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Costello returns for SNL's 25th anniversary show:
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Costello returns for SNL's 25th anniversary show:
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(watch
the video).
After
being banned in 1977, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michael's invited
Costello back to perform for the show's 25th anniversary program. In
a humorous, tongue-in-cheek twist, Costello and Michaels recreated the
exact scenario that got him banned years before. In supposed "improptu"
fashion, Costello interrupted the Beastie Boys in mid song, grabbing
the microphone and proclaiming, "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but
there's no reason to do this song here!" before leading the Beastie
Boys into "Radio, Radio."
In
1977, Costello was banned for playing a longer, unscheduled song that
threw of the show's carefully planned schedule. Costello started off
playing a few bars of "Less Than Zero" before grinding the
song to a halt and instructing his band to play "Radio, Radio."
Not only was "Radio, Radio" a longer song, but some 20-plus
seconds were lost playing the intro to "Less Than Zero."