NBC final month renewed Late Night time With Seth Meyers and re-upped its host by means of 2028. However when Late Night time returns subsequent fall for its twelfth season with Meyers, it is going to be with out a home band for the primary time within the present’s forty fourth 12 months historical past.
The 8G Band, led by Saturday Night time Dwell alum Fred Armisen, has been laid off as reside music will now not be a everlasting characteristic on the present going ahead, Deadline has confirmed. The choice, believed to be a cost-saving measure, was revealed by band member Eli Janney — who can be the affiliate musical director on the present — in an interview with Vulture.
“Sadly, it’s the fact of broadcast and a shrinking market — streaming consuming into this, and YouTube consuming into that,” he mentioned. “Streaming isn’t making a living, both. So budgets in every single place have been minimize and minimize and minimize. I liken it to a Spotify second in music, the place out of the blue it’s like, No one desires to pay for music. Music will get devalued.”
Janney mentioned within the interview that Meyers and Late Night time showrunner Mike Shoemaker knowledgeable the band of the minimize greater than a month in the past. It additionally contains the crew that works with the musicians.
Not like The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon the place reside music performs an integral half, with Fallon ceaselessly performing alongside his company, Late Night time With Seth Meyers is understood primarily for its commentary section A Nearer Look, its Day Ingesting collection in addition to visitor interviews.
The 8G band members additionally embrace Seth Jabour and Syd Butler. In line with Janney, the group will nonetheless make music for the present, they only received’t carry out it reside.
