According to police, country music artist Morgan Wallen was detained in Nashville after he allegedly threw a chair at Chief Eric Church.
Country music singer and 2023 Billboard Music Awards winner Morgan Wallen was taken into custody late on Sunday night on suspicion of starting a commotion at the Chief, a six-story honky-tonk in downtown Nashville that was just opened by Wallen’s longtime friend and business partner Eric Church.
Wallen faces charges of disruptive behavior and endangerment in three separate incidents.
According to a police report, the 30-year-old musician was accused of hurling a chair off the rooftop of the institution onto the street just before 11 p.m. during a bar run.
According to the report, a few feet away from where they were standing, Metro Nashville police officers witnessed a chair fall to the ground.
Security footage, according to the investigation, shows Wallen being seen by authorities “jumping on the roof and throwing an object.”
Witnesses reported Wallen chuckled afterward.
Wallen’s attorney, Warwick Robinson of Warwick Robinson Law, gave the following statement to Tennesseean: “Montana Wallen was arrested in Nashville at around 10:53 p.m. on Sunday night for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.” He is assisting the police in every way.”
Wallen was freed at roughly three in the morning on a $15,250 bond. On May 3, one of the three planned music events at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, he is expected to appear in court. From May 2–4, the artist is scheduled to play there.
Regarding the rescheduled date of his postponed 2023 engagement at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi on April 20, 2024, or if his arrest will result in the cancellation of his major appearance at the Stagecoach Festival on April 28, no announcement has been released as of yet.
Wallen called off the performance on April 24, 2023, stating that he needed a vocal rest last year. He was just on his eleventh date in a seven-month worldwide tour. He gave the ticket price back.
At that moment,” he reflected, “I genuinely apologize; rest assured, I exerted every effort within my capacity to address the situation.
The background of Morgan Wallen on Lower Broadway
Wallen’s history on Lower Broadway includes run-ins with the law.
Wallen was taken into custody in Nashville on May 24, 2020, for disorderly behavior and public intoxication outside Kid Rock’s Lower Broadway honky tonk.
Around eleven p.m. the Metro Nashville Police Department’s arrest warrant indicated that Wallen was escorted from the Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse due to allegations of “disruptive behavior involving glass objects. While authorities observed he allegedly engaged into verbal altercations with passersby on the street.
“Officers gave (Wallen) several opportunities to walk away with his friends, but he refused,” Metro stated at the time, adding that he “was a danger to himself and others.”
Wallen recently declared that, as a nod to his Tennessee heritage, he will establish “This Bar,” a bar in Nashville, in 2024. The six-story building, which is intended to serve as a restaurant and live music venue, will be situated at 107 4th Avenue North on Lower Broadway.
In the song of the same name from 2019, he sings, “I found myself in this bar this time / was making mistakes and making new friends.” This is where the bar gets its name.
In a news statement announcing the launch, Wallen stated, “I sang about discovering myself in ‘This Bar,’ and it’s coming to life now. This location will be a reflection of everything I cherish, and it will draw inspiration from my fans’ unwavering support of both my music and me.”
In 2024, Morgan Wallen
Wallen did not attend the 2024 music awards Sunday night at the CMAs in Austin, Texas.
Wallen’s music was taken down from all of the CMAs’ platforms in reaction to the scandal surrounding his recorded racist remarks made in front of his home in 2021. Three years were spent on the prohibition.
Through social media, CMA representatives declared, “We do not tolerate words and actions that directly oppose our core values of celebrating diversity, equality, and inclusion.”
Wallen made history as a Chief on April 4 and 5, shattering attendance records at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis after returning from his nationwide “One Night at a Time” tour with big home kicks.
Wallen’s professional interests and those of the Chief
The first night of the Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, who is titled after “Devil,” kicked off the Chief’s grand opening on April 5. Neon Stables, a cozy 400-person venue, hosted this event.
Early in 2022, the Chief’s location was revealed, with AJ Capital taking the lead in organizing the refurbishment.
Over the past ten years, AJ Capital has emerged as Music City’s top real estate developer.
Two of his recent connections to the Nashville music scene are his partnership with the Chief on the restoration of the historic Bear’s venue in North Nashville, which is made possible by Wallen’s Morgan Wallen Foundation and donations from donors such as Church (via the Chief Cares Fund and the Middle Tennessee Community Foundation).
Furthermore, Church and Valen recently declared their collaboration to buy and relaunch Field and Stream, an outdoor lifestyle brand that has been around for 152 years.
The introduction of the “Field and Stream Music Festival” and a limited-edition collection with classic Field and Stream-branded concepts co-created with Southern Entertainment are two of their planned collaborations.
