Bruno Mars to Pull Double Duty on 'SNL'

Singer will also serve as musical guest on October 20th

October 1, 2012 2:20 PM ET

Bruno Mars

Larry Busacca/Getty Images

Bruno Mars will host Saturday Night Live and serve as musical guest on October 20th, NBC announced today. The "Just the Way You Are" singer had previously appeared on the show in 2010, though this marks his first time as host.

Today's announcement came just hours before Mars is scheduled to debut his new song "Locked Out of Heaven" tonight at 7 p.m. EST through a live YouTube chat with fans. The song is the first single from the songwriter and producer's forthcoming new album, Unorthodox Jukebox. A-list producers on the album, due December 11th, include Mark Ronson and Diplo.

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

Axl Rose Agrees to Rare TV Interview on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

Music Main

Q&A: Metallica's Kirk Hammett on Horror Fans, Hanging With Kurt Cobain

MUSIC 100 Greatest Debut Albums
MOVIES 'Great Gatsby' Is a Crushing Disappointment
TV Why You Should Watch 'Happy Endings'
POLITICS No Price Big Banks Can't Fix

Picks From Around the Web

blog comments powered by Disqus

Daily Newsletter

We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.

Most Popular

Photos & Videos

Go To Content

Random Notes: Hottest Rock Pictures

Go To Content Play Video

Video: Stefon's Wedding Marks Hader's Last 'SNL'

Go To Content

Gallery: Summer Festival Style

Best Ever Lists

Other Lists

Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

More Song Stories entries »

Bruno Mars to Pull Double Duty on 'SNL'