{"id":10063,"date":"2026-04-08T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/snl-rodrigo-kahan-mccartney\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:33:00","slug":"snl-rodrigo-kahan-mccartney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/snl-rodrigo-kahan-mccartney\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SNL\u2019 Secures O-Rod, Noah Kahan, Paul McCartney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spinmagazine.com\/files\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2198109138-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Paul McCartney performs in December 2024 in London (photo: Jim Dyson \/ Getty Images).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NBC\u2019s <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> 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). <\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo will also make her hosting debut on May 2. Her highly anticipated third album, <em>You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love<\/em>, will be released June 12 through Geffen. Lead single \u201cDrop Dead\u201d will arrive April 17.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/nine-inch-nails-boys-noize-release\/\">Nine Inch Nails\/Boys Noize Dropping Music Next Week<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/goldfish-take-a-big-dive-into-the-space-between-jazz-and-dance-music\/\">GoldFish Take a Big Dive into the Space Between Jazz and Dance Music<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/04\/radiohead-film-on-tour\/\">Radiohead Taking \u2018KID A MNESIA\u2019 On The Road<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Actor Matt Damon will promote his role in Christopher Nolan\u2019s <em>The Odyssey<\/em> when he hosts for a third time on May 9. That night, Kahan will perform songs from his April 24 album <em>The Great Divide<\/em>; both pre-release singles (the title track, \u201cPorch Light\u201d) are already massive streaming hits.<\/p>\n<p><em>SNL<\/em> album Will Ferrell hosts for a sixth occasion on May 16, during which McCartney is expected to play material from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinmagazine.com\/2026\/03\/paul-mccartney-new-album\/\">upcoming album<\/a>, <em>The Boys of Dungeon Lane<\/em>. The Andrew Watt-produced effort comes out May 29. McCartney was last seen on <em>SNL<\/em> during its 50th anniversary special in early 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as the fledgling spinoff <em>SNL U.K.<\/em> 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 <em>SNL<\/em>\u2018s Jack Black\/Jack White episode by proudly wearing an <em>SNL U.K.<strong> <\/strong><\/em>shirt.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/spinmagazine.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul McCartney performs in December 2024 in London (photo: Jim Dyson \/ Getty Images). 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