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Courtney Barnett . Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett . Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett Performs For Saturday Night Live

by Paul Cashmere on May 23, 2016

in News

Courtney Barnett made her Saturday Night Live debut on the weekend performing two songs on one of America’s most watched programs.

Barnett performed on the season final of SNL’s 41st year singing ‘Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party’ and ‘Pedestrian At Best’.

Courtney’s other chore for the show was to teach the cast the Aussie accent.

Watch what happened here:

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