Morgan Wallen was arrested for some furniture-hurling hijinks Sunday night. Here’s what we know 24 hours later.

Late Sunday evening, a chair came flying off the sixth floor of Eric Church‘s newly-opened “Chief’s” nightclub in Nashville. The chair didn’t hit anyone (thankfully), but did land perilously close to a couple of Nashville cops, which naturally led to Wallen being taken away in handcuffs. Witnesses ID’d the singer as the chair-thrower, and security footage reportedly also led to him being identified.  Wallen was arrested on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon/reckless endangerment, two counts for the two officers who were in the vicinity and one for the danger to the public. He was also charged with disorderly conduct.

By the time the world awoke to the news that the superstar had been arrested, Wallen bonded out to the tune of $15,250, with a scheduled court date of May 3. So why did the incident happen in the first place? An eyewitness says there was nothing that led to the chair-throwing, other than excessive alcohol. There were rumors that Wallen was upset his ex-girlfriend and mother to his son had gotten married, but sources (including the ex, KT Smith) say there’s no truth to the rumor. “Although it may seem like it correlates because of the timeline,” she told “The Daily Beast.” “I have no evidence to believe the incident had anything to do with the recent marriage announcement. I cannot speak on Morgan’s behalf, but I do pray the very best for him. Praying that this was just a slip up and that he will return to the good path that he was on prior.”

Another peer who voiced concern for Wallen was John Rich. In a Tweet on X, Rich said, “Reading about Morgan Wallen this morning, and I can’t help but recall all the destructive, crazy things I did early on in my career. The combo of intense pressure, expectations and over the top success is a dangerous cocktail. Thank God I had great mentors who helped guide me out of that mindset, and I hope Morgan has some people around him who care about him enough to help him find a new approach to life. It takes a lifetime to build what he’s built, and one second to destroy it all. I’m rooting for him to turn it around.”

While there has been no comment from Wallen himself, his lawyers did issue a statement saying that he was cooperating fully with law enforcement.

Source: WhiskeyRiff

Last night was the 23rd Annual “CMT Music Awards,” broadcast live from Austin Texas. It was an evening that centered on live music, with a couple of awards thrown in – as well as a rocking yet emotional tribute to Toby Keith.

Here’s a complete rundown of the entire evening:

• Kelsea Ballerini was once again the host for the awards, her fourth time doing so – and, as she revealed at the end of the broadcast, her last
• First up, Cody Johnson got the crowd pumped with his song “That’s Texas.”
• Jason Aldean performed “Let Your Boys Be Country”
• Montana Jordan and Emily Osment introduced Megan Moroney for a performance of “No Caller ID”
• Paul Walter Hauser presents “Collaborative Video Of The Year.” WINNER: Carly Pearce feat. Chris Stapleton “We Don’t Fight Anymore”
• Amber Reilly introduces Parker McCollum and Brittany Spencer for a duet performance of Parker’s “Burn It Down”
• Megan Moroney and Max Thieriot present the award for “Breakthrough Female Video Of The Year.” WINNER: Ashley Cooke  for “Your Place”
• …and “Breakthrough Male Video Of The Year.” WINNER: Warren Zeiders for “Pretty Little Poison”
• Kelsea Ballerini sings “Come To My Window,” joined by Melissa Etheridge; they then introduce Jordan Davis and NEEDTOBREATHE for a medley of “Brother” and “Next Thing You Know”
• Jane Seymour presents the “June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award” to Trisha Yearwood
• Jelly Roll and Kelsea Ballerini introduce Lainey Wilson performing “Country’s Cool Again”
• Cody Allan introduced Bailey Zimmerman who performs “Where It Ends”
• Emma Roberts introduced Keith Urban who performs “Straight Line.” Note: Keith kicked off the song by counting down “5, 3, 24!” – did he just reveal the release date for his upcoming 12th album?
• Carly Pearce presents the “CMT Performance Of The Year” award. WINNER: Jelly Roll “Need A Favor” from the 2023 CMT Music Awards
• Parmalee introduces Sam Hunt, who performs “Locked Up”
• James Van Der Beek introduced Kelsea Ballerini, who performed “Love Me Like You Mean It”
• “Duo or Group Video of the Year” award is presented. Winner: Dan + Shay “Save Me The Trouble.” Dan + Shay accept the award from under the stage as they get ready perform live in Kansas City
• Roger Clemens introduces a Toby Keith tribute, which consisted of: Brooks & Dunn singing “Should’ve Been A Cowboy”…Sammy Hagar performing “I Love This Bar” and, then, Lukas Nelson & Riley Green introduced Lainey Wilson, who sang “How Do You Like Me Now?”
• At the end, all the performers joined center stage to salute Toby with a Red Solo Cup toast, recognizing his family and thanking them for sharing Toby with the world
• Cody Allan introduced Old Dominion and Megan Moroney, who performed “Can’t Break Up Now”
• Cody Johnson and Kelsea Ballerini introduce Trisha Yearwood, who performs “Put It In A Song”
• Mickey Guyton introduced Dasha who performs “Austin”
• Minnie Driver presented the “Male Video of the Year.” WINNER: Jelly Roll for “Need A Favor”
• Little Big Town and Sugarland perform their new song, a cover of Phil Collins’ “Take Me Home”
• Gayle King presents “Female Video of The Year” WINNER: Lainey Wilson for “Watermelon Moonshine”
• Billy Bob Thornton presents the “Video Of The Year” WINNER: Jelly Roll “Need A Favor”
•  Jelly Roll closed out the show with a performance of “Halfway To Hell”

