A 2019 video just emerged of Morgan Wallen challenging a guy to a headbutting contest while in a bar called, “Loser’s.”  And this might give us a glimpse of what it’s like to be around Morgan when he’s drunk.

The video is short but it shows a sleeveless Morgan pushing his head hard into another guy’s before it gets broken up by the bouncer.  The caption reads, “A throwback to 2019 when Morgan Wallen was challenging my friends to head-butting contests on the patio at Loser’s.”

In other news, a lot of tourists keep going to the rooftop at Chief’s and asking to see the infamous chair.  There’s not much to see up there, but there is one thing of note.  All of the tables have four chairs, except one table . . . which only has three.

And finally, another legal expert chimed in to say he doesn’t expect Morgan to get the full brunt of the law, but also doesn’t expect him to get off scot-free either.

The attorney said, “It’s very serious because the officers could have been severely hurt . . . I don’t see him going to jail for two years, but I don’t see him getting a completely probated sentence either.

“They may want to have some degree of incarceration . . . this is a really serious thing.  It’s the RISK that’s punishable, not what actually happened.”

The ACM nominations came out yesterday morning, and several country artists have a lot to be excited about. Among the top nominees: Luke Combs leads everyone with eight nominations, while Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen have six each; Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton all earned five.

For the third straight year, the awards will exclusively be streamed live on Prime Video from from the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas May 16 at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT. See the complete list of nominations below.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

DUO OF THE YEAR

GROUP OF THE YEAR

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Producer: Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton, Luke Combs

Record Company-Label: River House Artists / Columbia Nashville

Producer: Chris Stapleton, Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton

Record Company-Label: Mercury Nashville

Producers: Trent Willmon

Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville LLC

Producers: Joey Moi, Cameron Montgomery, Charlie Handsome, Jacob Durrett

Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records / Republic Records / Mercury Records

Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym

Record Company-Label: Black River Entertainment

SINGLE OF THE YEAR[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Producer: Jon Randall

Record Company-Label: MCA Nashville

Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton

Record Company-Label: River House Artists / Columbia Nashville

Producer: Joey Moi, Charlie Handsome

Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records / Republic Records / Mercury Records

Producer: Austin Nivarel

Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records / BMG Nashville

Producer: Paul DiGiovanni

Record Company-Label: MCA Nashville

SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]

Songwriters: Tracy Chapman

Publishers: Purple Rabbit

Songwriters: Dallas Wilson, Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson

Publishers: Sony / ATV Countryside; Songs of Riser House; Songs of Wild Cat Well Music

Songwriters: Chase McGill, Greylan James, Jordan Davis, Josh Osborne

Publishers: Family Farm Songs; Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music; Songs of Universal Inc.

Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins

Publishers: Big Music Machine; BMG Platinum Songs US; Nashblonde Music; Pompano Run Music; Songs for Ellie May; Sony / ATV Tree Publishing; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Group; Well That Was Awkward Music

Songwriters: Ben Williams, David Fanning, Megan Moroney, Paul Jenkins

Publishers: 33 Creative; Bone Bone Creative; Sony / ATV Tree Publishing

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Producers: Brad Tursi, Geoff Sprung, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Whit Sellers, Ross Copperman, Kristian Bush

Record Company-Label: Three Up Three Down, LLC / Columbia Nashville

Producer: Dann Huff

Record Company-Label: BMLG Records

Producer: Zach Bryan

Record Company-Label: Belting Bronco Records / Warner Records, Inc

Producer: Joey Moi

Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records / Mercury Records / Republic Records

Producers: Zach Crowell, David Ray Stevens

Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records / BMG Nashville

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]

Producers: Christen Pinkston &Wesley Stebbins-Perry

Director: Dustin Haney

Producer: Christen Pinkston &Wesley Stebbins-Perry

Director: Dustin Haney

Producer: Kacie Barton, Whitney Wolanin, Nicholas Robespierre, Ian Thorton, Silas House

Director: Bryan Schlam

Producer: Jamie Stratakis

Director: Running Bear (Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Stone)

Producer: Lauren Starr, Saul Levitz, Laura Burhenn

Director: Jason Lester

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Source: Variety

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