Jason Aldean pays tribute to Vegas victims, Petty on ‘SNL’
Country star Jason Aldean took the stage on » Saturday Night Live, » paying tribute to the victims of the Las Vegas massacre and the late rock superstar Tom Petty.
Aldean performed Petty’s « I Won’t Back Down » during the live opening Saturday night and then introduced the show.
« This week we witnessed one of the worst tragedies in American history, » he 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. »
Aldean was performing at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas last Sunday night when a gunman sprayed bullets into the crowd from a high-rise hotel, killing 58 people and injuring nearly 500.
Petty died Monday in Los Angeles at age 66 after suffering cardiac arrest.
