Saturday Night Live has been a US television institution since it began in 1975. It has spawned generations of comedy talent and spotlighted musicians on the rise to an audience of millions. Yet the show has not been without its controversies…
One of our favourites was the time that the legendary Elvis Costello - then a 23 year-old, who'd begun to make a name as a lyrically forceful punk firebrand - stunned viewers (and SNL head-honcho Lorne Michaels), when he abandoned playing his debut single, Less Than Zero live on air and chose to launch into the far more intense Radio, Radio.
