A week after opening Saturday Night Live [1] with an emotional tribute to the Las Vegas shooting victims [2], Jason Aldean returned to the stage with some of his fellow country stars. During the 2017 CMT Artists of the Year event, the singer, along with Keith Urban [3], Chris Stapleton, and Little Big Town, honored the late Tom Petty [4] by singing his hit "I Won't Back Down." [5] Not only did the crowd join by singing along, but the artists were met with with a standing ovation after their performance.