Morgan Wallen’s plans to open a bar in Nashville’s busy nightlife area, in partnership with TC Restaurant Group, were delayed again due to his ongoing legal issues.
The delay comes amidst Wallen facing felony charges stemming from an incident where he allegedly threw a chair off the roof of another bar in downtown to Nashville.
“We’re proud of our team who has worked tirelessly to prepare Morgan Wallen’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen for opening.
The ground-up construction of a six-story venue launching with hundreds of team members is a tremendous amount of work and a complex process,” the ownership group told.
“When we open, we want This Bar to be an exceptional experience for guests. Unfortunately, the process requires more time, and we are not able to open and provide that experience this Memorial Day weekend.”
The delay in opening the bar coincided closely with Nashville City Council’s rejection of a request to hang a 20-foot-tall neon sign outside, reading “Morgan Wallen’s This Bar.”
The rejection, by a significant margin of 30-3 with four abstentions, was attributed to Wallen’s past arrests and use of racial slurs, according to council members.
“I don’t want to see a billboard up with the name of a person who’s throwing chairs off of balconies and who is saying racial slurs,” council member Delishia Porterfield said on Tuesday, May 21.
“His comments are hateful,” council member Jordan Huffman added. “His actions are harmful.”
It seems Morgan Wallen’s recent troubles have not gone unnoticed by his peers in the country music industry.
At the Academy of Country Music Awards, presenters Ashley McBryde and Noah Reid cleverly reworked Wallen’s hit song “Last Night” to reflect his arrest, showcasing the impact of his actions within the community.
“Last night after some alcohol, [the] chair right over there really started to piss me off,” Reid sang, “They told me that I threw it at somebody that I never met, and my publicist keeps telling me this ain’t over it.”
It’s good to hear that Morgan Wallen has taken steps to apologize for his past use of racial slurs and the recent incident involving the chair-throwing.
Acknowledging mistakes and offering apologies is an important part of personal growth and accountability.
“I didn’t feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks. I’ve touched base with Nashville law enforcement, my family, and the good people at Chief’s,” he wrote on X in April. “I’m not proud of my behavior, and I accept responsibility.”
