Leading up to Saturday Night Live’s 40th anniversary special Sunday night, reports claimed that NSYNC would be reuniting – but the boy band neither performed nor appeared in a sketch.

Where Was NSYNC?

On Saturday, NSYNC had hinted on Twitter that there would be a reunion, with a tweet reading, “Together again…”

“Together again… Gee, it’s good to be together again” #SNL40

— *NSYNC (@NSYNC) February 14, 2015

However, the only NSYNC member that featured prominently in the show was Justin Timberlake, who performed the cold open sketch with Jimmy Fallon.

Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone did appear on the red carpet, but, missing JC Chasez, the erstwhile group never took to the stage. “#snl40 (JC couldn’t make it last minute),” Bass captioned a picture on Instagram with Fitzpatrick, Fatone, Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolf and Glenn Close.

A photo posted by Lance Bass (@lancebass) on Feb 16, 2015 at 1:16am PST

Fans who’d been eagerly awaiting a reunion were sorely disappointed to find out that no such reunion was taking place and took to Twitter about it.

Serious if @NSYNC doesn’t perform or do a skit together, I’m requesting a refund. #SNL40

— Megan (@asianmegan) February 16, 2015

ok yes, this is all very funny but WHERE IS THIS NSYNC REUNION?!?? #SNL40

— cristine mayer (@thecristine) February 16, 2015

Could have had an @NSYNC reunion. Instead we had Kayne lying on the floor. #SNL40

— Nikki Rappaport (@nikkirap) February 16, 2015

Reaction on Twitter when people found out that NSYNC isn’t performing on #SNL40. pic.twitter.com/p1SBTX4RXJ

— Anthony DiPiero (@AnthonyDiPiero7) February 16, 2015

umm… did we all just get punk’d? WHERE WAS @NSYNC ??? #SNL40

— Jessica Alcantara (@yessicana) February 16, 2015