Jason Aldean Rouses Crowd at All-Star Benefit for Victims: ‘I’ll Be Damned If Anybody Is Ever Gonna Stop Me’
Nobody knows better than Jason Aldean the cruel and random nature of tragedy.When he signed up for a benefit concert back in September, he was volunteering to help hurricane victims.
But by the time he took the stage in Nashville on Sunday night, he was singing, as well, for the victims of bullets that had rained down on his own Las Vegas concert.As Aldean told the sold-out crowd at Bridgestone Arena, “It’s been a rough couple months for us up here.”Aldean’s presence brought a raw immediacy to the evening, and the 40-year-old artist chose to respond with defiance. »