The 'About Damn Time' hitmaker previously did a double-duty gig on the hit NBC sketch show on April 16, which marked the first time for the Grammy-winning artist to host the show.
- Dec 12, 2022
AceShowbiz - Lizzo will be performing on "Saturday Night Live" once again. The "About Damn Time" hitmaker is set to replace Yeah Yeah Yeahs as a musical guest on the hit NBC comedy sketch show after the group withdrew due to the group's illness.
On Saturday, December 10, the band announced that they won't perform in the December 17 episode of the show because guitarist Nick Zinner has been battling pneumonia for the last month. In a statement shared on Instagram, they explained, "It's been an up and down recovery process."
"The band's top priority is supporting Nick through a full recovery, as a result we had to pull out from our engagements of KROG's Acoustic Christmas and Saturday Night Live," they added. "YYYs have enjoyed the incredible highs of being supported on KROQ and the huge honor of being chose to close out SNL's 2022, we are deeply thankful and expectedly heartbroken we cannot rise to these occations."
"We send our love to our fans and supporters, thank you for your understanding and well wishes, it means the world to us," the band, who also consists of Karen O and Brian Chase, continued. "Wishing you a healthy and happy rest of 2022, we're looking forward to a strong return in 2023."
After Yeah Yeah Yeahs made the announcement, "SNL" took to their social media accounts to reveal that Lizzo will fill in as a musical guest. Meanwhile, Austin Butler is set to host the December 17 episode.
Lizzo did a double-duty gig on "SNL" on April 16. While it marked the first time for her to host the show, the "Truth Hurts" hitmaker previously performed at the show during Eddie Murphy's December 2019 homecoming.
