Jason Aldean, nagbalik-tanaw sa Las Vegas concert shooting
NAGBALIK- TANAW ang country star na si Jason Aldean tungkol sa kanyang “aggravated” feeling sa kanyang set sa Route 91 Harvest festival na naging laman ng headline nang mapagkamalang ang mga putok ng baril ay dahil amang sa engineering issues. Nasa entablado ang singer sa Las Vegas noong Oktubre 1, nang pagbabarilin ni Stephen Paddock ang mga nanonood ng concert, na ikinamatay ng 58 katao.
Ginunita ni Aldean ang bangungot na ito sa kanyang unang panayam sa TV magmula nang maganap ang trahedya, at umamin sa U.S. breakfast show na wala siyang kaalaman-alam na ang malalakas na pagsabog ay putok ng baril.
“We wear in-ear monitors when we’re on stage,” aniya sa footage ng chat. “And really all you can hear is the music and, you know, maybe your guys that can talk to you on microphones that are on sidestage or whatever.
“So when it first happened, I thought a speaker had blown. It just sounded like a crackling something. And so, I’m kind of looking around like, ‘What is that?’ (and) trying to figure out what it is. And then it stopped, so I was like, they must have got it fixed, so I kept doing my thing.”
Nang magsimula ulit ang ingay, nagalit siya sa sound engineers, bago nalaman -- na angkanyangmgamanonoodayinaatakena. “It lasted longer the second time,” pagbabalik-tanaw ni Jason.
“I was actually getting kind of aggravated, so I looked over at the monitor guy on the side of the stage, and I was like, ‘What is that? And fix it!’ And when I turned and looked, my guitar player had run behind me and was telling me to move, like, ‘Let’s go.’ And my security guy was running on stage, telling me to run.”
Kasama ni Aldean sa festival ang buntis na asawang si Brittany, at nagpahayg ng saloobin sa social media matapos ang nangyaring massacre, at inaming ang pamamaril ay “beyond horrific”, at nanawagan sa fans na ipagdasala ng Vegas. Simula noon ay nagbigay bugay na siya sa mga biktima at nakaligtas sa trahedya, sa ilang mga pagtatanghal niya, ang pinakabago ay nitong Linggo sa star- studded Country Rising benefit gig sa Nashville, Tennessee.
Inaalala ang naganap na trahedya sa festival, sinabi niya sa madla: “I know I don’t have to tell you guys this, but it’s been a rough couple of months for us up here and it’s a lot of fun to get back out and play for the people that matter, which is you guys.
“I spent a lot of time and a long time trying to make it in this business and doing something that I really enjoy. I’ll be damned if anybody is ever going to stop me from doing that.”