Druski and John Mulaney will host in November, while Gracie Abrams is lined up for the Halloween show
The long-running US sketch show announced its next three instalments on Thursday (October 22), with The Strokes set to appear on November 7 alongside host Druski, while Bridgers will perform on November 14, when John Mulaney hosts.
The show will return from its current break on October 31 for a Halloween episode hosted by Obsession star Inde Navarrette, with Gracie Abrams as musical guest.
The Strokes’ appearance will be their fifth on SNL, following previous performances in 2002, 2006, 2011 and 2020.
Their most recent visit came on Halloween 2020, when they performed ‘The Adults Are Talking’ and ‘Bad Decisions’ from their sixth album ‘The New Abnormal’. That episode was also hosted by Mulaney.
Meanwhile, Bridgers is set for her second appearance as a solo musical guest, having made her debut in February 2021, when she performed ‘Kyoto’ and ‘I Know The End’ from her 2020 album ‘Punisher’. The latter performance became a viral moment after she smashed her Danelectro guitar against a stage monitor during the song’s climax, prompting a heated online debate.
Bridgers later revealed that the manufacturer had given her permission to destroy the instrument, while the monitor was a fake prop specifically made for the performance. The guitar was subsequently sold at auction for $101,500, raising money for the GLAAD Media Awards.
