No live audience and musical guest bows out for "Saturday Night Live" taping due to Omicron spike
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There will be no live audience for this week's taping of "Saturday Night Live" due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, the show announced Saturday. Singer Charli XCX was also slated to perform during the comedy show, but said she no longer could.
"Due to the recent spike in the Omicron variant and out of an abundance of caution, there will be no live audience for tonight's taping of 'Saturday Night Live' and the show will have limited cast and crew," SNL tweeted. "The show continues to follow all government safety guidelines in addition to a rigorous testing protocol."
Musical guest Charli XCX announced she would have to pull out of the show, citing the limited crew, shortly after SNL made the annoucement.
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