Morgan Wallen has made his first public comment after turning over a piano during a performance on stage in Denver, Colorado.
Wallen, 33, recorded it TikTok four days after the Empower Field at Mile High concert to offer a sarcastic response to the Friday, May 29 incident. “Hey, I just want to tell you that this piano is working right now,” he told fans while tapping the keys of a piano. After apparently filming the clip in his dressing room one evening after the incident, Wallen added: “That’s what they told me last night too.”
The country star also captioned the video, “Can’t you tell I’m so distraught over my piano?”
Wallen, who is currently touring his 23 stadium Still the problem tour across the U.S. appeared frustrated Friday night, just before he performed his hit “Sand In My Boots.” In footage shared across social media and multiple news outlets, the musician appeared unable to hear his piano through headphones.
Morgan Wallen has become country music’s bad boy after facing a series of scandals throughout his career. The “Whiskey Glasses” singer competed on the sixth season of The Voice in 2014, where he was a member of Adam Levine’s team, but was eliminated in the playoffs. Two years after its publication (…)
The technical mishap resulted in him pushing the instrument across the stage before it completely toppled over. He then played the piece a cappella.
Us weekly reached out to Wallen’s representatives at the time but received no response.
Fans watched Wallen’s TikTok video to comment on his cheeky reaction. One person wrote in the comments section, “Love seeing you clap back,” and another wrote, “Hah! I was there…great concert!”
The praise follows criticism of Wallen’s piano flip, with fans voicing their disapproval on social media in light of the video circulating online. “Got a pro if you can believe it,” one Instagram user wrote, while another wrote, “From chairs on the streets of Nashville to flipping pianos. Wow, anger management can help. What a baby.”
While some of country music’s biggest names gathered at the CMT Awards on Sunday, April 7, Morgan Wallen reportedly ran into trouble in Nashville. Footage of Wallen, 30, sitting in a police car outside fellow musician Eric Church’s Chief’s Bar in downtown Music City went viral in the early hours of Monday, (…)
The incident comes after a long series of controversial headlines that Wallen has sparked since he rose to fame in season six The voice in 2014. He was arrested in May 2020 for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct while partying Kid Rock‘s Nashville Bar, Big Honky Tonk. Wallen was later cleared of both charges and apologized for his actions via X, then known as Twitter.
He also claimed to have lost one this year Saturday Night Live Hosted an appearance after he was seen without a face mask and kissing several women in college bars. (At this time, mask requirements were in effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
When he did it SNL In his debut as a musical guest in March 2025, he once again caused a stir when he abruptly left the stage before the show’s credits rolled – a rare move by a performer, let alone a guest.
Wallen also made headlines in 2021 TMZ released footage of him publicly using the N-word amid widespread racial tensions following the murder of George Floyd. He later apologized for using the word before promising to “do better.”
