Saturday Night Live was poised to deliver a winning show last night, with Chris Rock returning as host and Prince appearing as the musical guest.
And the stars delivered the goods. Prince performed four new songs during a sublime eight-minute jam. Rock joked about everything from ISIS, the Boston Marathon bombing and even the Freedom Tower and the 9/11 attacks, the Daily Mail reports.
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Prince and his band 3rdEyeGirl began with a slow, soulful funk of upcoming single βClouds.β Prince, sporting a new Afro, was decked in eye-catching three-lens sunglasses. Most vocals were performed by British singer Lianna La Havas, the co-star on the single.
The performance ended with rousing applause from the audience and Prince bowing from βbehind his symboled-microphone stand, raising his hands to his face in thanks,β the report says.
He disappeared by the time Rock appeared onstage to thank everyone at the end of the show, the report says. Rockβs sketches were relatively funny and low-key, but his opening monologue raised a lot of brows. He joked about the commercialization of Jesusβ birthday and said he would never set foot in the Freedom Tower, which was built on the site of the destroyed World Trade Center.
βYesterday was Halloween, tomorrowβs the New York City Marathon β¦ yeah, scaryβwhat could go wrong there, right?β he said. βItβll be all rightβNew Yorkβs gonna be fine, just like Bostonβs fine after the marathon.β
Here is Rockβs ISIS sketch:
Read more at the Daily Mail.
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