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‘SNL’ to re-air 1975 debut episode as part of 50th anniversary celebrations
Saturday Night Live will re-broadcast its very first episode as part of its upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations.The NBC show debuted on October 11, 1975 under the name Saturday Night and was hosted by legendary comedian George Carlin. Musical guests were former Beatles collaborator Billy Preston and folk singer-songwriter Janis Ian, and original cast members such as Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd were joined by guests Andy Kaufman and Muppets creator Jim Henson.See Carlin’s opening monologue from the show below.The episode will be reshown at 11pm EST on Saturday February 15 on NBC, the latest part of the show’s ongoing celebrations for their 50th birthday.One night earlier, SNL 50: The Homecoming will air on the station, an all-star concert featuring performances from Dave Grohl, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Brandi Carlile, Chris Martin, David Byrne, Jack White and Robyn.The show will be hosted by SNL alum Jimmy Fallon, and will also feature Arcade Fire, Devo, Jelly Roll, Mumford & Sons, Eddie Vedder, The B-52’s and The Roots.As well as the special programming, SNL has also marked its 50th with a new feature film, Saturday Night, directed by Jason Reitman.
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George Harrison’s ‘Concert For Bangladesh’ live album arrives on streaming for first time
George Harrison’s 1971 ‘Concert For Bangladesh’ live album, featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr and more, is set to arrive across streaming platforms for the first time.Held across two sold-out concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden back in August 1971, the concerts are considered to be the first major music benefit of its kind and saw the music icon assemble a star-studded event for a common humanitarian goal.Titled ‘The Concert For Bangladesh’, Harrison organised the shows in a bid to raise both awareness and funds for the 10 million East Pakistani refugees who had fled over the border into India, and were facing challenges including the threat of hunger and disease.Setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause, the MSG shows saw the former Beatle team up with Ravi Shankar, and invite Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell and Billy Preston to perform at the non-profit event.By the point they took to the stage, little public attention had been drawn to the crisis in East Pakistan/Bangladesh and few outside of the region were aware of how to help those affected.“The musicians were great. I mean they completely put down their own egos to play together and to do something because the whole vibe of that concert was that it was something bigger than the lot of us,” Harrison said at the time.
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‘Saturday Night’ trailer is officially live — and shows original 1975 cast in chaos before premiere episode
The trailer for director Jason Reitman’s movie about the 90 minutes leading up to the first-ever episode of “Saturday Night Live” in October 1975 was released Thursday.It shows the original cast of the sketch comedy series racing against the clock to put on the first show at Studio 8H.At the start of the trailer, an NBC page played by “Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard struggles to give out free tickets to the show.Gabriel LaBelle’s Lorne Michaels, the creator of “SNL,” tries to get past security at 30 Rock.The original cast — which includes Cory Michael Smith’s Chevy Chase, Dylan O’Brien’s Dan Aykroyd, Ella Hunt’s Gilda Radner, Lamorne Morris’ Garrett Morris, Matt Wood’s John Belushi, Emily Fairn’s Laraine Newman and Kim Matula’s Jane Curtin — are also dealing with conflict and disaster as they prepare to tape their first episode.NBC exec Dick Ebersol, played by Cooper Hoffman, tells Michaels that he doesn’t think the show is “ready.”“It doesn’t matter that we’re ready, it matters that it’s 11:30. That’s when we go on,” LaBelle’s Michaels responds.The cast of “Saturday Night” also includes Rachel Sennott as Rosie Schuster, Matthew Rhys as George Carlin, Jon Batiste as Billy Preston, Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson, Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin, Willem Dafoe as David Tebet, J.K.
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Janelle Monáe, Chappell Roan, MUNA and more to celebrate inclusion at first All Things Go New York festival
Janelle Monáe, Chappell Roan, MUNA and more have been announced as part of the inaugural New York edition of All Things Go Festival.The festival, which has traditionally curated women-focused and LGBT+ inclusive lineups, will arrive to New York on September 28-29 at Forest Hills Stadium.Though it’s normally hosted in Columbia, Maryland, All Things Go has since expanded outwards to other cities such as Washington, D.C..Set to join Monáe, Roan and MUNA are Reneé Rapp, Ethel Cain, Towa Bird, Julien Baker, Holly Humberstone, Samia, Del Water Gap, Soccer Mommy, Mannequin Pussy, and more.Check out the full lineup for All Things Go below and get any remaining tickets here.A post shared by All Things Go (@allthingsgo)Previous headliners of All Things Go include Lorde, Bleachers, Mitski, Billie Eilish, HAIM, Charli XCX, St Vincent, Maggie Rogers, and CHVRCHES.It was recently announced that MUNA’s Naomi McPherson was to make their acting debut as Janis Ian on ‘SNL 1975’.The film centres around the first episode of Saturday Night Live, which aired in October 1975, focusing in particular on the behind-the-scenes moments before it first came to the small screen. Ian appeared on the show as one of its first musical guests, alongside Billy Preston, who will be portrayed in the film by Jon Batiste.

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