Country star Jason Aldean started off “Saturday
Night Live” by taking the stage to pay tribute to the
victims of the Las Vegas massacre and late rocker
Tom Petty.
Aldean performed Petty's "I Won't Back Down"
during the live opening Saturday night and addressed
the deadly shooting that killed 58 people in a
message to the audience and viewers.
"This week we witnessed one of the worst tragedies
in American history," Aldean said. "So many people
are hurting. You can be sure that we are going to
walk through these tough times together every step
of the way."
JASON ALDEAN ON LAS VEGAS SHOOTING: IT IS
TIME WE 'STAND TOGETHER AS ONE'
The country star was singing his song “When She
Says Baby” at Route 91 Harvest Festival last Sunday
night in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire at a
crowd of 22,000 people. Video showed the terrifying
moment Aldean rushed off the stage as the spray of
bullets hit concertgoers.
Nearly 500 people were also injured in the
massacre. Aldean released a lengthy statement a
day after saying his “heart aches for the victims and
their families of the senseless act.”
Jason Aldean paid tribute to the victims of the Las
Vegas massacre in his performance on "Saturday
Night Live" (2017 NBCUniversal Media, LLC)
"Over the last 24 hrs I have gone through lots of
emotions. Scared, Anger, Heartache, Compassion
and many others. I truely dont (sic) understand why
a person would want to take the life of another,"
Aldean wrote on Instagram late Monday night.
"Something has changed in this country and in this
world lately that is scary to see. This world is
becoming the kind of place i am afraid to raise my
children in. At the end of the day we arent
Democrats or Republicans, Whites or Blacks, Men or
Women. We are all humans and we are all
Americans and its time to start acting like it and
stand together as ONE,” he continued.
Petty died Monday in Los Angeles at age 66 after
suffering cardiac arrest, Tony Dimitriades, the band
manager, announced.
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