Lorne Michaels Says “SNL” Has Never Banned Musical Guests

Lorne Michaels Says “SNL” Has Never Banned Musical Guests: 'We're Way Too Crass and Opportunistic'
Lorne Michaels Claims SNL Has ‘Never Banned' Any Musical Guests
Lorne Michaels denies ‘Saturday Night Live’ has ever banned any musical acts
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Martha Stewart says her parole officer wouldn't let her host ‘Saturday Night Live'
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‘SNL’ Has ‘Never Banned’ A Musical Guest (Not Even Sinéad O’Connor) Despite Popular Belief, Lorne Michaels Explains
That said, per Lorne Michaels (who has been running SNL since the beginning), no musician has ever actually been banned from the show. In the new Questlove -co-directed documentary Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years Of SNL Music, Michaels explained ( as Consequence notes ):
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Lorne Michaels insists no musical guest has been 'banned' from Saturday Night Live
Lorne Michaels has maintained no musical guest has ever been "banned" from Saturday Night Live. In the new documentary Ladies & Gentleman... 50 Years of SNL Music, the creator and producer of the long-running sketch comedy show addressed speculation that several artists had been barred from returning over the years.