Grunge was alive and nicely final night time (Feb. 14) throughout Saturday Night time Reside‘s fiftieth anniversary live performance at New York’s Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, as Put up Malone fronted a one-song Nirvana reunion and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder coated one in every of his personal band’s songs in addition to a Tom Petty basic whereas backed by the Roots,
An avowed ’90s rock fan whose 2020 all-Nirvana covers livestream (that includes blink-182 drummer Travis Barker) is making its vinyl debut in April for Document Retailer Day, Malone joined surviving members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear for “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The non-singing members reunited final week for the primary time in seven years as a part of the FireAid profit, with St. Vincent, Joan Jett and Kim Gordon dealing with the late Kurt Cobain’s vocals.
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Earlier, Vedder and the Roots coated the late Tom Petty basic “The Ready,” which Vedder sung with Petty himself on a handful of events within the 2000s. Throughout the music’s mellow breakdown, Vedder saluted deceased solid members similar to Gilda Radner, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, Norm MacDonald and John Belushi. The efficiency was adopted by Pearl Jam’s ’90s anthem “Corduroy.”
The three hour-plus live performance, which was streamed dwell on Peacock, featured a bunch of different distinctive collaborations and surprises, together with David Byrne with each the Arcade Hearth (David Bowie’s “Heroes”) and Robyn (“Dancing on My Personal,” Speaking Heads’ “(This Should Be the Place) Naive Melody”), Bonnie Raitt with Coldplay’s Chris Martin (“I Can’t Make You Love Me”), Miley Cyrus with Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard (Queen’s “Loopy Little Factor Known as Love”), Snoop Dogg and Jelly Roll (“Final Dance With Mary Jane”) and a two-thirds Fugees reunion with Lauryn Hill.
The night concluded with Jack White masking Neil Younger’s “Rockin’ within the Free World” and dusting off the White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Military.”
Put up Malone and Nirvana’s full efficiency on the #SNL50 Anniversary Live performance. #PostNirvana pic.twitter.com/FUJT1Rikvx
— Pop Truther (@poptruther) February 15, 2025
Eddie Vedder & The Roots masking Tom Petty's "The Ready" at SNL50 live performance pic.twitter.com/aJXLGovqD0
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