Paul McCartney closed out SNL50: The Anniversary Special on Sunday night (February 16) with a medley of Abbey Road‘s ‘Golden Slumbers’, ‘Carry That Weight’, and ‘The End’. Miley Cyrus & Brittany Howard (covering ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’), Lil Wayne & the Roots, and more performed throughout the anniversary episode, which kicked off with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter singing a duet of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Homeward Bound’. Check out the performances below.
SNL‘s 50th anniversary celebrations began on Friday, February 14 with SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, a live show broadcast from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on NBC that featured performances from David Byrne and Robyn (singing ‘Dancing on my Own’), Lady Gaga and Andy Samberg (performing The Lonely Island’s ‘Dick in a Box’). It also saw the remaining members of Nirvana reunite with Post Malone on vocals.
McCartney’s last appearance as musical guest on SNL was in 2012, when he also linked up with the Nirvana members. He also performed on the show in 1980, 1993, and 2010, and made cameos in episodes in 2006, 2013, and 2015.
