Official footage has been shared of the surviving members of Nirvana teaming up with Post Malone for the 50th-anniversary celebrations of Saturday Night Live. Check it out below.
The moment took place last weekend when the iconic grunge band reunited for SNL 50: The Homecoming concert. It saw surviving members Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear joined by Post Malone on vocals.
It also marked the three members’ second time coming together in two weeks, as they made a surprise appearance at the FireAid benefit concert beforehand. This saw them perform with St. Vincent, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett and Grohl’s daughter Violet to deliver a number of greatest hits.
The SNL appearance from the Seattle legends came as a surprise for viewers as, ahead of the event, Grohl was announced as a performer but it wasn’t clear if he would be there with Nirvana, Foo Fighters or solo.
With the choice of Post Malone as frontman, the collaboration came after the ‘I Had Some Help’ hitmaker previously shared his fondness for the trio by previously performing a 15-song set of Nirvana covers during 2020’s lockdown, alongside Blink-182’s Travis Barker.
At the time, Grohl praised Malone‘s performance, calling it “super cool”.
Now, following the clips going viral on social media, official footage of the set has been shared online. Check it out above, where the band are introduced by Hollywood star Adam Sandler before they break into a rendition of the classic ‘90s track ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.
As well as the 50th Anniversary concert, SNL also celebrated the huge milestone with a star-studded episode last weekend, which wrapped up with an ‘Abbey Road’ medley performed by Paul McCartney.
Elsewhere on the show, performances came from the likes of Miley Cyrus and Lil Wayne, and both Sabrina Carpenter and Paul Simon kicked off the show with ‘Homeward Bound’ – which the latter had performed on the show with George Harrison in 1976.
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