Noah Kahan Brings ‘The Great Divide’ and ‘Doors’ to Saturday Night Live

Noah Kahan returned to Saturday Night Live on May 9 and used the moment to spotlight two songs from his newly released fourth studio album, The Great Divide. Performing as musical guest alongside host Matt Damon, the Vermont singer-songwriter delivered live versions of the title track and “Doors” on the show’s stage.

Kahan first made his SNL debut in December 2023, but this second visit came with his full band in tow. That gave both performances a more expansive feel, especially on “The Great Divide,” the album’s Americana-leaning opener, and the stripped-back acoustic ballad “Doors.”

The appearance landed as the penultimate episode of SNL’s 51st season, with the finale set for next week and Will Ferrell hosting alongside Paul McCartney. The Beatles legend is also due to release his new album, The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, on May 29.

Kahan has already lined up a wide-ranging world tour in support of The Great Divide. Dates begin with Australia and New Zealand in September and October, before moving to the UK and Ireland in November and then mainland Europe. Remaining tickets can be found here.

He’ll also play the North American leg this summer, with any remaining tickets available here. Kahan is also on the bill for Bonnaroo 2026, alongside The Strokes, Turnstile, Skrillex and more.

In describing the record, Kahan has spoken about the people and places that shaped it. “From a long silence forms a divide, a great expanse demanding attention. I stare across it. I see old friends, my father, my mother, my siblings, my younger self, the great state of Vermont. I want to scream these feelings, to gesticulate wildly at the figures on the other side, but my voice has grown hoarse and muted after years of climbing a ladder towards the wild, spiralling dreams that have materialised in front of me,” he said.

“Instead, I wrote them down next to a piano in Nashville, next to a pond in Guilford Vermont, in a legendary studio in upstate New York, on a farm with a firetower in Only, Tennessee. The songs are the words I would say if I could. They are the fears I dance with in the moments before I drift off to sleep. The music here is my best attempt to delve deeper into the people, places, and feelings that have made me who I am. I am grateful for all of it, for all of you, for listening to them, if you choose to do so.”

Kahan also previously reflected on the scale of “Stick Season” during an interview with NME in 2023. “I never thought this was gonna happen to me,” he said at the time.