Foo Fighters are booked as musical guest on this weekend’s SNL UK, but fans didn’t have to wait for the band’s live performance to air for their first Dave Grohl spotting of the night.

For Bridgerton and Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan’s turn hosting Saturday night’s (April 25) episode of the original SNL spinoff, an American SNL veteran popped in — and encouraged the Irish actress to make some mischief while the cameras are rolling during the program’s live broadcast. Viewers in the United States can catch a clip of her monologue below from broadcaster Sky TV.

After making a monologue joke about consuming “a staggering amount of cocaine” to recreate “the magic of original 1970s SNL,” Coughlan says in the video, “But look, it’s an honor to be hosting. It’s sort of feels like I manifested it somehow. It’s almost like this place is like, magic.”

“That’s because it is,” announces Jimmy Fallon, appearing on stage out of the blue to impart “the biggest secret of SNL” to Saturday’s host.

“Don’t tell anyone, but … it’s live,” Fallon says. “It’s actually live. You can do whatever you want. You can go wherever you want. You’re the host. They don’t stop you!”

And so the pair takes a backstage stroll that has Coughlan feeling the power that comes with taking control. Run-ins with cast members ensue, but it’s a certain rock musician that stops her in her tracks.

“Jimmy. Jimmy. It’s Dave Grohl,” Coughlan says in a hushed tone upon spotting the Foo Fighters vocalist, to which Fallon suggests, “You should ask him to be best friends — because we’re live. He has to say yes.”

Coughlan shoots her shot. Sure enough, Grohl plays the yes man: “Sure, why not?” he replies. The new besties share a high five and heart hands.

“That was incredible!” Coughlan exclaims.

Watch Coughlan’s SNL monologue, featuring Jimmy Fallon plus a cameo from Dave Grohl, in the video below uploaded to the official SNK UK YouTube channel.

Cody Johnson brought some slow jams to this year’s Stagecoach.

During his headlining set on Friday (April 24), the 38-year-old country star welcomed Boyz II Men to the stage for a performance of the legendary R&B vocal group’s 1994 hit “On Bended Knee.”

Johnson began singing a cover of the classic love song before being joined by Boyz II Men’s Nathan Morris, Wanyá Morris and Shawn Stockman, who helped carry the performance as festival-goers in Indio, California, swayed along in nostalgia.

“On Bended Knee,” from the group’s sophomore album, II, spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1994.

This isn’t Boyz II Men’s first crossover performance in recent memory. In March, the Philadelphia soul act made a surprise appearance at the Listening Room’s 20th anniversary at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, where they joined Brett Young for his song “In Case You Didn’t Know.”

Johnson’s Stagecoach performance comes after the announcement of his upcoming album, Banks of the Trinity, set for release June 26 through COJO Music/Warner Records Nashville.

The project follows Johnson’s 2023 album, Leather (and its deluxe edition), which featured hits including “Dirt Cheap” and “The Fall” and was named album of the year at the 2024 CMA Awards.

Elsewhere at Stagecoach on Friday, rising star Ella Langley surprised the crowd by bringing out comedian Theo Von for a duet of her Riley Green collaboration, “You Look Like You Love Me.”

Stagecoach 2026 continues with a headlining performance by Lainey Wilson on Saturday (April 25), followed by a closing set from Post Malone on Sunday.

Ella Langley had a surprise in store for her Stagecoach debut.

While some fans may have expected Morgan Wallen, the 26-year-old country star instead brought out comedian and podcaster Theo Von during her Friday (April 24) set in Indio, California.

Following performances of “Bottom of Your Boots” and “Broken,” from her just-released album Dandelion, as well as “20-20” from the deluxe reissue Still Hungover, Langley welcomed Von to the stage for a duet of her Riley Green collaboration, “You Look Like You Love Me.”

After reaching the second verse — typically reserved for Green — Langley invited Von onstage. Dressed fittingly in a denim shirt, blue jeans and a cowboy hat, he jumped right in.

“And that’s when I realized that she was every cowboy’s dream come true,” a thrilled Von declared, pointing to Langley.

