Eddie Vedder was one of many early performers at Saturday Evening Stay’s fiftieth anniversary live performance, however he definitely made his mark with an unforgettable two-song set that includes a canopy of Tom Petty’s “The Ready” and a nod to Elvis Costello’s notorious “Radio Radio” second on SNL.
The Pearl Jam frontman opened with “The Ready,” a tribute that doubled as an in memoriam for SNL legends misplaced over time, together with Gilda Radner, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, Norm Macdonald, and John Belushi.
From there, Vedder paid homage to Costello’s iconic 1977 SNL efficiency, through which Costello abruptly stopped taking part in “Much less Than Zero” and as an alternative launched into “Radio Radio”. Vedder recreated the second earlier than tearing right into a blistering rendition of Pearl Jam’s “Corduroy.”
The SNL50 live performance additionally featured performances from Nirvana with Post Malone, Jack White, Miley Cyrus, Robyn and David Byrne, Fugees, The B-52s and Devo, plus Lady Gaga sang “Dick in the Box”
#SNLHomecoming Eddie Vedder on on SNL’s departed: “I am going to simply say one phrase, one identify. And simply suppose,
think about. If she have been right here. Gilda.” pic.twitter.com/7uUGCR2vwZ— LateNighter (@latenightercom) February 15, 2025
@dorintexas @Eddie Vedder doing Cordury for SNL 50♥️ #eddievedder #corduroy #snl50
