PopSugar UK — Jason Aldean opens SNL with brief monologue on Las Vegas, launches into cover of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down." pic.twitter.com/R73cFvU22v - Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 8, 2017 Saturday Night Live opened on an emotional note this weekend court... more info

New York Times — On “Weekend Update,” Colin Jost and Michael Che took on gun rights. more info

Mjsbigblog — Saturday Night Live opened with Jason Aldean singing the late Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" in tribute to victims of the Las Vegas shooting. The post Jason Aldean Performs Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ SNL Cold Open (VIDEO) appeared first... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Jason Aldean returned to the stage for the first time since the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, where the country star was performing when the tragic mass shooting that killed 59 people and injured hundreds more occurred. After ca... more info

Chicago Tribune — Jason Aldean, who was performing when shooting broke out during the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas Sunday night, opened "Saturday Night Live" by paying tribute to both the victims of the tragedy -- and Tom Petty. The show opened with Aldean a... more info

USA Today Music — Jason Aldean, who was onstage at the Route 91 Harvest musical festival as the Las Vegas shooting began, addressed the tragedy on 'Saturday Night Live.'             more info

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E! Online — Chris Young paid tribute to the victims of Sunday's Las Vegas mass shooting. The country music singer was at Jason Aldean's performance during the Route 91 Harvest Festival when a... more info

Stereogum — One deeply unfortunate coincidence about last weekend's mass shooting in Las Vegas is that it happened while America's #1 album was by a band from Vegas called the Killers. Now that band's frontman, Brandon Flowers, who has long had a heart for his h... more info