Overview
- The band, which performed on Sunday, opened Dakota Johnson’s episode with “Birds” and later returned to play a two-song medley of “I Care” and “Dull.”
- The show included a surprise Taylor Swift cameo during Johnson’s monologue that drew extra attention to the episode.
- Turnstile won Best Rock Album and Best Metal Performance at this year’s Grammys and released Never Enough: Versions in August with collaborators from pop, indie and electronic scenes.
- To make the SNL slot the group rescheduled an Oklahoma City date after playing Austin City Limits the night before and then resumed its North American tour on Monday.
- The appearance, the first hardcore act on SNL since Fear in 1981, raises the profile of hardcore on mass-audience TV and may boost festival bookings, radio play and cross-genre partnerships for the band and scene.