Sat was much more just another concert night in Southern California for the fans that turned out for the terminal evening of country singer Jason Aldean'southward Loftier Noon Neon Bout at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine.
For some, this was their beginning show or the first time returning to an Aldean concert since the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, where on Oct. 1 terminal yr a gunman shot into the crowd of about 22,000 people who had just finished singing along to Aldean's "Whatever Ol' Barstool." In the end, 58 people lost their lives and hundreds more than were injured, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Multiple groups gathered at Aldean'due south shows in Southern California, which included stops at Mattress Firm Ampitheater in Chula Vista and Glen Helen Amphitheater in Devore earlier in September. A large group of more than 500 survivors, who either knew each other from the chaos in Las Vegas or subsequently via a private Facebook page, met up early on in the parking lot at FivePoint Amphitheatre to "become back on the saddle" and to pray before the show. Road 91 survivors and Seal Embankment residents Lisa Wehring and Allen Snyder handed out neon bracelets to the other survivors that read "Finishing the fix" and even Aldean sported one on stage during his headlining turn.
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Approximately 500 Route 91 Harvest Festival survivors pose for a group photo prior to country music artist Jason Aldean's functioning Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Land music artist Jason Aldean performs the last show of his High Noon Neon Bout Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun homo shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Route 91 Harvest Festival survivors hold hands during a moment of prayer with other survivors Sat, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine prior to Jason Aldean'south sold out performance. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last Oct 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Road 91 Harvest Festival survivors gather in the parking lot prior to Jason Aldean's performance Sabbatum September 30, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas concluding October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Route 91 Harvest Festival survivors Robert and Traci Espenship, from San Pedro, testify their matching tattoos (as they also wear their wristbands from last years show) prior to country music artist Jason Aldean's performance Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the bear witness. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Some of the wristbands handed out by Route 91 Harvest Festival survivor Lisa Freeman Wehring sit in a tray prior to country music creative person Jason Aldean's performance Sabbatum, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October ane when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Volition Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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A Road 91 Harvest Festival survivor wears wristbands in remembrance of the those injured and killed in Las Vegas last yr in the parking lot prior to Jason Aldean's performance Saturday September 30, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the evidence. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October one when a gun human being shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Patrick Tater, from Burbank, tightly hugs his wife Genae, prior to Jason Aldean's operation Sat, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Genae attended the Route 91 Harvest Festival show with a close friend when they became separated following the shooting. Potato helped them past phone to unite hours later. Patrick and Renae married each other the calendar week post-obit the Las Vegas shooting. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas concluding Oct 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Volition Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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A survivor from the Route 91 Harvest Festival wears a specially made buckle to remember those killed at the Las Vegas country music festival last Oct 1 prior to Jason Aldean's performance Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the bear witness. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Road 91 Harvest Festival survivors get together in the parking lot prior to Jason Aldean's performance Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas terminal October ane when a gun human being shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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State music artist Jason Aldean performs the final show of his High Apex Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October one when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Route 91 Harvest Festival survivors Allen Snyder and Lisa Freeman Wehring, both from Seal Beach, hold hands during a moment of prayer with other survivors Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine prior to Jason Aldean's sold out performance. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas terminal October i when a gun human shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Route 91 Harvest Festival survivors Allen Snyder (center) and Lisa Freeman Wehring (right), both from Seal Embankment, hand out bracelets to other survivors Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine prior to Jason Aldean's sold out performance. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the prove. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Jason Aldean performs the final show of his High Apex Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Road 91 survivors attended the testify. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October i when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Country music artist Jason Aldean performs the terminal show of his High Noon Neon Bout Sabbatum, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Route 91 Harvest Festival survivors gather in the parking lot prior to Jason Aldean'due south performance Sat September 30, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the bear witness. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas final Oct 1 when a gun human being shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Patrick and Geane Murphy, from Burbank, pose for a moving-picture show prior to Jason Aldean'due south performance Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Genae attended the Road 91 Harvest Festival prove with a close friend when they became separated post-obit the shooting. Tater helped them by phone to unite hours later. Patrick and Renae married each other the week following the Las Vegas shooting. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun human shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music artist Jason Aldean performs the terminal evidence of his High Noon Neon Tour Sabbatum, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the testify. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October ane when a gun homo shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music fans get together for a picture prior to Jason Aldean'south functioning Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Road 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun homo shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Volition Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Country music artist Jason Aldean, with a wrist full of Road 91 arm bands, performs the final show of his High Apex Neon Tour Sat, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas final October ane when a gun human being shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Land music creative person Jason Aldean pops up out the stage to begin the final evidence of his High Noon Neon Bout Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun human being shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Volition Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music artist Jason Aldean performs the final testify of his High Noon Neon Tour Sabbatum, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas final Oct 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Jason Aldean performs the final testify of his High Noon Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Road 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas concluding October 1 when a gun human being shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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State music artist Jason Aldean performs the last evidence of his High Noon Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the testify. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas concluding Oct 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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State music artist Jason Aldean performs the final show of his High Noon Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October ane when a gun homo shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music artist Jason Aldean performs the concluding bear witness of his High Apex Neon Bout Sabbatum, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas terminal October one when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Country music artist Jason Aldean performs the final evidence of his Loftier Noon Neon Bout Sat, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Land music artist Jason Aldean performs the final testify of his High Noon Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Road 91 survivors attended the evidence. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun human shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Jason Aldean performs the final show of his High Apex Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Land music creative person Jason Aldean performs the final show of his Loftier Noon Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last Oct 1 when a gun homo shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music artist Jason Aldean performs the terminal show of his High Noon Neon Tour Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas final October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Land music creative person Luke Combs performs Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show headlined by Jason Aldean. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas terminal October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photograph by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Land music artist Lauren Alaina (right) shows her embarrassment as a member of her road crew comes out to dance with her as she performed Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show headlined by Jason Aldean. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas final October 1 when a gun homo shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Luke Combs performs Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the show headlined by Jason Aldean. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas final October i when a gun human shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Lauren Alaina performs Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the testify headlined by Jason Aldean. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas last Oct 1 when a gun human being shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Volition Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Lauren Alaina performs Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the prove headlined by Jason Aldean. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas last October one when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Lauren Alaina plays with the hair of her guitarist as she performs Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the evidence headlined by Jason Aldean. Aldean was on stage in Las Vegas concluding October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Road 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo past Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Message/SCNG)
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Country music creative person Lauren Alaina (right) dances with a fellow member of her road crew as she performed Saturday, September 29, 2018 at FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine. Approximately 500 Route 91 survivors attended the prove headlined by Jason Aldean. Aldean was on phase in Las Vegas last October 1 when a gun man shot and killed 58 concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. (Photo by Volition Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
With the one-year ceremony of the concert being Monday, Oct. 1, a few survivors shared their harrowing stories.
