Morgan Wallen is currently making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The last week or so of the country music superstar’s Still The Problem Tour has been a bit tumultuous to say the least. It seemingly all started when Wallen flipped his on-stage piano after suffering technical issues for most of the night in Denver. He’s since made light of the situation, and it wasn’t a big deal in all actuality, but it certainly gave ammo to the Morgan Wallen haters who like to make headline news out of every single thing he does. Then, his two-night stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Acrisure Stadium this weekend got interesting. Night two has caused a lot of uproar because Morgan Wallen and his team called off the concert very early in the day because of forecasted bad weather. Here was the official announcement from Wallen: “After talking with local officials and my team, there is no choice but to cancel tonight’s show due to severe adverse weather conditions expected throughout the rest of the day and night. Safety for my fans and crew is the highest priority. Refunds available at point of purchase.” Admittedly, the conditions were expected to be rough… but once it got to the part of the day when the concert was supposed to be taking place, it couldn’t have been more beautiful: Morgan Wallen cancelled in Pittsburgh tonight due to weather. In his defense, it is perhaps the most beautiful night I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/kKJsB4qLaJ — Dustin Nickerson (@DustinNickerson) June 7, 2026 After unfounded rumors started swirling that Wallen had canceled the concert for other reasons (like being hungover) and just used the inclement weather as an excuse, the country singer put out a video clearing the air and responding to his fans that were outraged. You cancel too late and people are mad, cancel too early, people are mad… you can’t win. And we know that at least one fan from night one of the his Pittsburgh stop was probably a little perturbed as well because… the “Last Night” singer chucked their phone across the stage. I could go on and on about phone etiquette at concerts, and I’m not exactly sure why a security guard was holding someone’s phone for them, but as you’ll see in the video below, Morgan Wallen wasn’t having it when he saw the phone being held up close to the stage: @nathan_lomago11 DO YOUR DAMN JOB SECURITY !! per Mr. Morgan Wallen Pittsburgh @morganwallen #concert #imtheproblem ♬ I Can’t Love You Anymore – Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen According to on commenter, J. Croo, the phone was actually given to the security guard by a fan to take a video from the front of the stage: “It was actually my wife’s phone that got tossed. She gave it to the security girl to hand up to Morgan Wallen to hopefully grab and take a selfie. Phone was recovered with no damage.” Here’s another angle: @rachelmargaret_ He tossed that thang. #morganwallen #pittsburgh ♬ A Summer Place – Hollywood Strings Orchestra Not a great look, but maybe there’s more than meets the eye to this story. For starters, I’m not sure why a security guard is taking videos of a concert and not, you know… maintaining security? These folks are hired to do a job, and that clearly isn’t it. Also, it’s pretty common for artists to have specific songs that media is allowed to film. Granted, the security guard isn’t media, but this narrative going around that Morgan just whipped some fan’s phone for no reason at all sounds pretty silly to me. Like I said, it’s not a great look, especially when you have such a large swath of haters waiting to pounce on your every move. Here’s to hoping his remaining concerts this summer aren’t plagued with weather issues, piano flipping and phone throwing: ‘Still The Problem’ Tour Dates June 19 || Chicago, Ill. || Soldier Field w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 20 || Chicago, Ill. || Soldier Field w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 26 || Clemson, SC. || Clemson Memorial Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat June 27 || Clemson, SC. || Clemson Memorial Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High nHeat July 17 || Baltimore, Md. || M&T Bank Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat July 18 || Baltimore, Md. || M&T Bank Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat July 24 || Ann Arbor, Mich. || Michigan Stadium w/ Thomas Rhett, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten July 25 || Ann Arbor, Mich. || Michigan Stadium w/ HARDY, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten July 31 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ ​​Brooks & Dunn, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten August 1 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ Ella Langley, Hudson Westbrook, Blake WhitenThe post Morgan Wallen Grabs Phone From Security Guard & Hurls It Across The Stage On Night 1 Of Pittsburgh Concert first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Brad Paisley is doing his part to stop an AI data center from being built right next to the Nashville Zoo. It was just a few days ago that the Nashville Zoo took to social media to ask the community and the world at large for help. According to