While it was not the main focus, he never shied away from alluding to the events or stating how proud he was of country music, both his artist brethren and the fans, for coming together after Sunday’s tragedies and growing stronger.Ī post shared by Go Country 105 referenced the strength of country music fans a couple of times towards the beginning of his set, but it was about two-thirds of the way through his performance when he began speaking about the military, police officers, firefighters and EMTs who give their lives, as well as nurses and teachers who “protect and serve us every day,” that it was clear he was about to dedicate “I Drive Your Truck" - one of his biggest hits and perhaps his most heartbreaking single about a family member lost in combat - to victims of the massacre. Once Brice took the stage just shy of 10 p.m., Vegas was never an elephant in the room. MORE: Lady Antebellum Leads a Prayer Ahead of Manchester Show After Las Vegas Tragedy - Watch “I have - it's not even faith - I know them because I am them. Because if they do, there's no winning that battle,” he added. “You might go to a big festival and you might say, ‘This is a rowdy crowd!’ There might be fights out there because they're rednecks, but when it comes to something like that, they fight together and they're not afraid.” Is it going to deter country music artists? Is it going to deter country music fans?’ And I just really don't think it is,” he said. “Some people say, ‘Well, I know it's scary to think about that, but it could happen at any concert. “It could have been us on Friday, it could have been them on Saturday, it could have been on Sunday, and it's just scary to think about that.”īut it’s times like these that it’s more important than ever for the show to go on, and that’s why Brice was still taking the stage in L.A. “Then number two, my bus was parked exactly where Aldean's was parked, and my crew was standing around that stage exactly where all his crew members were and out in front,” he continued. Just the thought of that breaks my heart.” “I didn't even know Chris Young was right there, and he was actually on the other side of the stage where the fire was coming through and from to get to everyone else. And not just them, but some of my buddies - Jake and Jason, they were right there,” he told ET.
“It continues to make me think about the fans that were there and the fear and just the moment they were in, and that just breaks my heart. RELATED: Kings of Leon Pledge Las Vegas Show Proceeds to Music City Cares Fund After Tragic Shooting 3, so he’s been processing the tragedy nearly endlessly, admitting that it’s “kind of been taxing on my heart and my head.”
Since then, he’s done a few interviews as he gears up to release his fourth studio album on Nov. Though he wasn’t in Vegas on Sunday, Brice and his team had played the Route 91 Harvest Festival two nights earlier.
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