--- title: Lady Gaga, Tom Hanks to Appear on Saturday Night Live description: Lady Gaga will be heading back to Saturday Night Live for their October 22 show as the musical guest; Tom Hanks will be the host. canonical: https://time.com/4523133/lady-gaga-tom-hanks-snl/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-07T17:47:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:26.659Z og:title: Lady Gaga Is Headed to 'Saturday Night Live' This Fall og:description: She'll be appearing alongside host Tom Hanks og:url: https://time.com/4523133/lady-gaga-tom-hanks-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bfdc5ac49327aeb/6988a92697cdff57406ae16a/lady-gaga-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Bud Light X Lady Gaga Dive Bar Tour At The 5 Spot In Nashville, TN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga Is Headed to 'Saturday Night Live' This Fall twitter:description: She'll be appearing alongside host Tom Hanks twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bfdc5ac49327aeb/6988a92697cdff57406ae16a/lady-gaga-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lady Gaga Is Headed to _Saturday Night Live_ This Fall > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Bud Light) Lady Gaga surprises fans while on the Bud Light x Lady Gaga Dive Bar Tour at the 5 Spot where the singer performed three new tracks off her upcoming album "Joanne" on October 05, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Bud Light) Rick Diamond—Getty Images for Bud Light  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 7, 2016 5:47 PM UTC Little Monsters will be in for a treat when [Lady Gaga hits the stage](http://time.com/4224873/oscars-2016-lady-gaga-oscars/) this fall as the musical guest for _Saturday Night Live_. Gaga will appear as the musical guest alongside host Tom Hanks on October 22; this will be her third time appearing on the show. It looks like Gaga will be on deck to promote [her upcoming album, _Joanne_](http://time.com/4495639/lady-gaga-joanne-release-date/), which she’s been performing on [her “Dive Bar” tour](http://time.com/4520824/lady-gaga-dive-bar-tour-live-stream-million-reasons/). She currently has two singles off the album available to fans: [“Perfect Illusion”](http://time.com/4484748/lady-gaga-perfect-illusion-listen/) and [“Million Reasons.”](http://time.com/4521195/lady-gaga-million-reasons/) The Gaga and Hanks show were announced in a tweet that also revealed that Emily Blunt and Bruno Mars will serve as the host and musical guest the week before. > [](https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/784409526325874689) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4523133/lady-gaga-tom-hanks-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4523133/lady-gaga-tom-hanks-snl/"},"headline":"Lady Gaga Is Headed to Saturday Night Live This Fall","datePublished":"2016-10-07T17:47:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:26.659Z","description":"She'll be appearing alongside host Tom Hanks","url":"https://time.com/4523133/lady-gaga-tom-hanks-snl/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","Music","SNL","Saturday Night Live","bruno mars","Tom Hanks","Lady Gaga","Culture","emily blunt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bfdc5ac49327aeb/6988a92697cdff57406ae16a/lady-gaga-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bfdc5ac49327aeb/6988a92697cdff57406ae16a/lady-gaga-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bud Light X Lady Gaga Dive Bar Tour At The 5 Spot In Nashville, TN","caption":"Bud Light X Lady Gaga Dive Bar Tour At The 5 Spot In Nashville, TN","creditText":"Rick Diamond—Getty Images for Bud Light","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4523133/lady-gaga-tom-hanks-snl/","name":"Lady Gaga Is Headed to Saturday Night Live This Fall"}}]}] ```