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"In a surprise move, Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen has signed on as the bandleader for \"Late Night with Seth Meyers.\"\nArmisen will join Meyers \u2014 who will be filling the shoes of Jimmy Fallon at \"Late Night\" after 13 years as a writer (and later head writer) on SNL \u2014 starting Monday, February 24. The band will be called 8G.\nSEE ALSO: Fallon Reveals Impressive First Guests for 'Tonight Show' Takeover\n\n\"Fred will curate and lead the band, and continue to run it even when he's off shooting Portlandia,\" Meyers tweeted on Monday. \n\nHere's the first photo of the new @LateNightSeth band! #8GBand pic.twitter.com/jR07bDIZXQ\n\u2014 Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) February 10, 2014\n\n\nFred will curate and lead the band, and continue to run it even when he's off shooting Portlandia. #8GBand\n\u2014 Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) February 10, 2014\n\nArmisen is best known for his comedic work, but has been a drummer since high school and performed in the punk rock band Trenchmouth. Not only will he lead the 8G band, the partnership confirms that we're in for some top-notch late-night banter. \nMeyers said farewell to SNL on Saturday, February 1. His final show featured an alum reunion on Weekend Update, featuring former cast members Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg and of course, Armisen.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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