Here’s the latest I can share about SNL musical guests.
- Most recent season highlights: In recent seasons, SNL has often paired high-profile hosts with a mix of established and up-and-coming musical guests. For example, in spring 2025 and fall 2025, the show announced several high-profile musical guests alongside returning favorites.[1][2]
- Notable recent returns: Artists like Lizzo, Elton John, and Brandi Carlile have made multiple appearances in recent years, continuing a pattern of star-driven guest slots alongside hosts.[1]
- Rolling updates: SNL typically reveals the host and musical guest lineup on NBC’s official channels and major entertainment outlets, with additional details as episodes approach.[2][4]
If you’d like, I can pull the very latest official lineup from NBC or major outlets and summarize who’s hosting and who’s performing this season, and I can add a short note on recent trends in SNL musical guests. Would you like me to do that?
Citations:
- Billboard reports on multiple musical guests returning for Spring 2025 and provides details on the lineup (Morgan Wallen, Lizzo, Elton John, Brandi Carlile).[1]
- Yahoo/CA outlets recap season-host and musical-guest announcements for late 2025, including Miles Teller and Brandi Carlile as examples of hosting and guest pairings.[4][2]
- Billboard also covers Boygenius' and Timothée Chalamet’s SNL appearances as context for guest dynamics in recent years.[3]
Sources
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — The first three hosts and musical guests of the upcoming 51st season of “Saturday Night Live” have been revealed. The long-running sketch comedy’s season will kick off with Bad Bunny acting as host on October 4, with Doja Cat as musical guest. Bad Bunny previously pulled double duty as host and musical guest in October 2023 and appeared on “SNL” as the musical guest two other times, in 2021 and in May of this year. Th…
ground.newsTeyana Taylor and Alexander Skarsgård will host 'Saturday Night Live' with musical guests Geese and Cardi B, respectively.
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economictimes.indiatimes.com'Saturday Night Live' adds Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny with Doja Cat, and Amy Poehler with Role Model to Season 51 lineup, returning October 4.
au.rollingstone.comMorgan Wallen, Lizzo, Elton John and Brandi Carlile will return as musical guests on 'Saturday Night Live' this spring. Get the details
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www.imdb.comTimothee Chalamet will host 'Saturday Night Live' for a second time while the women of boygenius make their 'SNL' debut as a group.
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