The occasion was a workshop at the University of Southern California, during which she was coaxed by a group of students into performing a snippet of "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," the one-woman show for which Ms. Tomlin won a Tony Award in 1986.
Annette Niemtzow, the lead producer of the musical, said that her general manager had been informed late Wednesday that instead of a 3-minute 20-second slot on the broadcast, "Jane Eyre" would have only 1 minute 36 seconds to perform a snippet of the duet "Sirens".
Banner was a sweaty, headbanging yeller, spraying the audience with champagne and water — he seemed to have a particularly good time performing a snippet of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the "white folks" — and then repeatedly stopping the show so he could sit down on a stool and sermonize.
U2 performed a snippet of "Yellow" during the introduction to their song "Moment of Surrender" live at Glastonbury Festival 2011.
During the Angels Advocate Tour in 2010, Carey performed a snippet of the song in Singapore, with Trey Lorenz filling in for the group's verses.
In January 2011, at the "Carnival Dance Showcase", the This Is It concerts dancers performed a snippet of "Dangerous" as it would have been in the concerts, but without the leaked intro.
It opened in darkness with Beyoncé emerging through a hole in the stage amidst smoke, sparkles and pyrotechnics to perform "Crazy in Love" and a snippet of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" in a sparkling silver gown and walked to the front of the stage, as fifteen disco balls hung from the ceiling.
"Naughty Girl" was later performed into a neon strip-lit with a snippet of Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby" interpolated within it.
A snippet of the song was performed on the opening night of the Timeless Tour on 7 September 2013 in Paris.
A snippet of the song was performed on Saturday Night Live on October 3, 2009, along with "Poker Face" and "LoveGame".
