Why Was He Arrested, What Did He Do?

Days after his tour kickoff, Morgan Wallen was charged with felony charges after his early morning arrest. The “Wasted On You” performer was booked after appearing in a Nashville bar.

In a rare interview with Billboard, Wallen opened up about his relationship with alcohol after he was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct in May 2020 after a disruption at Kid Rock’s Nashville bar. “That used to be my warmup — to get half lit: ‘I’m going out there, and we’re going to go have fun.’ Now, that is not the way I approach it,” he told the music publication.

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“I used to be scared to even think about what it would be like to play a show without drinking: ‘That sounds terrible. Why would I ever do that?’ And now I’m almost scared to wonder what it’d be like if I was drunk.” As far as drinking off tour, “I’m still figuring out my personal life,” he says. “I probably always will be.”

Morgan Wallen was arrested in the early morning of April 8 in Nashville. The “Last Night” singer was at the opening weekend of Eric Church’s Chief’s Bar and threw a chair off the sixth floor. The chair landed three feet in front of officers who were standing three feet from where it landed.

What was Morgan Wallen charged with?

According to WKRN, Morgan Wallen was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment for the two officers who were in the vicinity and for the danger to the public. The arrest report also stated that Wallen was also charged with disorderly conduct. His bail was posted to a $15,250 bond to secure his release around 3:30 a.m.

Witnesses reportedly told officers that they were standing next to Wallen on the sixth floor and saw him “pick up the chair, throw it over him, laughing afterward.”  The two officers who were standing below on Broadway spoke with bar staff and witnesses and reviewed security footage to confirm Wallen was involved. 

Eyewitness footage of Wallen’s arrest showed him laughing in the back of a police car. The country singer also wore a wide grin for his mugshot. The arrest was days after Wallen kicked off his 2024 One Night at a Time tour, and he is slated to appear in court on May 3. He is set to perform Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on May 2 and 3.

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