Yo La Tengo to Play "Saturday Night Live" Stage Show

You may be experiencing a lot of déjà vu flipping through the channels of late. Yep, that Writers Guild of America strike is still on, and your favorite television shows are stuck in re-run mode for now. But that doesn't mean the folks behind those shows aren't fixin' to do their thing. Some of them, in fact, will do that thing this weekend.

The cast of "Saturday Night Live" will perform a special "On Strike!" edition of that program this coming (you guessed it) Saturday night, live on stage at New York City's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. A Hollywood Reporter piece quotes "SNL" cast member Amy Poehler as saying, "We are doing this to raise spirits, raise awareness, and raise money for our hardworking production crews who will be having a hard holiday season if this strike continues."

That's all well and good, but this being a music publication, we'd be shirking our duties if we didn't tell you about "Saturday Night Live"'s musical guest for the occasion: none other than Hoboken's finest, Yo La Tengo.

Ira, Georgia, and James join the "SNL" gang and guest host Michael Cera November 17. Proceeds from the gig, as Poehler suggested above, go to the show's production staff.

Beyond that, Yo La Tengo have all eyes on Hanukkah.

La Tengo, yo:

11-17 New York, NY - Upright Citizens Brigade Theater ("Saturday Night Live - On Strike!")
12-04 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (Hanukkah show)
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12-07 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (Hanukkah show)
12-08 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (Hanukkah show)
12-09 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (Hanukkah show)
12-10 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (Hanukkah show)
12-11 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (Hanukkah show)