{"id":98104,"date":"2017-10-08T01:13:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T05:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=98104"},"modified":"2017-10-08T01:17:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T05:17:23","slug":"jason-aldean-opens-saturday-night-live-performs-tom-pettys-wont-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/10\/08\/jason-aldean-opens-saturday-night-live-performs-tom-pettys-wont-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean Opens &#8220;Saturday Night Live,&#8221; Performs Tom Petty&#8217;s &#8220;I Won&#8217;t Back Down&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cold open of this weekend&#8217;s &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; featured Jason Aldean.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean began his segment by addressing the Las Vegas shooting, which broke out during his concert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This week, we witnessed one of the worst tragedies in American history,&#8221; began Aldean.  &#8220;Like everyone, I&#8217;m struggling to understand what happened that night and how to pick up the pieces and start to heal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So many people are hurting, there are children, parents, brothers, sisters, friends&#8230;they&#8217;re all part of our family.  So I want to say to them &#8211; we hurt for you, and we hurt with you, but you can be sure, we&#8217;re going to walk through these tough times together, every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because when America is at its best, our bond and our spirit &#8211; it&#8217;s unbreakable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aldean then performed Tom Petty &#038; The Heartbreakers&#8217; classic hit &#8220;I Won&#8217;t Back Down.&#8221;  Petty passed at the age of 66 this week.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the entire cold open follows:<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4RRCbVBCRBE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aldean comments on the Las Vegas shooting &#8212; then tributes the victims (and the late Tom Petty) with &#8220;I Won&#8217;t Back Down.&#8221;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1048],"tags":[1372,666,180,2660],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jason Aldean Opens &quot;Saturday Night Live,&quot; Performs Tom Petty&#039;s &quot;I Won&#039;t Back Down&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The cold open of this weekend&#039;s &quot;Saturday Night Live&quot; featured Jason Aldean. 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