug the program in a cameo last weekend during SNL‘s Jack Black/Jack White episode by proudly wearing an SNL U.K. shirt.
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