Chris Stapleton performed a tribute to Tom Petty who died suddenly on Oct. 2, 2017 at the age of 66 of an accidental prescription pill overdose. Getting through the performance was difficult for Stapleton.
“I got to be on tour with him this past tour… and I got to play three shows with him… I only got to have a brief conversation with Tom. He was very kind and the last thing he said to me was ‘I hope we can do this again…’ And that was such a thrill for me. It was a really hard thing for me to do tonight. I was tearing up,” he told reporters backstage after the show.
“I was playing a tribute to Mr. Petty and that’s why I took the hat off for that,” he explained.
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