Preservation Hall Presents Preservation Brass For Fat Man, an album dedicated to the memory of longtime Preservation Hall Percussionist Kerry “Fat Man” Hunter. The album is available today, Friday January 31st worldwide from Sub Pop on all DSPs and on vinyl through megamart.subpop.com in North America, MM2 in UK and EU, Preservation Hall in New Orleans, and at your local record store.
Kevin Louis Cornet of Preservation Hall offers this lovely tribute, “Fat Man was a beautiful, peaceful soul. If I wanted to know what was going on in the streets, where the second line was, or who was playing, I’m calling Fat. With him checking out the way he did and when he did, it’s only right we dedicate this album to him. I mean, his funeral literally had the whole brass band community there – every single brass band in New Orleans was represented! Fat Man forever!”
On Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14th (at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT), Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform at SNL50: THE HOMECOMING CONCERT, Hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featuring a lineup of chart-topping musical guests from across the decades, SNL50: THE HOMECOMING CONCERT will celebrate 50 years of SNL musical and comedy performances.
Streaming live on Peacock from Radio City Music Hall, the SNL homecoming celebration will bring together legendary Saturday Night Live hall-of-famers and surprise special guests including Arcade Fire, Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Chris Martin, David Byrne, DEVO, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mumford & Sons, Post Malone, The B-52s, The Roots and more to be announced.
The one-night-only event is executive produced by Emmy Award winner Lorne Michaels and Grammy and Oscar winner Mark Ronson.
SNL50: THE HOMECOMING CONCERT will stream live on Peacock on Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
The special will also play at fan screening events in select IMAX theaters at Regal Cinemas across California (Regal Edwards Ontario Palace), Pennsylvania (Regal UA King of Prussia), Texas (Regal Lone Star), New York (Regal Deer Park), and Florida (Regal South Beach). Free tickets for fan screenings will be made available exclusively for current Fandango FanClub, Regal Crown Club members, and IMAX subscribers at a later date.