Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be the musical guest on the December 19 episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live.  The show, which will be the final SNL episode of 2015, will be co-hosted by former cast members Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Springsteen has appeared twice previously on Saturday Night Live: as a solo artist May 9, 1992, and with the E Street Band October 5, 2002.  SNLairs on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET.

Bruce’s upcoming Saturday Night Live performance will come on the heels of the December 4 release of The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, an expanded version of Springsteen’s 1980 album The River that includes a variety of unreleased tracks and unseen concert footage.

As previously reported, The Ties That Bind features four CDs and three DVDs, including a remastered edition of the original 20-track album, an early 10-song single-disc version of the record, a variety of outtakes, a new making-of documentary, a previously unreleased 1980 concert video and more.

A clip from the concert video included with The Ties That Bind package that features Springsteen and the E Street Band playing The River‘s title track has been posted at BruceSpringsteen.net and at the Boss’ official YouTube VEVO channel.  The show was filmed November 5, 1980 in Tempe, Arizona.

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