them, developers are trying to build a 69,000 square foot data center in an area directly adjacent to their property. Though the people planning to build it say it will have no environmental impact, there aren’t enough studies out there just yet to confirm those claims. On the flip side, there’s already a lot of concern about the possible risks of data centers, and how they could impact vulnerable communities (mainly through power grid issues, depleting natural resources, and causing harm to the watershed). If those concerns are true, that could obviously cause a ton of issues with the delicate collection of animals that call the Nashville Zoo home. That’s why the non-profit organization posted on their social media accounts earlier this week asking for those willing to sign a petition to stop the building of the data center: “We’re asking our community to stand with us in protecting the animals, habitats, people and future of Nashville Zoo.” View this post on Instagram And that’s not the only way that the Nashville Zoo has put the word out there about the AI data center. Country music star Brad Paisley, who lives in Nashville with his family and evidently frequents the city’s zoo, recorded a video and posted it to social media asking for others to join him in signing a petition to stop the data center from being built right next to the Nashville Zoo: “By now you’ve probably heard about the proposed data center that they are going to build next to the Nashville Zoo, which is an absolute nightmare scenario. First of all, they don’t have the power to build this, they don’t have the water. It doesn’t belong there. It would be an enormous atrocity, an absolute eye sore, and detract in every way – not only the zoo – but that area. It’s not too late to stop it either. The Nashville Zoo is one of the sources of joy in the city. It is one of the top zoos in the world. It’s family memories. It’s expanding itself. It’s got all of these plans to become even better as a resource for our city. So let’s sign the petition if you agree, and everyone that I’ve talked to does. Let’s sign the petition, and let’s stop it. They don’t have to do this. They can build them somewhere else. Let’s keep Nashville beautiful and as great of an attraction as it’s always been.” View this post on Instagram If you wish to join Brad Paisley and many other Nashvillians in signing the petition to stop the AI data center, you can do so using this link.  The petition on Change.org, which has been organized by the Nashville Zoo itself, explains it’s motivation as follows: “At Nashville Zoo, our top priority is to protect our precious animals and their environment. We are equally committed to the health and safety of our visitors, staff, and neighbors living nearby. Yet, with no regulations or safeguards for use in place, developers intend to build a 69,000 square feet data center on land abutting the Zoo. They assert the community need not worry, that building a data center next door to one of the region’s most delicate environments will cause no harm. No one has shared studies or environmental impact assessments. Just their word. That’s why the Nashville Zoo is asking the community to join in vehemently opposing the proposed data center being built adjacent to the Zoo. One simple Google search shows growing concerns about data centers’ environmental and public health impacts nationwide. Data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity and water; straining power grids, depleting natural resources, and damaging our watershed. How are we to know this new data center will not lead to irreversible damage to the animals we exist to protect? We cannot afford to find out years from now how this facility has negatively impacted our 1.4 million visitors, our local community, or the 3,000 animals entrusting us with their care. We are calling on the Nashville community to join us in our fight to stop this data center from being built, now. Please sign our petition and say yes to the Zoo by saying no to the new data center. Express your concern and help us protect our vulnerable animals and the environment we call home.” Seems like there’s an obvious side to choose with this issue.The post Brad Paisley Takes Stand Against AI Data Center Being Built Next To Nashville Zoo: “It Doesn’t Belong There” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Did Morgan Wallen and his team call off his Pittsburgh concert a little too early? There’s nothing worse than a day-of cancellation. