Ed Sheeran Cleared to Perform on ‘Saturday Night Live’ After Finishing Covid Quarantine

The Nov. 13 edition of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Jonathan Majors with musical guest Taylor Swift, drew a 1.37 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.8 million viewers for its linear telecasts as well as full-episode digital viewing through Sunday, Nov. 14, per NBC. That was up a tick from the previous week’s telecast, hosted by Kieran Culkin with musical guest Ed Sheeran (1.31 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers, and about average for the season so far.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAdele debuted three new songs from her upcoming album “30” during her CBS television special on Sunday night: “I Drink Wine,” “Hold On” and “Love Is a Game.”Adele has been teasing “Hold On” in a trailer for the special as well as an Amazon Christmas advertisement.The special, titled “Adele: One Night Only,” also included a new sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, billed as her “first televised wide-ranging conversation about her new album, the stories behind the

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have been parodied in a sketch on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, where they open up a pet store called Dog Bones-N-Melodies.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhile recognized as a great artist in his time, much of John Coltrane’s later work was so far ahead that it took the world years, if not decades, to catch up with it.Today, in a beautiful postscript to a brilliant and all-too-short life and career, Coltrane’s masterpiece, 1965’s “A Love Supreme,” has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of 1 million albums in the U.S.

The Nov. 6 edition of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Succession star Kieran Culkin with musical guest Ed Sheeran, drew a 1.31 rating in the 18-49 demo and 5.7 million viewers for its linear telecasts as well as full-episode digital viewing through Sunday, Nov. 7, per multi-platform metric NBC is using for the venerable sketch show this season.

Dionne Warwick, meet Dionne Warwick.

a “pretty gnarly” bout of COVID-19, Ed Sheeran appeared on this week’s Saturday Night Live to perform two songs from his latest album, ‘=’.For a short period of time, it was unclear if Sheeran would actually make it to the SNL stage – his latest appearance on the series was announced on October 24, but it was only a few hours later that he confirmed he’d tested positive for COVID-19.

Dionne Warwick, meet Dionne Warwick.The legendary singer (and epic tweeter) made a surprise appearance on  during the late night show's «The Dionne Warwick Show,» which saw cast member Ego Nwodim playing Warwick as she interviewed famous guests like «Miley Cyrus,» «Jason Mraz» (aka guest host Kieran Culkin) and Ed Sheeran (yes, the real Ed Sheeran). After Nwodim's Warwick put Cyrus, Mraz, Sheeran and Post Malone in their place, the real Warwick showed up to inject some sweetness to the sketch.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn an effort to contribute to the fight against the recent Texas state law that effectively bans abortion, Sonic Youth have released two archival live albums on Bandcamp.com, both of which were recorded in the state.The first was recorded in 1995 at the Austin Music Hall during the band’s “Washing Machine” tour, which followed their headlining slot on the alternative-nation defining Lollapalooza tour that summer (which also featured Hole, Cypress Hill, Beck,

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a grueling 18 months of pandemic, Live Nation Entertainment posted a strong third quarter of 2021, with the return of festival concerts helping to drive “all our business segments to positive operating income and adjusted operating income for the first time in two years,” according to the report, with a company-wide operating income and AOI of $137 million and $306 million, respectively.The report notes that its results are driven “primarily” by the U.S.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIf, like some of us, you’re not completely caught up on the ongoing dramas within HBO’s popular super-rich family drama “Succession,” have no fear because there’s no spoilers here except to say that in season three, skullduggery continues, and Nirvana’s controversial 1993 song “Rape Me” was used in a pivotal scene last weekend.Cobain’s widow, erstwhile Hole singer Courtney Love, approves Nirvana syncs and, according to an Instagram story post, she seems quite

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Isle Of Man Post Office has issued a special set of stamps to celebrate the musical career and charitable work of Bee Gees co-founder and Isle of Man native Barry Gibb.“I’m very proud of my Manx roots,” Gibb said in a statement.

Ed Sheeran has been cleared to resume his scheduled live appearances after completing a period of coronavirus isolation.The singer-songwriter confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19 on October 24, meaning that the planned promotion around his new album ‘=’ had to be conducted from home.

Taylor Swift and Saweetie have been announced as musical guests for Saturday Night Live this month.Ed Sheeran‘s performance this week (November 6) – which was made uncertain after the singer tested positive for COVID-19 – has also been confirmed.

Taylor Swift is heading back to “Saturday Night Live”! NBC announced on Tuesday that it’ll return this week with three consecutive shows that’ll air live, coast-to-coast.

Taylor Swift is heading back to ! NBC announced on Tuesday that it'll return this week with three consecutive shows that'll air live, coast-to-coast.The run kicks off Nov. 6 with first-time host Kieran Culkin, and third-time musical guest Ed Sheeran.

Fear not, Saturday Night Live faithful and Ed Sheeran fans: The hitmaker has been cleared to perform on the NBC late-night staple this weekend.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHarry Styles’ two-night ‘Harryween’ Halloween-weekend stand at Madison Square Garden promised to be much more than the “fancy dress party” it was billed as, and the singer did not disappoint.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHarry Styles will finish his 2021 “Love on Tour” with the first concert at the new UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY, on Sunday, November 28. Tickets for the newly announced show will go on sale starting Friday, November 5 at 12 p.m.The new arena is just outside New York city limits, on the border of Queens and Nassau Counties.Presale registration is available now via Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program now through Tuesday, November 2 at 12 p.m.

SNL head writer Colin Jost has been hosting Weekend Update alongside Michael Che for some time now. He started writing for Saturday Night Live back in Season 31, but didn’t appear on Weekend Update until 2014.