Mick Jagger hosting 'Saturday Night Live' for the first time
Rolling Stones frontman is musical guest on May 19, too
Mick Jagger in September 2011
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mick Jagger will test his comic chops later this month as host of the "Saturday Night Live" season finale.
The Rolling Stones frontman has been a musical guest twice before on the long-running NBC show, and the network said Thursday he will perform musically on the May 19 finale. But he has never been host before, a job that usually requires participation in several comic skits.
The Rolling Stones mark their 50th anniversary as a band this year, but have yet to announce any activities to commemorate the occasion.
Jagger last year put out a disc as part of a group called SuperHeavy, which also included reggae singer Damian Marley and former Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart.
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May 3, 2012 at 4:54PM EST Reply to CommentFormer Eurythmics founder - has somebody since founded them instead?
sleahcim enrol
May 3, 2012 at 5:11PM EST Reply to CommentThe way SNL has treated many of their guest hosts this season, I don't think we need to worry much about Jagger getting overexposed in too many sketches.
I'm betting old Mick will be used in Samberg's Digital Short swan song, then appear in a couple of live sketches as himself (What's Up With That?-groan), and--if Seth and his writers are feeling really adventurous--they'll ask Jagger if he minds dressing up as a woman for some bizarre 12:45am bit (if the rumors are true, the final sketch will be some sort of farewell-to-Wiig tribute).
Tommy Flanagan
May 3, 2012 at 7:46PM EST Reply to CommentThat's the ticket!