After 30 seasons and counting The Simpsons has been home to some of the greatest artist cameos of all time. From Ringo Star replying to his millions of fan mail, to The Red Hot Chilli Peppers playing on the Krusty The Clown Show in their underwear, here’s our A-Z list of our favourite artist appearances on The Simpsons.
A
Aerosmith – Season 3, Episode #10 – “Flaming Moe’s”
Anne Hathaway, Season 21, Episode 10 “Once Upon a Time in Springfield”
B
Bachman Turner Overdrive – Season 11, Episode 13 “Saddlesore Galactica”
Baha Men – Season 14, Episode 4 “Large Marge”
Barry White – Season 3, Episode 22 “Krusty Gets Kancelled” Season 4, Episode 20 “Whacking Day”
Bette Midler – Season 4, Episode 22 “Krusty Gets Kancelled”
Beverly D’Angelo – Season 3, Episode 19 “Colonel Homer”
Blink-182 – Season 14, Episode 11 “Barting Over”
Brian Setzer – Season 4, Episode 2 “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”
Britney Spears – Season 11, Episode 12 “The Mansion Family”
The B-52’s – Season 11, Episode 5 “E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)”
C
Chris Martin, Season 21, Episode 11 “Million-Dollar Maybe”
Cyndi Lauper – Season 10, Episode 11 “Wild Barts Can’t Be Broken”
Cypress Hill Season 7, Episode 24 “Homerpalooza”
D
Daryl Coley – Season 2, Episode 5 “Dancin’ Homer”
Dolly Parton – Season 10, Episode 12 “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”
David Crosby – Season 4, Episode 21 “Marge in Chains”
David Byrne – Season 14, Episode 18 “Dude, Where’s My Ranch?”
The Dixie Chicks – Season 19, Episode 16 “Papa Don’t Leech”
The Decemberists – Season 24, Episode 7 “The Day the Earth Stood Cool”
E
Ed Sheeran – Season 29, Episode 10 “Haw-Haw Land”
Elton John – Season 10, Episode 14 “I’m With Cupid”
Elvis Costello – Season 4, Episode 2 “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”
F
Fall Out Boy – Season 20, Episode 9 “Lisa the Drama Queen”
Fantasia – Season 16, Episode 18 “A Star is Torn”
Flight of the Conchords – Season 22, Episode 1 “Elementary School Musical”
G
George Harrison – Season 5, Episode 1 “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet”
Green Day – The Simpsons Movie
H
Hank Williams, Jr Season 9, Episode 15 “The Last Temptation of Krust”
I/J
Jack Black, Season 19, Episode 7 “Husbands and Knives”
Jackson Browne – Season 14, Episode 20 “Brake My Wife, Please”
James Brown – Season 5, Episode 7 “Bart’s Inner Child”
James Taylor – Season 5, Episode 15 “Deep Space Homer”
John Legend – Season 31, Episode 12 “The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson”
Justin Bieber Season 24, Episode 20 “The Fabulous Faker”
Johnny Cash Season 8, Episode 9 “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)”
K
Kid Rock and Joe C – Season 11, Episode 19 “Kill the Alligator and Run”
Katy Perry – Season 22, Episode 8 “The Fight Before Christmas”
Kipp Lennon – Season 3, Episode 1 “Stark Raving Dad”
L
Lady Gaga – Season 23, Episode 22: “Lisa Goes Gaga”
Lenny Kravitz – Season 4, Episode 2 “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”
Linda Ronstadt – Season 4, Episode 9 “Mr. Plow”
Little Richard – Season 14, Episode 7 “Special Edna”
Ludacris – Season 18, Episode 22 “You Kent Always Say What You Want”
Lionel Richie – Season 19, Episode 1 “He Loves to Fly and He D’ohs”
M
Michael Jackson – Season 3, Episode 1 “Stark Raving Dad”
Metallica – Season 18, Episode 1 “The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer”
Mandy Moore Season 17, Episode 22 “Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play”
Marvin Hamlisch – Season 24, Episode 4 “Gone Abie Gone”
The Moody Blues – Season 10, Episode 10 “Viva Ned Flanders”
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards – Season 14, Episode 2 “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”
N
‘N Sync – Season 12, Episode 14 “New Kids on the Blecch”
NRBQ – Season 11, Episode 8 “Take My Wife, Sleaze”
O/P
Paul & Linda McCartney – Season 7, Episode 5 “Lisa the Vegetarian”
Pharrell Williams – Season 26, Episode 13 “Walking Big & Tall”
Paul Anka – Season 7, Episode 6 “Treehouse of Horror VI”
Peter Frampton – Season 7, Episode 24 “Homerpalooza”
Phish – Season 13, Episode 16 “Weekend at Burnsie’s”
Plácido Domingo – Season 19, Episode 2 “Homer of Seville”
Q/R
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Season 4, Episode 22 “Krusty Gets Kancelled”
Ringo Starr – Season 1, Episode 18 “Brush With Greatness”
Ron Taylor – Season 1, Episode 6 “Moaning Lisa”
R.E.M – Season 13, Episode 3 “Homer the Moe”
The Ramones – Season 5, Episode 4 “Rosebud”
Robert Goulet – Season 5, Episode 10 “$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)”
S
Sonic Youth – Season 7, Episode 24 “Homerpalooza”
Sting – Season 3, Episode 13 – “Radio Bart”
Snoop Dogg – Season 28, Episode 12 and 13 “The Great Phatsby”
Smashing Pumpkins Season 7, Episode 24 “Homerpalooza”
Spinal Tap – Season 3, Episode 22 “The Otto Show”
Shawn Colvin – Season 11, Episode 14 “Alone Again, Natura-Diddily”
Sonny Rollins – Season 24, Episode 19 “Whiskey Business”
Sir Mix-a-Lot, Season 18, Episode 4 “Treehouse of Horror XVII”
T
Tony Bennett – Season 2, Episode 5 “Dancin’ Homer”
Terry Cashman – Season 3, Episode 17 “Homer at the Bat”
Tito Puente – Season 6, Episode 25 “Who Shot Mr. Burns?”
Tom Petty – Season 4, Episode 2 “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”
U
U2 – Season 9, Episode 22 “Trash of the Titans”
V/W
The White Stripes – Season 18, Episode 2 “Jazzy and the Pussycats”
The Who – Season 12, Episode 2 “A Tale of Two Springfields”
Willie Nelson – Season 11, Episode 22 “Behind the Laughter”
X/Y
Yo La Tengo – Season 10, Episode 6 “D’oh-in In The Wind”
Yael Naim – Season 21, Episode 17 “The Greatest Story Ever D’ohed”
Z
Zooey Deschanel Season 19, Episode 17 “Apocalypse Cow”
Zooey Deschanel Season 24, Episode 1 “Moonshine River”
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50 Cent – Season 16, Episode 9 “Pranksta Rap”