Kanye West Playing SNL Next Month
Kanye West will be Saturday Night Live’s musical guest on 2/13, two days after his new album Waves is supposed to come out. (He’ll already be in New York for his Madison Square Garden launch show.) The most recent Kanye SNL appearances have been for their 40th anniversary show and when he debuted “Black Skinhead” and performed “New Slaves” in advance of Yeezus’ release. Kanye will appear alongside guest host Melissa McCarthy.
Excited to announce that @melissamccarthy will host #SNL February 13 with musical guest @kanyewest! pic.twitter.com/gUkXGNzbW3
— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) January 29, 2016
The 1975 will perform the weekend before (2/6) with Larry David as host.