Paul McCartney appears as the musical guest on the “Saturday Night Live” season finale, performing multiple songs to close out the show’s final episode of the season. Across reports, McCartney performs “Band on the Run,” “Coming Up,” and “Days We Left Behind” during his live set. Billboard also describes the performances as including an additional surprise encore, with the show featuring other cameo appearances connected to McCartney. Rolling Stone similarly notes that he performs “Days We Left Behind” and returns for a surprise encore to close out the season finale. The New York Post highlights that this marks McCartney’s first appearance as an SNL musical guest in nearly 14 years. The show is presented as Season 51’s concluding episode, and McCartney’s set is framed as a major musical moment for fans, with the performances centered on Beatles-era and solo catalog songs. The reports do not provide additional detail on the other cameos beyond McCartney-linked appearances mentioned by Billboard.