{"id":17647,"date":"2021-02-20T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T20:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=17647"},"modified":"2021-02-20T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T20:40:07","slug":"nick-jonas-to-pull-double-duty-as-saturday-night-live-host-and-musical-guest-on-february-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/20\/nick-jonas-to-pull-double-duty-as-saturday-night-live-host-and-musical-guest-on-february-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Jonas to Pull Double Duty as &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; Host and Musical Guest on February 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9163\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show-260x162.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nbc_snl_2019_show-160x100.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Nick Jonas will pull double duty when he takes the stage for his &#8220;<strong><em>Saturday Night Live<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; hosting debut and second solo musical guest appearance on February 27.<\/p>\n<p>Jonas will perform his newly announced single, &#8220;Spaceman,&#8221; due out Feb 25. &#8220;Spaceman&#8221; arrives as Jonas returns as a coach on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;<em>The Voice<\/em>,&#8221; which premieres March 1, and also appears in the upcoming Lionsgate film &#8220;<em>Chaos Walking<\/em>,&#8221; arriving March 5.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2858647551\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>&#8221; is produced in association with Broadway Video. 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