Patrick Murphy of Burbank spent that weekend at habitation FaceTiming with his so fiancée, Genae, who was at Route 91 with her childhood friend Betsy Edwards of Acton. The couple said proficient dark before Aldean took the stage on the terminal evening of the three-day festival and Murphy went to sleep.
He said he awoke non long afterward to a panicked telephone call from Genae, who had get separated from Edwards in the rush to escape the gunfire.
"It sounded like a state of war zone, " Murphy said, his eyes filling with tears as he recalled the moment. "That's non something you forget. Nosotros alive with this everyday."
As Potato was on the phone trying to condolement his fiancée, Edwards was calling her girl, Jessie, at home.
"I picked up the phone and she just said 'I just wanna say goodbye, I'grand non going to alive and I love y'all,'" Jessie Edwards recalled.
Somehow both Edwards and Tater were able to help navigate Betsy and Geane until they were reunited at a nearby gas station.
Jessie Edwards recapping the moment brought her female parent to tears. She still has her moments and she'll cry for seemingly no reason, she said. She'due south improve at present, only still wonders sometimes how she and Genae survived when then many around them were either killed or wounded.
"In that location'due south no other reason than by the grace of God," she said. "I'g however waiting to find out why he saved me."
Despite the traumatic experience in Vegas, the two women however attend concerts.
"Genae said to me, 'I don't remember I'll become to a concert ever again' and I said 'No! This is what we do, let'southward not let him practice that to us,'" Edwards said. "I honey this and I'm not going to let that person take that away."
Back in December they revisited the festival grounds, where the phase still stood backside a fenced-off gate. They walked the same path they ran to find each other that dark and spent time in the healing garden gear up nearby to remember the fallen 58.
"That was such a big moment for me," Edwards said. "We looked at each other and then and I said, 'Did yous feel that?' She said 'I did.' I just wasn't afraid anymore."
Samantha Palmer, 26, of Yorba Linda, felt the same mode. She was trampled and suffered ii bruised ribs and later on adult pneumonia as a result of those injuries.
Before Road 91 Palmer had won a sweepstakes for passes to the Luke Bryan and Brett Eldredge concert at Glen Helen Amphitheater in Devore, which took place merely three weeks after the Las Vegas festival.
"I thought about not going. I mean, I was injured so I could have used that as an alibi not to go," she said. "Simply I idea, no, I demand to go."
She was a little nervous, notwithstanding very sore, but had a great time, she said. When she heard Aldean was returning to Southern California for the get-go time since Route 91 — he was scheduled to perform three Southern California dates the calendar week following the tragedy, but canceled out of respect for his grieving fans — she immediately purchased a ticket.
"Information technology was exciting when Jason started the 'Finish the Ready' thing. I'm glad he's doing it," she said. "We need to finish the concert that was taken away from us. I ever knew I had a family in country music, so there was never a dubiety in my listen that after what happened we'd all be supported."
Aldean'due south tour was in back up of his latest record, "Rearview Boondocks," which dropped back in April. The jaunt featured openers Dee Jay Silver, Luke Combs, Lauren Alaina, all of whom kept spirits high and the political party vibe going Saturday night in Irvine. Aldean played his new singles "You Arrive Easy," "Drowns the Whiskey" and "Girl Similar You," as well as some of his biggest hits, including "Dirt Road Anthem," "She's Land," "Amarillo Sky," "Night Train" and "Lights Come up On." He kept "Any Ol' Barstool" at song number five in the ready list, exactly where information technology was merely before the shooting began in Las Vegas.
"I know we take a lot of Route 91 family in the house tonight," Aldean said after finishing the song. "Thank you for being hither."
"We take some business organization to finish here," he continued before heading into "When She Says Infant," the song he had started as gunfire rained downwards in Las Vegas. "Last time I saw some of you guys we got cut off. Permit'southward pick this (stuff) support right where we left off."
Jason Aldean's Loftier Noon Neon Tour
With: Luke Combs, Lauren Alaina and Dee Jay Argent
When: Saturday, Sept. 29
Where: FivePoint Ampitheatre, Irvine
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