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Jason Aldean, Sam Hunt, other musicians react to Las Vegas massacre at music festival

Jason Aldean expressed his grief on Instagram. Photo: Jim Wright

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Jason Aldean expressed his grief on Instagram. Photo: Jim Wright
By Melissa Ruggieri
Oct 2, 2017

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

The music industry reacted with expected horror at the devastating massacre at the Route 91 Harvest music festival Sunday night in Las Vegas.

Georgia's Jason Aldean was closing out the three-day event when gunfire erupted from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street from the concert site, a 15-acre lot known as the Las Vegas Village and Festival Grounds.

Aldean and fellow Georgia country star Sam Hunt, another headliner at the festival, posted heartfelt messages on Instagram.

Other artists, including fellow Route 91 performers Jake Owen, Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne and Big & Rich and Vegas regulars Celine Dion, Elton John and Britney Spears, expressed their grief on Twitter.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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