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SNL 50 : Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder cover up Tom Petty ’s " The Waiting " and honour Gilda Radner , Chris Farley , Norm Macdonald , and others .

There is already a whole deal to love about tonight’sSNL50 : The Homecoming Concert , as the big weekend celebration for the fiftieth anniversary of NBC ’s Saturday Night Live gets afoot . In fact , we ’re already learn the high streak that ’s been place for Sunday night ’s swelled primetime three - hour festivity . In so many way , one of the exceptional highlights of the night came when Pearl Jam frontmanEddie Veddertook the stage for a cover ofTom Petty ’s " The Waiting " and a nice nod of regard toElvis Costello ’s " Radio Radio " minute from 1977   before launching into Pearl Jam ’s " Corduroy . " If you did n’t catchLadies & Gentlemen … 50 Yearsof SNL Music ( which you definitely necessitate to do ) , what went down was that Costello commence performing " Less Than Zero " before shifting gears on - atmosphere   and performing " Radio Radio . " But it was Vedder ’s performance of " The Waiting " that really shoot hard because he also used it to remind all of us of some of the grownup epithet that the SNL phratry has recede over the years : Gilda Radner , Phil Hartman , Tom Davis , music producerHal Willner , writerMichael O’Donoghue , Chris Farley , Norm Macdonald , andJohn Belushi .

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" I was believe about all the citizenry that … that could be here … that we ’d be leave out … we will be lose tonight . Like , I ’ll just say one word … one name . And just think … imagine . If she were here . Gilda . Gilda Radner would be here . She would not overleap … this , " Vedder partake in before continuing with the name of other departed SNL kinfolk member . " Phil Hartman . Tom Davis . The Einstein , Hal Willner . Michael O’Donoghue . Chris Farley . Norm Macdonald . John Belushi . " From there , Vedder shift his focus to Belushi , adding , " He ’s in our affectionateness . In your hearts . So it feels like you could pull him down to be here . ' John , the gang is all here . ' " Here ’s a spirit at the clip ( good manners ofLateNighter ):

SNLHomecomingEddie Vedder on on SNL ’s take off : " I ’ll just say one Word of God , one name . And just think , imagine . If she were here . Gilda . “pic.twitter.com/7uUGCR2vwZ

— LateNighter ( @latenightercom)February 15 , 2025

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