Eleven-time 2023 Billboard Music Award-winning country music artist Morgan Wallen was arrested late Sunday night at The Chief, the six-story Nashville honky-tonk that was recently opened by his business partner and longtime confidant Eric Church.
Wallen has been charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct.
In a police report, the 30-year-old singer was accused of throwing a chair from the establishment’s roof onto the street below, while a Metro Nashville police officer was standing in front of the bar just before 11 p.m. and saw the chair hit. The ground was just a few feet away from where they were standing, the report said.
Officers viewing security footage saw Wallen “jump onto the roof and throw an object,” the report said.
Witnesses said Wallen laughed afterward.
In a statement released to The Tennessean by Wallen’s representatives, Wallen’s attorney, Warrick Robinson of Warrick Robinson Law, said, “On Sunday at 10:53 p.m. CT, Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with authorities.”
Wallen was released about 3:30 a.m. Monday on $15,250 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court on May 3, a date that coincides with one of three planned concerts at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. The singer is scheduled to perform there on May 2-4.
No statement has yet been released regarding a make-up date for their canceled 2023 appearance at Vought-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi on April 20, 2024, or whether their headlining appearance at the Stagecoach Festival on April 28. Will be canceled in the light of recent circumstances. to arrest.
Last year, Wallen said he needed vocal rest and canceled that show on April 24, 2023. This was only 11 dates of their seven-month global tour. They refunded the ticket price.
“I’m so sorry, I promise you guys I tried everything I could,” he said at the time.
Morgan Wallen’s history with Lower Broadway
Wallen has a history of run-ins with the law on Lower Broadway.
On May 24, 2020, Wallen was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct outside Kid Rock’s Honky-Tonk in downtown Nashville.
In the arrest warrant, the Metro Nashville Police Department said Wallen was kicked out of Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N Roll Steakhouse at approximately 11 p.m. for “kicking glass objects.” Police said he verbally fought with passersby on the street while officers watched.
“Officers gave (Wallen) multiple opportunities to get away with his friends, but he refused to get away,” Metro said at the time, noting that he was “a danger to himself and the public.” Was.”
Wallen recently announced that he will open a Nashville bar called ‘This Bar’ in 2024 to pay homage to his Tennessee roots. The six-story establishment will be located at 107 4th Avenue North on Lower Broadway and is planned as a live music venue and restaurant.
The title of the bar comes from Wallen’s 2019 song of the same name, where he sings, “I found myself in this bar / Making mistakes and making new friends.”
In a press release announcing the opening, Wallen said, “I sing about finding myself in ‘This Bar,’ and now it’s coming to life. This place will live up to everything I love And it’s inspired by my fans and the way they’ve embraced me and my music.”
Morgan Wallen’s 2024 Present
On Sunday, Wallen did not attend CMT’s 2024 Music Awards in Austin, Texas.
In 2021, in response to the controversy over Wallen being recorded drunkenly making racial remarks in front of his home, CMT removed Wallen’s music from all of its platforms. This ban remained in effect for three years.
“We do not tolerate or condone words and actions that are in direct opposition to our core values that celebrate diversity, equality, and inclusion,” CMT representatives said via social media.
Wallen was at the Chiefs’ side after returning to Nashville from the Chiefs home kick-off for their nationwide “One Night at a Time” tour at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 4 and 5. Attendance on both of those dates set attendance records for the venue.
Church and Wallen’s business interests
The Chief was inaugurated on April 5 with the first night of the “To Beat the Devil” residency named the venue’s Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year. The event was held at the intimate 400-person Neon Steeple venue.
The church venue was announced for early 2022, with AJ Capital leading the renovation.
AJ Capital has become the leading real estate developer in Music City during the last decade.
Collaboration with the Church for Chief and Wallen, through their Morgan Wallen Foundation, and donors, including the Church (through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and the Chief Cares Fund), to work on the renovation of North Nashville’s historic Club Baron venue. There are two ways in which he has recently become involved with Nashville’s music community.
Additionally, Church and Wallen recently announced a partnership to acquire and relaunch the 152-year-old Field & Stream outdoor lifestyle brand.
The pair’s upcoming Field & Stream-branded concepts include a limited-edition apparel collection and the announcement of an outdoor fall “Field & Stream Music Festival” co-produced by Southern Entertainment.
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