However, years of cancel culture may have reached a breaking point by then. Wallen quickly began selling out stadium concerts. Meanwhile, one of the country music stations that led the call to cancel him changed its name to ‘Morgan 103.7′ for a weekend to acknowledge his enduring popularity.
Politics
WATCH: Country Star Morgan Wallen Tosses Chair Off Rooftop, Nearly Hits Bystanders
Country music star Morgan Wallen could face up to six years in prison for throwing a chair off the roof of a six-story Nashville bar over the weekend, and now security footage appears to show just how close his stunt came to injuring or killing bystanders.
The “98 Braves” singer was charged with a felony after he allegedly threw a chair off the roof of Chief’s Bar on Broadway on Sunday night, according to a police report describing the incident. Police officers already in the vicinity added they were standing just feet away when the chair exploded on the pavement next to them.
Local news station WTVF reported the chair fell from the sixth floor where Wallen was seen “lunging and throwing an object over the roof.”
Wallen, 30, was booked on three counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct.
WATCH:
The Daily Mail adds a reason for Wallen’s outburst: he had just learned that KT Smith, the mother of his child, had eloped with another man — just five days after the clandestine couple had gotten engaged.
“KT’s marriage to Luke last week just crushed him,” a source told the Daily Mail. “Of course, he knew they were engaged and eventually going to get married – but eloping just days after they got engaged?”
“Whatever happened at that bar had to be reality hitting him in the face over losing the love of his life,” the source added.
“At 10:53 p.m. Sunday evening, Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with authorities,” Wallen’s attorney Worrick Robinson told WKRN.
Coverage of the incident may be a blessing in disguise for the establishment, which just opened on Friday, April 5th. The country singer was the best-selling artist of 2023, surpassing major names like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Kanye West while selling more than 5.3 million equivalent albums. He had just completed two shows in Indianapolis as part of his One Night At A Time tour.
Wallen’s first court appearance is scheduled for May 3rd, and later that night he will continue the tour with a stop at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.
The Metro Nashville Police Department did not provide a comment to Fox News beyond the contents of the night’s police report.
A resurgence in country music’s popularity has given rise to sensational artists like Wallen, who has grown so popular that he was even featured in crossover promotions like a music video with rapper Drake last year. The Tennessee native ran headfirst into cancel culture in 2021 after uttering a racial slur during a drunken outing caught on camera, costing him recording deals with several labels.
