{"id":1315096,"date":"2019-09-28T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T17:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1812477"},"modified":"2019-09-28T11:41:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T17:41:20","slug":"jason-aldean-when-the-lights-go-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/jason-aldean-when-the-lights-go-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean: When the Lights Go Off"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 32m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

By the time I got to the Jason Aldean<\/a> show outside of Chicago on Friday night (Sept. 27), it was too late. The show had been cancelled due to thunderstorms and cloud-to-ground lightning that had descended on the south suburbs.<\/p>\n

The parking lot was as full of fans as it was of standing water. And while they all waited patiently in their cars for the gates to open \u2014 prepped for the weather with ponchos and rain boots, because Aldean\u2019s fans are not just fair-weather fans \u2014 inside the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, the decision was being made that the show mustn\u2019t go on.<\/p>\n

I made it backstage safe and sound just before the heaviest rain started to fall, so I could talk to Aldean about the decision that no country star ever wants to make.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just so unfortunate. We\u2019re all watching the weather and we\u2019re on the phone with the National Weather Service. But it\u2019s one of those things where if we see there\u2019s a window when we can<\/em> get the show in, we\u2019re here and we\u2019re set up and we\u2019re ready to go and knock it out,\u201d Aldean told me. \u201cBut tonight, the storms are coming through and they\u2019re not gonna end until sometime after midnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if there was a small window of time that looked safe to play, and we let everybody in and started the show, if there was even one lightning strike, we\u2019d have to send all the fans back out to their cars to make sure they are safe. And that really becomes a headache for them. We\u2019ve done it like that before, but then the people who stick around all night waiting, and you eventually have to cancel, I mean, that\u2019s a bad deal for them. It\u2019s just something we never want to have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aldean explained that a full cancellation like Friday night\u2019s is a last resort.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here and we\u2019re ready, and we can always plow through if it\u2019s just rain. It would get sloppy, but we could do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The lightning, though. That\u2019s what changes everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s striking within so many miles of the venue, we have to shut it down. There\u2019s no choice. And that\u2019s where we are tonight. You can see on the weather we\u2019re watching that it\u2019s literally right on top of this building.\u201d<\/p>\n

And he knows just how disappointing it is, because he\u2019s been on the other side of those venue gates waiting for a show to go on. \u201cI get it, as a fan. You have something you\u2019re really looking forward to, and then the day comes and something like this happens. It\u2019s so frustrating. People usually kind of want to point the finger at somebody, but in this case, there\u2019s no one to blame. It just happens,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re at the mercy of the weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Disappointed we won\u2019t be able to play for you tonight Chicago! Y\u2019all stay safe in these storms and hope to see you at another show soon. pic.twitter.com\/zI115Y874w<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason Aldean (@Jason_Aldean) September 27, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the venue, full refunds will be available at the point of ticket purchase.<\/p>\n

Aldean\u2019s Ride All Night tour with Kane Brown and Carly Pearce continues Saturday and Sunday nights at the DTE Energy Music Center in Clarkston, Mich.<\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n

@alisonbonaguro<\/a><\/div>\n

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