Morgan Wallen Breaks Silence on Being Arrested for Chair-Throwing Incident at Nashville Bar

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large NewsNation anchor Ashleigh Banfield is set to host this year’s Clue Awards, which will take place on June 1 in Nashville, Tenn., during the annual CrimeCon event. The ceremony, which announced this year’s nominees on Thursday, will also air live on the Law&Crime Network and stream on that channel’s social platforms.

Kacey Musgraves is hitting the road, and the set list for her show looks so good!

Julie Seabaugh Comedy constantly shifts and changes, and tenets that might have applied years ago are also on the move. Variety spoke to some comics about everything from social media to cancel culture to figure out the new rules of the comedy scene. Live wherever. New York too expensive? Los Angeles too soul-crushing? Austin … too Texas? Touring headliners now regularly hail from more efficient hubs in Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota or anywhere else with Wi-Fi.

Lily Allen has given an update on her upcoming new music, saying that there is currently no “deadline” to release anything.During the latest episode of Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett’s Dish podcast, the singer and actor was asked whether she felt any pressure from record label executives to make a specific type of material.“I’ve got a distribution deal, but it means that I don’t really have, like, an A&R team – which is Artist & Repertoire, or the people who help you with, you know, the music and putting it together,” Allen replied (via Music News).“So, I’m kind of left to my own devices and I haven’t got, like, a deadline… No one has any anticipation.”The ‘Smile’ artist also said on the podcast that she had been “trying some stuff out” in the studio, including country and western music. “And also I feel like with my writing, it’s quite storytelling, sort of like narrative-led music,” she continued.“Because I don’t feel things, so it’s never about emotions.

The annual NFL Draft usually spawns weeks of rumors, speculation, and mock drafts that move players up and down. But all of that is just guesswork, and at this year’s first-round parsing of the college ranks in Detroit, the chalk held up for the first four picks.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Leanne Morgan is set to star in a multi-cam comedy series at Netflix that boasts Chuck Lorre as one of its co-creators, Variety has learned. Morgan co-created the series with Lorre and Susan McMartin. Netflix has given the untitled show a 16-episode order, while also commissioning two more stand up specials from Morgan.

Leanne Morgan‘s current tour is called Just Getting Started, and the 58-year-old comedian is living up to that with a comedy series and two more specials at Netflix. The streamer has given a 16-episode order to an untitled multi-cam series, headlined by Morgan in her TV acting debut and executive produced by top comedy showrunner Chuck Lorre (The Kominsky Method, Bookie). Additionally, Netflix has picked up two more stand-up specials from Morgan following the success of her 2023 debut, Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman.

Kellie Pickler is making an emotional return to the stage.

Justin Bieber and other stars are heartbroken after the death of Chris King.

Johnny Cash, titled ‘Songwriter’, will be released later this year – check out the single ‘Well Alright’ below.The recordings are taken from a series of sessions the country legend played in a Nashville studio in 1993, but which have been shelved ever since.Now, Cash’s son John Carter Cash has unearthed the recordings, isolated the original vocals and recruited a group of Cash’s former bandmates to create the new set of songs.‘Songwriter’ will be released on June 28 via Mercury Nashville/UMe, and you can pre-order it here. Check out the first song to have been released from it, ‘Well Alright’, below:At the time of the original recording sessions, Cash was between contracts, but the tracks were put to one side after he met Rick Rubin and embarked on the now-legendary ‘American Recordings’ series of albums.After coming across the tracks, John Carter Cash and producer David ‘Fergie’ Ferguson brought together musicians including guitarist Marty Stuart, bassist Dave Roe, drummer Pete Abbott, to the ‘Cash Cabin’ in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where the tracks on ’Songwriter’ finally came together.The album is comprised of 11 Johnny Cash originals, one of which, ‘Spotlight’, will feature a guitar solo from The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.In other Johnny Cash news, Paul McCartney recently credited him for inspiring him to form Wings.“We were in bed one night,” he said, “newly married, when Johnny Cash came on the telly with a new band he’d formed with Carl Perkins, a big hero of mine.

death of “American Idol” alum Mandisa, authorities said in a statement on Monday.The California native, whose full name was Mandisa Hundley, died at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 18.Her cause of death is still unknown. She was 47.Police do not believe that her death was the result of foul play.“The Franklin Police Department is continuing to investigate the death of a woman found inside a Beamon Dr.

a press release.“The (surviving) 29-year-old victim reported the group was hanging out cordially for some time before the three suspects attempted to rob his group of friends,” police said. “It was then that he heard gunfire and realized he was struck.”The surviving victim has not been publicly identified by police.

Justin Bieber is among those leading tributes to rapper Chris King, who was reportedly shot dead aged 32.News of King’s death was reported over the weekend, and although details remain sparse, speculation from outlets including The Sun and Indy100 suggest it could be related to an alleged shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.Among those paying tribute to the artist online was Bieber – who was a close friend of King’s and even lived with him for a short period. Taking to his Instagram Stories, the ‘Sorry’ singer shared a video of the two hugging, which was originally posted on King’s account.“Love you bro.

Morgan Wallen broke his silence Friday, nearly two weeks after he was arrested in Nashville for allegedly throwing a chair off a rooftop bar. The country star took to X, formerly Twitter, to denounce his actions while reassuring fans his One Night at a Time tour will continue as planned. "I didn't feel right publicly checking in until I made amends with some folks," Wallen wrote on social media.

Morgan Wallen has apologized for his arrest in connection with a chair-throwing incident from the roof of a Nashville bar.

“American Idol” alum Mandisa has died. She was 47.Christian rock radio station K-Love announced her passing on Friday.

Famed former American Idol contestant and Grammy Award winning singer Mandisa has died.

allegedly throwing a chair off the sixth story of rooftop bar in Nashville, Tennessee.Rich, 50, who is one half of the duo Big & Rich with Big Kenny, shared his advice for the embattled 30-year-old “Wasted on You” singer, who was arrested on Sunday night and later charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct.In a post he shared on X, the “Save A Horse” hitmaker explained that he empathized with Wallen due to his own past struggles with fame.“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,” Rich wrote in a post that he shared on X on Monday.He continued, “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,” Rich added.“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.”The Metro Nashville Police Department shared Wallen’s booking photo on social media along with an arrest report stating he was “booked early today on 3 cts of felony reckless endangerment and 1 ct of misdemeanor disorderly conduct for throwing a chair from the rooftop of Chief’s Bar Sun night.

Morgan Wallen‘s ex-fiancee KT Smith is speaking out following his arrest over the weekend.

Morgan Wallen‘s ex-fiancée KT Smith is speaking out after the country singer was arrested for allegedly throwing a chair off the rooftop of a Nashville bar on Sunday. Smith, who shares son Indigo, 3, with the singer, stated that she firmly believes that the outburst caused by Wallen, 30, was not related to her surprise marriage to Luke Scornavacco.