Overview
- New SNL promos released Friday confirm Paul McCartney as the musical guest for the season finale with Will Ferrell returning as host for a sixth time.
- In one clip, Ferrell and cast member Marcello Hernández jokingly predict he will perform the Despacito remix with Justin Bieber, and McCartney plays along.
- Other promo bits show McCartney quipping that he once killed a dragon and joking that he is a fan of Hernández’s mom.
- The appearance supports McCartney’s 21st solo album The Boys of Dungeon Lane, which arrives May 29, after he previewed the track Salesman Saint on The Rest Is History podcast.
- The episode airs live at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC and streams on Peacock, and it marks McCartney’s fifth turn as SNL musical guest nearly 46 years after his 1980 debut.