Set Your DVRs: Ellie Goulding Announced as Musical Guest on Saturday Night Live - May 7th

 Photo credit: Ben Bibriesca at the Dead Hub

This is HUGE! Folktronica rising star (in America - established star in the UK) Ellie Goulding has been announced as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, next Saturday May 7th. Ellie will be performing two songs on the sketch comedy show so tune into NBC at 11:30 PM/10:30 Central. Comedienne, actress and SNL alum Tina Fey is the host so there's no excuse NOT to watch.

Ellie Goulding recently completed her first SOLD OUT US headlining tour, including stops at SXSW and Coachella. It was also announced that she would be performing at this year's Lollapalooza festival in my hometown, Chicago! Goulding, who just returned to Europe will jet back to New York to film SNL and then head back home for a string of dates in May, June and July, before flying back to the States to perform in August at Lollapalooza.  Check out a list of upcoming dates below.

Live Dates:

May 7//New York, New York//Saturday Night Live
May 31//Dublin, Ireland//Olympia Theatre
June 1//Dublin, Ireland//Olympia Theatre
July 8//Abersoch, GB//Wakestock Festival
July 9//Kent, GB//Lounge on the Farm Festival
July 10//Gwynedd, UK//Pen y Berth
July 15//London, UK//Somerset House
Aug 5//Chicago, IL//Lollapalooza

Here's hoping she comes back to America for another string of solo gigs, but lord knows we need to get this girl back into the studio and record that sophomore record so I can be patient. I guess.  Check out Ellie Goulding performing Elton John's "Your Song" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! below. If you caught Goulding on the show you might have missed the end of this performance, since it was clipped for time but you can catch it all here!  Download Lights on iTunes HERE and don't forget to tune in to see Ellie on SNL next Saturday night!

Check out Ellie Goulding on the web:

Official Site//MySpace//Facebook//Twitter//YouTube