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been to a handful of concerts and sporting events that have been called off due to weather. There’s no other way to put it… it sucks to have a date circled on the calendar for months, and then have Mother Nature get in the way of it. Yesterday, country music fans had flocked to Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to see Morgan Wallen on his Still The Problem Tour (along with Zach John King, Gavin Adcock and Ella Langley). But they had the rug pulled out from underneath them when Wallen and his team decided to call off the concert because of forecasted severe weather. Here was the official announcement from the country superstar: “After talking with local officials and my team, there is no choice but to cancel tonight’s show due to severe adverse weather conditions expected throughout the rest of the day and night. Safety for my fans and crew is the highest priority. Refunds available at point of purchase.” What a bummer. And what made the cancellation ever worse? That projected severe weather hit the Pittsburgh area early in the day, and it had cleared out by 4:30 P.M. local time. The concert was set to start at 5:30. Fans were already upset with the cancellation, but once it turned out to be an absolutely beautiful night, they were outraged… and speculated that Wallen might have called off the concert for other reasons: Update on Morgan Wallen Pittsburgh: It’s currently 8:38pm. The concert was cancelled out of “concern for fans due to inclement weather” Pictured below is a photo I just took of where I should be listening to Ella Langley. Did Morgan Wallen cancel on purpose? Hungover? pic.twitter.com/XU9GqPI9p5 — Adio (@Adiofreak) June 7, 2026 Morgan Wallen cancelled in Pittsburgh tonight due to weather. In his defense, it is perhaps the most beautiful night I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/kKJsB4qLaJ — Dustin Nickerson (@DustinNickerson) June 7, 2026 Morgan Wallen Canceled, Pittsburgh did not pic.twitter.com/dQ5eOLONgt — Adio (@Adiofreak) June 6, 2026 Cool to see that fans still showed up… but it’s definitely a shame that they didn’t get to attend the concert they were looking forward to. Those on the internet started spreading completely unfounded rumors that Morgan Wallen had partied too hard the night before his show and was too hungover to perform. Others suggested that his private jet had taken off early in the day, and that he used the projected forecast as an excuse to get out of town early. Once again… completely unfounded. Around 10 o’clock last night, Wallen took to his Instagram story to provide an update and somewhat of an apology for canceling his Pittsburgh show. He also cleared up any sort of confusion, and promised his fans that he would have never selfishly canceled his own show: “This morning, my team walked on my bus and told me that they had been consulting with local officials and that I should cancel my show in Pittsburgh. I said, ‘Why?’ and they said there was going to be strong winds in the area, and I said, ‘Okay.’ So that’s what I did, and that was the information I had in the moment and I trusted my team. I understand that wind and whatever else hasn’t gotten to Pittsburgh yet. I know it has touched some of Pennsylvania, so my heart goes out to all those affected by it. The truth of the matter is, I have a large stage that, in those conditions, could become fatal to a lot of folks around it. So I did the best I could with the information I had in the moment. I’ve seen a lot a nonsense about me that is simply not true. I just wanted to clear the air, and I think my true fans know that that’s not how I operate in general. But I had to say it. Y’all take care.” After checking with officials and my team, we have to cancel tonight’s show due to bad weather. Safety comes first. Refunds are available where you bought tickets.#morganwallen #morethanmyhometown #imtheproblem #denver #morganwallenconcert pic.twitter.com/LPzSSao2hS — Morgan C Wallen (@MorganCWalwn1) June 7, 2026 Very unfortunate for everyone involved… obviously Morgan doesn’t want to cancel a show that makes him tons of money. That’s just one of those situations where, armed with hindsight, it certainly seems like the concert could have gone on as regularly scheduled. But with so much at stake, it’s a really tough call to make operating solely from weather reports. And to be fair, multiple people from the Pittsburgh area confirmed they got some really nasty weather. However, if you take Wallen’s word for it, it sounds like his team and city officials made the call to cancel the tour date… not him. Here’s to hoping his remaining concerts this summer don’t run into weather issues: ‘Still The Problem’ Tour Dates June 19 || Chicago, Ill. || Soldier Field w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 20 || Chicago, Ill. || Soldier Field w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Zach John King June 26 || Clemson, SC. || Clemson Memorial Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat June 27 || Clemson, SC. || Clemson Memorial Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High nHeat July 17 || Baltimore, Md. || M&T Bank Stadium w/ Brooks & Dunn, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat July 18 || Baltimore, Md. || M&T Bank Stadium w/ Ella Langley, Gavin Adcock, Jason Scott & The High Heat July 24 || Ann Arbor, Mich. || Michigan Stadium w/ Thomas Rhett, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten July 25 || Ann Arbor, Mich. || Michigan Stadium w/ HARDY, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten July 31 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ ​​Brooks & Dunn, Hudson Westbrook, Blake Whiten August 1 || Philadelphia, Penn. || Lincoln Financial Field w/ Ella Langley, Hudson Westbrook, Blake WhitenThe post Morgan Wallen Responds To Fans Who Are Outraged His Pittsburgh Concert Was Canceled Prematurely first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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