The 'Saturday Night Live' Cold Open Pays Perfect Tribute to Both the Vegas Victims and Tom Petty
By Dustin Rowles | Saturday Night Live | October 7, 2017 |
By Dustin Rowles | Saturday Night Live | October 7, 2017 |
Jason Aldean, who was the country music artist on stage when the massacre began this week in Las Vegas, pays tribute to not only the lives lost but Tom Petty — who died the day after the Vegas shooting — with a fantastic rendition of Petty’s incredibly appropriate “Won’t Back Down.” I don’t ever recall a musician giving the “Live from New York, It’s Saturday Night” after opening the show with a song, but if there was ever a time to do it, it is now.
Well done, SNL.
Wow great job on having @Jason_Aldean on the opener for #SNL such an emotional one
— Krista (@MissK3184) October 8, 2017
"I Won't Back Down" is my fave Tom Petty song. Jason Aldean covering it in the wake of the Vegas massacre & as a tribute to Petty…❤️ #SNL
— Cindy (@ninilouwho) October 8, 2017
Live from NY !! Common decency … TY!! #SNL & #Jason Aldean … That was perfect 👌🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️#Vegas strong #WontBackDown pic.twitter.com/1yZghIRmmr
— Elaine DiVeglio (@EDIVEG64) October 8, 2017
Beautiful & sad - but perfect. #JasonAldean Aldean on #SNL
— Debbie Carroll (@DCgrafx) October 8, 2017
#snl does it again. Even tho my heart aches and I’m ugly crying Jason Andean singing Tom Petty is the perfect end for this week
— Linda O. (@llo48186) October 8, 2017
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