Steve Nedved
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Oct 03
“There are no words”: Jason Aldean posts new response to Las Vegas massacre
ABC/Randy Holmes Country superstar Jason Aldean posted a more lengthy response following the worst mass shooting in American history, which took place as he was closing out the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Aldean was still playing even as automatic gunfire began spraying the crowd, oblivious to the fact that suspected …
Oct 03
Police seeking burglary suspect
On 10-1-17 at between the hours of 3:30 A.M. and 4:00 A.M.., an unknown male forcibly entered two business located in the 800 Block of East Spruce and the 2200 Block of South Mentzer Mitchell SD. During the burglaries, the subject stole a large amount of change. The images above are surveillance video of the …
Oct 02
“They’re like family”: Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss and more show how country’s close connection to the fans links Nashville to Las Vegas
ABC RadioOn a windy, overcast fall evening in Music City, Grammy winners, Country-Music-Hall-of-Famers, actors, singer/songwriters and the mayor gathered in Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater to memorialize nearly 60 innocent people who lost their lives less than 24 hours earlier at a country concert in Las Vegas. “This is the kind of city that will wrap its …
Oct 02
Texas guitarist Caleb Keeter changes his mind on gun control, after experiencing Sunday’s violence in Las Vegas
ABC NewsAfter being in the crowd Sunday night as bullets rained down at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, one country musician is changing his mind about gun control. “I’ve been a proponent of the 2nd amendment my entire life,” Caleb Keeter, guitarist for the Texas-based Josh Abbott Band posted on social media. “Until the events of last night, I …
Oct 02
The Country Music Association organizes a Music City vigil for Las Vegas
ABC NewsThe Country Music Association is hosting a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater Monday evening. At least 58 concert-goers were killed and 500 were wounded as a shooter opened fire Sunday night on the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, just as headliner Jason Aldean was delivering …
Oct 02
“Our angels were definitely watching over us”: A pregnant Brittany Aldean reacts to the Vegas shooting
C Flanigan/FilmMagicJason Aldean‘s wife, Brittany, is speaking out after Sunday’s deadly shooting in Las Vegas. “Our angels were definitely watching over us tonight,” 29-year-old Brittany shared. “No words for what happened… Just horrific. Praying for everyone,” she wrote. Jason was performing during the final night of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Vegas when the shooting …
Oct 02
“We are not broken”: Stars work to forge a path ahead, after the worst mass shooting in American history
ABC NewsAs country music finds itself at the center of the worst mass shooting in modern American history, its biggest stars continue to reach out to the fans on social media, trying to bring comfort and make some sense of the tragedy. As the death toll grew to at least 58, with more than 500 …
Oct 02
Texas musician Josh Abbott was “just a few floors away” as bullets rained down on Route 91 Harvest Festival
ABC NewsTexas’s Josh Abbott Band had finished their Sunday afternoon set at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, when tragedy struck. “Everyone in our band and crew are safe,” Josh said on Facebook Monday. I had just left and was in the Mandalay Bay on the 20th floor with my fiancée during the shooting just a few …
Oct 02
Jason Aldean’s camp remembers the fans, in the wake of tragedy
ABC/Image Group LA Jason Aldean’s record label is remembering the fans, after a gunman killed at least 58 and injured more than 500 others during Aldean’s set Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas. “We are horrified by the events in Las Vegas overnight and relieved to report that all of …
Oct 02
The country community reaches out on social media, after Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas
Photo by David Becker/Getty ImagesAs the nation and the world try to make sense of the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night that left at least 50 dead and 200 injured, the country music community is reaching out, after a tragedy that hits particularly close to home. The shooting took place during two-time ACM …