{"id":2246717,"date":"2024-05-17T08:41:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wonderfully-touching-jason-aldeans-tribute-to-toby-keith-at-acm-awards-lights-up-social-media\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T08:41:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:41:04","slug":"wonderfully-touching-jason-aldeans-tribute-to-toby-keith-at-acm-awards-lights-up-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wonderfully-touching-jason-aldeans-tribute-to-toby-keith-at-acm-awards-lights-up-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wonderfully Touching\u2019: Jason Aldean\u2019s Tribute To Toby Keith At ACM Awards Lights Up Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwonderfully-touching-jason-aldeans-tribute-to-toby-keith-at-acm-awards-lights-up-social-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246717&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jason-aldean-reveals-advice-late-country-star-taught-him-about-unapologetically-speaking-his-mind\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason Aldean<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> paid tribute to country legend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/toby-keith\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toby Keith<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, with the late star\u2019s family praising it as \u201cwonderfully touching.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the ACM Awards, held at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the 47-year-old country singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-B4nR-CgMVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took the stage<\/a> to sing his version of one of Keith\u2019s biggest hits, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShould\u2019ve Been A Cowboy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sitting on a stool with his guitar, Aldean sang a slowed-down acoustic version of Keith\u2019s 1993 hit, which got an emotional reaction from Keith\u2019s family and many viewers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/jason-aldean-stirring-acm-awards-tribute-honors-toby-keith-watch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taste of Country<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the performance, the host of this year\u2019s ACM Awards, country star Reba McEntire, reacted to Aldean\u2019s tribute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toby, we\u2019ll never forget you and I kind of feel like you\u2019re here with us tonight anyway,\u201d McEntire told the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Covel family would like to thank Jason Aldean for the wonderfully touching performance at the ACM Awards tonight,\u201d a message from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tobykeith\/status\/1791292480240968065\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keith\u2019s family<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> posted on X read. \u201cIt was the perfect tribute to Toby Keith.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cJason Aldean just sang \u2018Should\u2019ve Been a Cowboy\u2019 in an incredible and touching tribute to Toby Keith at the ACM Awards. So epic,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1791297113504067797\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">one person<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> wrote, along with a TikTok clip someone made that read, \u201cWho else is crying at home! Miss You Toby Keith.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheyCallMeNans\/status\/1791300238411481275\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another added<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cJason Aldean doi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ng a tribute to Toby Keith. It got a little dusty in here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While a third wrote, \u201cWhat an amazing tribute to Toby!! Jason Aldean.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Later, Aldean shared the video of his tribute <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1791344145241448519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on X<\/a>, writing, \u201cSuch an honor to get to pay tribute to my friend, [tobykeith], tonite [sic] on the #ACMawards. Toby was a big influence for a lot of us, including me, so it\u2019s a full circle moment getting to play for him and honor his legacy. We miss you Toby!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the \u201cTry That In A Small Town\u201d star took the stage, fellow country star <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ACMawards\/status\/1791280212426060138\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blake Shelton<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> introduced the tribute segment talking about his late pal, saying he was both \u201cheartbroken and honored\u201d to pay tribute to Keith as he highlighted the singer\u2019s incredible career and praised his role as a father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keith died earlier this year following a lengthy battle with stomach cancer. He was 62. Following his death, the \u201cRed Solo Cup\u201d hitmaker was announced as one of the new inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jason-aldean-reveals-advice-late-country-star-taught-him-about-unapologetically-speaking-his-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Aldean Reveals Advice Late Country Star Taught Him About Unapologetically Speaking His\u00a0Mind<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Aldean paid tribute to country legend Toby Keith at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, with the late star\u2019s family praising it as \u201cwonderfully touching.\u201d During the ACM Awards, held at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the 47-year-old country singer took the stage to sing his version of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2246718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-483328753.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-483328753.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}