Noah Kahan returned to Saturday Night Live with performances of ‘The Great Divide’ and ‘Doors’ – watch footage below.
The Vermont singer-songwriter released his fourth studio album, ‘The Great Divide’, on April 24, and last night (May 9) he brought two tracks from the record to the SNL stage as the musical guest alongside host Matt Damon.
Kahan had made his SNL debut in December 2023, and this time around, he was joined by his full band for a heartfelt run through of the new album’s Americana title track and the folksy acoustic ballad ‘Doors’.
Watch both performances in full here:
It was the penultimate episode of SNL’s 51st season, with the finale coming next week in the form of host Will Ferrell and musical guest Paul McCartney. The Beatles legend’s new album, ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ is released on May 29.
Kahan, meanwhile, has announced a world tour to go alongside the new album. He plays around Australia and New Zealand in September and October, before heading to the UK and Ireland in November and then mainland Europe. You can find all the dates here and remaining tickets here.
He will also embark on the North American leg this summer – find any remaining tickets here. The artist has also been lined up for Bonnaroo 2026 alongside The Strokes, Turnstile, Skrillex and more.
Kahan has spoken about the themes that define his new album. “From a long silence forms a divide, a great expanse demanding attention. I stare across it. I see old friends, my father, my mother, my siblings, my younger self, the great state of Vermont. I want to scream these feelings, to gesticulate wildly at the figures on the other side, but my voice has grown hoarse and muted after years of climbing a ladder towards the wild, spiralling dreams that have materialised in front of me,” he has said.
“Instead, I wrote them down next to a piano in Nashville, next to a pond in Guilford Vermont, in a legendary studio in upstate New York, on a farm with a firetower in Only, Tennessee. The songs are the words I would say if I could. They are the fears I dance with in the moments before I drift off to sleep. The music here is my best attempt to delve deeper into the people, places, and feelings that have made me who I am. I am grateful for all of it, for all of you, for listening to them, if you choose to do so.”
Kahan also reflected on the success of his hit song ‘Stick Season’ during an interview with NME in 2023. “I never thought this was gonna happen to me,” he said at the time.