The pair then launched into the chorus as festivalgoers sang along, “You look like you love me/ You look like you want me to want you to come on home.”

Langley, who recently appeared on Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, joked as he exited the stage, “Bet you didn’t expect that… keep ’em guessin’!”

“You Look Like You Love Me” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in December 2024.

Langley closed her Stagecoach set with “Choosin’ Texas” — which recently logged a seventh nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard Hot 100 — and “Weren’t for the Wind.”

The singer-songwriter is currently dominating both the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200, with Dandelion debuting at No. 1. She also recently premiered her new duet, “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” with Wallen during his stadium show in Alabama on April 18.

Demi Lovato is exhausted, but — looking effortlessly glamorous in a white, furry jacket — you’d never be able to tell as she lists her current favorite women in pop music. “Zara Larsson, of course,” she tells Billboard. “Adela. I’ll always be a huge fan of Lady Gaga. Sabrina [Carpenter]’s great.”

“Oh God, I’m trying to think of who else,” the singer continues. But it’s nearly midnight, and the post-show brain fog is taking over. “Sorry, I just played a concert.”

We’re standing backstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden — which Lovato just headlined for the first time in their career on Friday (April 24) — as the star snaps photos with about a dozen fans during a quick meet-and-greet. All of them have noticeably clean-smelling breath as they exhale incredulously when she first enters the room, thanks to brand partner TheraBreath, which provided samples of Lovato’s favorite mouthwash at the gathering.

“I mean, all the pop girlies are great,” adds the equally fresh-breathed performer, who, just a few years ago, probably never would’ve thought that she’d be considered among those same proverbial Main Pop Girls.

After distinctly switching to rock music on 2022 album Holy Fvck and declaring their pop music dead — literally, Lovato held a funeral — the hitmaker switched right back in October 2025, releasing It’s Not That Deep, a Billboard 200 No. 9 LP of electronic dance-pop bangers. Earlier today, she unveiled the deluxe version, It’s Not That Deep (Unless You Want It to Be), featuring eight brand new songs, including “Low Rise Jeans,” which fans went crazy for when Lovato debuted the sultry track on the opening night of the It’s Not That Deep Tour.

Lovato tells Billboard that they think the new songs “add so much” to the already deeply (no pun intended) meaningful It’s Not That Deep era.

“They are great additions to the body of work that was already created,” the vocalist continues. “I knew I wanted to get back into the studio after I released the album. We started working on these songs — I think ‘Pretty Catatonic’ was the first one that came out of that writing process, and I fell in love with it. It just kind of unfolded from there.”

At MSG, Lovato kept the crowd energized with a mix of It’s Not That Deep standouts and older smashes, including Billboard Hot 100 hits “Heart Attack,” “Sorry Not Sorry” and “Cool For The Summer.” She also had two surprises in store for the New York City crowd, singing “Too Little Too Late” with special guest JoJo before performing live for the first time ever with husband Jutes. (They adorably belted “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls, which was the couple’s first-dance song at their wedding.)

At opening night in Orlando, Florida, Lovato treated the crowd to a performance with one of their first major duet partners: Joe Jonas. The duo belted out beloved Camp Rock classic “This Is Me” ahead of Camp Rock 3, which both are executive producing. It’s one of several throwback programs Disney Channel has been green-lighting from Lovato’s era; Selena Gomez, who attended that Orlando show and reunited with her childhood friend backstage, has been involved in an ongoing Wizards of Waverly Place reboot, while Miley Cyrus recently unveiled her Hannah Montana anniversary special.

“I think the age that we’re at is really loving nostalgia right now,” Lovato tells Billboard. “For all the people who are in their 30s and have lived through the Disney era with me, Selena, the Jonas Brothers and Miley, they’re craving it, and it’s fun to go back and relive those moments.”

Lovato says that the public’s hunger for that Disney Channel golden era has also allowed the stars to reconnect with each other and rekindle old friendships. “Oh, definitely,” she adds. “Yeah, I think that’s why it’s all coming together again in this day and age.”