2017
A mass shooting occurred at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Paradise, Nevada during a closing performance by Jason Aldean. A shooter fired into the crowd from a 32nd-floor balcony of the Mandalay Bay hotel, located to the southeast of the Las Vegas Village outdoor concert venue. 58 people died and more than 850 were wounded. Aldean was able to escape uninjured and less than a week later he paid tribute to the victims and others impacted by the events in Las Vegas by appearing on Saturday Night Live, giving words of support before performing Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down”.