Morgan Wallen has been prevented from erecting a 20-foot sign bearing his name over Nashville ’s Broadway after the city council rejected his planning proposal citing his recent felony arrest and use of “racial slurs”. The country star, 31, is set to open a new bar this Friday (24 May) on the city’s Honky Tonk Highway, a busy area known for its neon signs. The establishment will be called Morgan Wallen’s This Bar, a nod to his 2019 single “This Bar”, but will not feature a sign of its own after council members voted against it by a margin of 30-3.
“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,” At-large Council member Delishia Porterfield said, as reported by The Tennessean . “Mr Wallen is a fellow East Tennessean. He gives all of us a bad name,” another council member reportedly said.
“His comments are hateful; his actions are harmful.” Wallen was arrested in April and charged with three felony counts after allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of another six-story Broadway bar. Two police officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department said the chair landed just a few feet from them.
Officers reviewed the bar’s security footage, which reportedly showed Wallen lunging and then throwing the object over the roof. The incident came after Wallen spent years repairing his image after being filmed using a racial slur in 2021. Wallen was suspended from his rec.
