Lizzo is set to perform on Saturday Night Live next Saturday (December 17) in an episode hosted by Elvis actor Austin Butler. The news was announced last night during the SNL broadcast.
next week! pic.twitter.com/gWmwpmKCAf
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) December 11, 2022
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were originally set to perform, however, due to keyboardist Nick Zinner’s pneumonia, they have been forced to cancel their appearance.
The band issued a statement on social media saying:
“As many of our fans know Nick has had pneumonia over the past month and it’s been and 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 KROQ’s Acoustic Christmas and Saturday Night Live. YYYs have enjoyed the incredible highs of being supported on KROQ and the huge honor of being chosen to close out SNL‘s 2022. We are deeply thankful and expectedly heartbroken we cannot rise to these occasions.”
@nbcsnl & @kroq
@nickzinner pic.twitter.com/GvLSd01XVS
— Yeah Yeah Yeahs (@YYYs) December 11, 2022
This marks Lizzo’s second time performing on SNL this year, and her third time overall.
“It’s an honor to fill in for the yeah yeah yeahs who unfortunately could not perform next week,” said Lizzo in a tweet.
It’s an honor to fill in for the yeah yeah yeahs who unfortunately could not perform next week
— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) December 11, 2022
Lizzo is a Warner Music Artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.