The complete list of last night’s winners:

• Video of the Year: “Need a Favor” by Jelly Roll.
• Female Video of the Year: “Watermelon Moonshine” by Lainey Wilson.
• Male Video of the Year: “Need a Favor” by Jelly Roll.
• Duo / Group Video of the Year: “Save Me the Trouble” by Dan + Shay.
• CMT Performance of the Year: “Need a Favor” from the 2023 CMT Music Awards by Jelly Roll.
• Collaborative Video of the Year: “We Don’t Fight Anymore” by Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton.
• Breakthrough Female Video of the Year: “Your Place” by Ashley Cooke.
• Breakthrough Male Video of the Year: “Pretty Little Poison” by Warren Zeiders.
• CMT Digital-First Performance of the Year: “It Matters to Her” by Scotty McCreery.
• The June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award: Trisha Yearwood.

Jelly Roll was the evening’s big winner, taking home three CMT trophies. If you missed the show, Paramount+ Essential subscribers can watch the 2024 CMT Music Awards on demand starting today.

Source: CMT

It seems hard to imagine now, but in 2007 Taylor Swift played a concert at a small high school in Anniston, Alabama and tickets were $20/pop.  The best part was that proceeds went to supporting the school’s football team.

That same high school has a current enrollment of 306 kids in grades 8-12, so you can imagine how small of a show it was.  There are so many questions, but mostly:  Who booked her on this show?  And did they lose a bet?

Her five-song set included:  “Our Song” . . . “Teardrops on My Guitar” . . . “Should’ve Said No” . . .  and “Tim McGraw” . . . before closing with “Picture to Burn”.

That’s a far cry from today and Taylor’s “Eras Tour” where she plays some part of 45 songs!  Also, the “Eras Tour” already set the Guinness World record for the highest-grossing tour of all-time by generating over a billion dollars in revenue.

And instead of $20 tickets, the cheapest tickets today cost $365 each.  But good luck finding them that cheap!  Last year, the average ticket price was $1,088.

This weekend’s “CMT Music Awards” is shaping up to be quite an event. Yesterday the presenters for the awards show were announced, and the list is impressive. Jelly Roll, Carly Pearce, Gayle King, Melissa Etheridge, Amber Riley, Billy Bob Thornton, Cody Alan, Cody Johnson, Emily Osment, Emma Roberts, Megan Moroney, Mickey Guyton, Minnie Driver, Montana Jordan, Parmalee and Paul Walter Hauser have all been asked to hand out awards. In addition, two more performers were revealed yesterday: Jason Aldean and Dasha. The show airs live this Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS while also streaming on Paramount+.