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 …
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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 …
Oct 02
Blake Shelton says there’s no two ways about it: “Miley Cyrus has a motor mouth”
NBCUniversalPerpetual jokester Blake Shelton never shies away from matching wits with his competitors on The Voice. But when it comes to getting into a war of words with Miley Cyrus, the Oklahoma native admits Billy Ray’s daughter may have him beat. “Well, the good thing about having Miley back for season 13 is none of us really have to …
Oct 02
Country artists respond to Vegas shooting: “I witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight”
David Becker/Getty ImagesJake Owen and other country stars took to social media Sunday night after apparently witnessing the mass shooting that took place during a country music festival in Las Vegas near the Mandalay Bay Casino. “Gun shots!!! Vegas. Pray to god. Love you guys. Love you Pearl,” he tweeted, in reference to his daughter, …
Sep 29
Lauren Alaina pours out all her emotions in new “Doin’ Fine” video
ABC/Lou RoccoAs Lauren Alaina approaches the top of the chart with her duet with Kane Brown, “What Ifs,” she’s also releasing the new video for her own single, “Doin’ Fine.” The Georgia native sports multiple glamorous looks in the clip — including for one memorable, rain-soaked scene — all in the name of communicating the message of the …