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Chris Stapleton Pays Tribute To Route 91 Victims At ACM Awards

By Jamie Samhan.

Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton helped honour those who died in the tragic Route 91 country music festival shooting in 2017.

During Monday’s 2022 ACM Awards in Las Vegas, Jason Aldean, who was at the performance when the shooting happened, introduced Stapleton to perform “Watch You Burn”.

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Stapleton was joined by a 16-person choir as he sang, “I could snap my fingers, if I could flip a switch/ I’d make that last bullet first, you son of a b**ch.”

The Oct. 1, 2017 shooting left 59 dead and more than 800 injured.

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Stapleton was up for four ACM Awards this year, including Entertainer Of The Year, Male Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year.

The 2022 ACM Awards were hosted by Dolly Parton and co-hosts Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett.

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