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Saturday Night Live: star-packed 50th special brings laughs and emotion

A parade of ex cast members and celebrity hosts came together for a mammoth anniversary extravaganza celebrating the long-running comedy show

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“I sang this song with George Harrison on Saturday Night Live in 1976”: Paul Simon teams up with Sabrina Carpenter for Simon & Garfunkel classic during SNL's 50th anniversary special

The star-studded event also featured Jack White's rendition of Neil Young's Rockin’ in the Free World, Adam Sandler on acoustic, Bonnie Raitt joining forces with Coldplay's Chris Martin, and Paul McCartney serving Beatles classics

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SNL 50Th Anniversary Celebration: Star-Studded Night Of Nostalgia

Experience the star-studded 50th anniversary special of 'Saturday Night Live' with iconic performances and memorable moments. Visit AP News for more coverage.

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Post Malone fronting Nirvana, Miley Cyrus channels Sinéad O’Connor, David Byrne and Robyn, Lady Gaga joins The Lonely Island… SNL’s 50th anniversary weekend had something for everyone

Plus, Paul McCartney's Abbey Road medley, Sabrina Carpenter performs with Paul Simon, and more – watch the highlights

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Aubrey Plaza honours late husband Jeff Baena at SNL 50 special after his death

Director Baena died by suicide aged 47 on January 3

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SNL kicks off star-studded 50th anniversary with Paul Simon, Sabrina Carpenter and host Steve Martin

Sunday’s broadcast tops off a weekend of celebrity-filled anniversary programming

The Independent UK

“I see songwriting as having to do with experience - the more you've experienced, the better it is”: How the Rolling Stones drew on their own - and imagined - lives for songwriting inspiration

For some, songwriting is all about honesty and injecting lived experience into the lyrics, yet as Mick Jagger will tell you, sometimes you have to play fast and loose with the truth

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“Paul Simon told me what key the song was in, turned off the vocal track and counted me in”: He’s been sampled by Kanye West, and played with Paul Simon, The Black Keys and Tame Impala – yet Delicate Steve is still the best-kept secret in indie guitar

Steve Marion tells us why his career highlights include a severely negative Pitchfork review, making an album he hated and Kanye sampling him… then not releasing the track

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"I was in the hallway with Slipknot and I got screamed at." Vended might have big links to heavy metal royalty, but that doesn't mean they're getting an easy ride

Vended feature two spawns of Slipknot, but they're attempting to build their own legacy through their own terms. We head to LA to find out more

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TV tonight: a supercharged ‘format-breaking’ Casualty special

Real-life testimonies about the miracle of blood will have you weeping. Plus: Strictly’s not over just yet! Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

“The next thing I knew, I burst into tears... then there were hugs”: Art Garfunkel tells more about his reconciliation with Paul Simon

The old friends were set up by Simon’s son, Harper

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“I don't look at the fingerboard, I listen to it. All of my fretless basses have no fret lines. I can't play on a lined fingerboard”: How Bakithi Kumalo’s swung, fretless bassline helped create one of Graceland’s defining sounds

Like much of Paul Simon’s Graceland, the 1985 session for The Boy In The Bubble took place at Ovation Studios in downtown Johannesburg

Guitar World

Georgia Mom Who Murdered Toddler Son Haunting Message: 'I Want My Baby Home'

Leilani Simon, 22, was found guilty on all 19 charges brought against her.

International Business Times

Paul Simon performs with hearing loss

The singer also revealed the song that's no longer part of his repertoire because of his hearing challenges

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Eight of the best project homes on the market now – all under the new London average of £526k

These tired homes and time capsules come with attractive price tags – just the thing for those with the renovation itch

The Independent UK

Paul Simon names the fan-favorite song he’ll never perform again

The folk rock icon said his hearing loss has limited the songs he can perform live

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“I was very angry at first that this had happened”: Paul Simon talks about his hearing loss

He has just 6% left in his left ear

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“Teenage Dirtbag has always felt like a bit of a queer anthem to me, even if it wasn’t meant to be - I love that I didn’t have to change a single lyric”: Cat Burns releases “unapologetic” cover of Wheatus’s 2000 hit

A new version of the song that was designed to sound like “Metallica, AC/DC, Paul Simon and James Taylor from the waist up,” and “LL Cool J and Public Enemy” from the waist down

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Art Garfunkel wants to work with Paul Simon again

Art Garfunkel would relish the opportunity to work with Paul Simon again.

The Independent UK

Art Garfunkel: ‘I’m in the mood to work with Paul Simon again. We’ll see...’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The singer has joined forces with his son to record a new album. He talks to Mark Beaumont about their need to record together and the emotional end to his feud with former singing partner Simon – ‘It’s now a thing of the past’

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“What we are after is not perfection. You’re looking for the flaws… the noise… earth hum. You’re looking for the arm-tight playing… the human aspect”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on inspirations, intuition, shred, and the problem with modern metal

A sprawling story of dark familial secrets, freewheeling prog and Åkerfeldt death growls, solos inspired by Peter Green and Ritchie Blackmore, Opeth bequeath everything a prog-metal fan could ever want on The Last Will And Testament

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Art Garfunkel cried during reunion with Paul Simon

Art Garfunkel has admitted he broke down in tears during a reunion lunch with his longtime collaborator Paul Simon and confessed he was a "fool" for hurting his friend during years of estrangement.

The Guardian - UK

‘I was a fool’: Art Garfunkel describes tearful reunion with Paul Simon

Singer describes recent meeting where Simon said he was offended by an old interview, and pair reconciled

The Independent UK

‘I cried when he told me I’d hurt him’: Simon reunites with Garfunkel

Former bandmates appear to be building a bridge over troubled water, after years of silence

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“It was very, very warm and wonderful. I was crying at a certain point because I felt that I had hurt him”: Simon and Garfunkel have patched up their old friendship

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have met up and patched up their friendship

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