Not a great look…
Morgan Wallen fans quickly sold out his current One Night At a Time stadium tour when tickets went on sale back in December, and fans have been waiting patiently since then to see country music’s biggest superstar.
But folks who had tickets to his show in Oxford, Mississippi tonight left the stadium disappointed when Morgan didn’t even take the stage.
Minutes before he was set to perform, and after the openers had already performed their sets, Morgan announced that his show was cancelled, saying that his “voice was shot” and he was “unable to sing.”
“After last night’s show I started losing my voice so I spent the day resting up, talking to my doctor and working through my vocal exercises trying to get better.
I really thought I’d be able to take the stage and it kills me to deliver this so close to showtime, but my voice is shot and I am unable to sing.
All tickets will be refunded at point of purchase. I am so sorry, I promise you guys I tried everything I could.”
Now obviously fans were more than a little upset, not only that the show was canceled but that it sounds like the vocal issues were something Morgan knew about at least earlier this morning – yet he still waited until they were at the stadium, and just minutes before his show was set to start, before announcing that it was canceled.
Sure, they at least got to see openers Hardy and Ernest perform. But why not just reschedule earlier in the day and save people the trouble of driving to the stadium, paying for parking, etc, just to cancel the main performance?
Understandably, people who made the trip to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium were none too happy:
And others speculated that, given his history of partying in college towns, Morgan may not have actually lost his voice at all.
Of course, there isn’t any evidence that he was out on the town last night (which is usually pretty quick to surface when he makes an appearance), but nevertheless, Twitter took that narrative and ran with it.
No one is gonna convince me that he went to Oxford and just happen to lose his voice
He had too much fun after the concert last night and couldn’t recover
— Taylor Caraway (@TaylorCaraway) April 24, 2023
And then of course there were some people who just had jokes…
I mean, can’t say that I blame them. If I were in the stadium ready for a concert and it was canceled at the last minute I’d be pissed too.
Morgan Wallen Becomes First Artist In Billboard Country Airplay Chart History To Have Three Songs In The Top 10 At The Same Time
Morgan Wallen just keeps setting records.
After releasing his latest album, One Thing At a Time, Morgan broke the record for the most songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by a single artist, with all 36 tracks making the chart.
The album also set the record for the largest streaming week in history for any country album, and was the most-streamed country album in a single day by a male country artist in Spotify history.
And now, he’s done something that’s never been done in the history of the Billboard Country Airplay chart: Earn three spots inside the top 10.
For this week’s chart, “Thought You Should Know” holds the #7 spot, “Last Night” is at #8 and “One Thing At a Time” is right below it at #9.
It’s the first time an artist has had three songs in the top 10 of the chart since it launched in January of 1990.
Looks like Morgan’s dominant run isn’t slowing down any tiem
ACM Awards 2023: Morgan Wallen Nominated For First Entertainer Of The Year Award
And the nominees are…
The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up next month, and there are quite a few notable categories this year.
Firstly, Morgan Wallen received his first nomination for the coveted Entertainer of the Year award, and his friend, Hardy, leads the pack with seven nominations in total.
The great Lainey Wilson is right behind Hardy with six nominations, and they shared the nod on three categories for their song “wait in the truck.”
And lastly, Zach Bryan earned his first ACM nomination in the New Male Artist of the Year category, which is pretty cool to see.
Of course, usual ACM heavy hitters Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Luke Combs, and more were also nominated in multiple categories.
The dynamic duo of Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks will co-host the show for the first time on May 11th at 8:00 PM EDT exclusively on Amazon Prime.
It will be livestreamed at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
And with all that being said, here are the nominees:
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen
Female Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
Lainey Wilson
Male Artist of the Year
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jordan Davis
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty
Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
New Female Artist of the Year
Priscilla Block
Megan Moroney
Caitlyn Smith
Morgan Wade
Hailey Whitters
New Male Artist of the Year
Zach Bryan
Jackson Dean
ERNEST
Dylan Scott
Nate Smith
Bailey Zimmerman
Album of the Year
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville – Ashley McBryde
Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson
Growin’ Up – Luke Combs
Mr. Saturday Night – Jon Pardi
Palomino – Miranda Lambert
Single of the Year
“Heart Like A Truck” – Lainey Wilson
“Never Wanted To Be That Girl” – Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
“She Had Me At Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
“Thank God” – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
“‘Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
Song of the Year
“Sand In My Boots” – Morgan Wallen
“She Had Me At Heads” Carolina – Cole Swindell
“‘Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
“wait in the truck” – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
“You Should Probably Leave” – Chris Stapleton
Visual Media of the Year
“HEARTFIRST” – Kelsea Ballerini
“She Had Me At Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
“Thank God” – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
“‘Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
“wait in the truck” – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
‘What He Didn’t Do” – Carly Pearce
Songwriter of the Year
Nicolle Galyon
Ashley Gorley
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
Hunter Phelps
Music Event of the Year
“At the End of a Bar” – Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny
“She Had Me At Heads Carolina [Remix]” – Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina
“Thank God” – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
“Thinking ‘Bout You” – Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter
“wait in the truck” – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
