Jack White to Replace Morgan Wallen as 'Saturday Night Live' Musical Guest

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSaturday Night Live writers were revising the season’s first cold open right up to the last minute after President Donald Trump’s positive COVID test tossed all plans into the air.In a new NBC News interview, SNL creator Lorne Michaels says the long-running sketch comedy show had a presidential debate sketch written for the Oct. 3 season premiere when news broke the day before about Trump’s illness.

Morgan Wallen is getting ready to take the stage! CMT announced on Tuesday that the 27-year-old country star will perform at the 2020 CMT Music Awards later this month. Gabby Barrett, Sam Hunt and Shania Twain were also announced as performers.

Morgan Wallen is getting ready to take the stage! CMT announced on Tuesday that the 27-year-old country star will perform at the 2020 CMT Music Awards later this month. Gabby Barrett, Sam Hunt and Shania Twain were also announced as performers.The news comes just days after Wallen's scheduled performance on  was canceled due to his attendance at a party without COVID-19 safety protocols.

wasted no time finding an artist to serve as their musical guest over the weekend. Just days after nixing Morgan Wallen over breaching COVID-19 safety protocols, the show welcomed Jack White to the stage.White's performance came just days after the death of music icon Eddie Van Halen, whom the 45-year-old musician paid tribute to on stage.

“Saturday Night Live” wasted no time finding an artist to serve as their musical guest over the weekend. Just days after nixing Morgan Wallen over breaching COVID-19 safety protocols, the show welcomed Jack White to the stage.

wasted no time finding an artist to serve as their musical guest over the weekend.

SNL musical guest this week following the show axing country music star, Morgan Wallen, from the show.Fans may be pumped to watch White do his thing, as he’s a beloved rock musician, and has solidified his place in pop culture with songs like “Seven Nation Army” alongside is White Stripes bandmate, Meg White.However, some viewers will be disappointed to tune in and find out that Wallen is not on stage.

was booted from “SNL” Wednesday after being spotted partying maskless after a University of Alabama football game last weekend.“SNL” producer Lorne Michaels made the announcement on NBC’s “Today” show Friday morning.“I know Jack White is coming in, and there could be some other stuff still in discussion,” Michaels said of the 45-year-old singer in an interview with anchor Willie Geist.

NEW YORK -- Jack White will be the last-minute replacement musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” after country singer Morgan Wallen was dropped for breaking COVID-19 protocols.Wallen was removed as musical guest on Thursday after TikTok videos showed him partying last weekend without a mask on among a large group of people. Lorne Michaels announced White as a fill-in Friday on the “Today” show.“Calling somebody on a Thursday to be here for Friday, it’s complicated," said Michaels.

partying without a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic. He says he is not positive for COVID-19.Saturday will mark White’s third solo appearance as musical guest and fourth overall.

Jack White has been booked as the last-minute replacement musical guest for this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live.The weekly live variety show’s musical guest for this week had been set to be the country artist Morgan Wallen, but he was removed from the line-up earlier this week after video emerged of him not wearing a mask while attending a crowded house party.Speaking to NBC’s Today show earlier today (October 9), SNL creator Lorne Michaels confirmed that White will now perform on

Morgan Wallen. After it was announced that the 27-year-old country singer would no longer be performing on this week's after he violated their COVID-19 protocols, creator Lorne Michaels has found a replacement. Speaking with Willie Geist on Friday's show, Michaels announced that Jack White would now be performing. «We're still in the middle of it.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticJack White will perform as musical guest on this week’s Saturday Night Live, replacing country star Morgan Wallen, who was dropped from the show earlier this week after video surfaced of the singer partying maskless at a crowded house party.SNL creator Lorne Michaels said this morning on NBC’s Today, that White, formerly of The White Stripes, would perform on tomorrow night’s show, along with possible surprise guests.“It has to be somebody who is ready

Lorne Michaels and his staff at Saturday Night Live are not playing around when it comes to anyone who might bring COVID-19 into Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8-H. The show’s scheduled Oct.