Watch Springsteen, McCartney and the ‘SNL’ Cast Sing ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’

By Johnny Firecloud

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to Saturday Night Live for the first time in nearly fifteen years last weekend, serving as musical guest for co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. After performing two songs from his new The River deluxe reissue The Ties That Bind, The Boss offered up a Christmas surprise for the finale.

The episode’s closing moments found Poehler, Fey, the entire cast of SNL and somehow Paul McCartney, joining Springsteen and the E Street Band for a rockin’ take on the band’s Christmas classic “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.” 

The secret was finally revealed when McCartney stepped onstage, with sleigh bells in hand, to join in the festivities.

Johnny Firecloud
Johnny Firecloud

Senior Writer

A senior writer at CraveOnline since 2006, Johnny has reported on music culture around the world for over a decade while setting a higher standard of reviews, editorials, photography and interviews with the industry's biggest names. Johnny has conceptualized and produced a wide range of original Crave features such as the long-running Band of The Month series, the CraveOnstage performance feature, the Music History video series and the Passport travel colum, among others. His Crave coverage spectrum has included Lifestyle, Travel, Film & TV, Politics, Sports, Fashion and Food writing.

A jack of all journalistic trades & master of several, you can also find his work on Antiquiet, Filter, Food Republic, Media Roots, The Owl Mag and beyond. His music photos can be seen on Instagram. Keep up with Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyFirecloud, and on Facebook.

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