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Morgan Wallen Gifts Ella Langley A Custom Necklace For ‘One Night At A Time Tour’ Opener Gift
Now that's a fine piece of jewelry.
Morgan Wallen recently wrapped up a huge 2024, which notably included the country star breaking the record for the highest-selling country tour of all-time with his One Night At A Time tour that hit stadiums all over the country, and even some very large venues overseas.
He had quite a few openers throughout the year that rotated on different dates, including Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, Jon Pardi, Lainey Wilson, Nate Smith, Bryan Martin, Lauren Watkins and Ella Langley. He also had Ernest and Riley Green open at Hyde Park in London.
And as is tradition with most big country tours, the headlining artist typically gifts their openers with something nice, and Morgan definitely went all-out with his present for his openers this year. Well, at least one of them.
Ella Langley shared a picture of a gorgeous diamond necklace that Morgan designed with Happy Jewelers, that has a pendant that says "ONE NIGHT" on it, which harkens back to the tour name and the fact that they were all part of his huge year.
Ella shared a video on her Instagram stories where you can really see it sparkle, and it's a beautiful piece of jewelry I'm sure she'll keep and wear forever:
In terms of Morgan's personal life, it's no secret that he's had a hard time off-stage... he was sentenced a little over a week ago by Judge Cynthia Chappell to 11 months and 29 days in jail on each count, with all but seven days suspended. Those seven days are to be served in a DUI education center. The remainder of his sentence will be served on supervised probation, and will be served consecutively for a total of two years on probation.
The plea agreement is subject to judicial diversion, which means that Morgan will be able to petition the court to have his record expunged if he successfully completes probation. Morgan spoke at the hearing only to confirm that he was pleading guilty, and to confirm that he understood the plea agreement and his rights as a defendant.
Right before that, in November, Wallen also took home four Billboard Music Awards on the same day as his sentencing, winning in the categories of Top Male Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist and Top Collaboration (for his Post Malone collaboration “I Had Some Help”).
He gave a speech that was prerecorded, thanking fans for always supporting him and giving him “so much freedom” to make music that he wants to and always “giving it a chance.” Notably, Morgan won the coveted CMA award for Entertainer of the Year a few weeks ago, and he still has yet to publicly comment on it, which says a lot about the state of award shows in general, which I find particularly interesting.
Morgan shared a video on Instagram earlier this week, thanking fans for a very successful year, and also sharing some more personal thoughts saying that he went through a period of doubting his voice, and even “God’s plan,” before finding huge success and becoming the biggest thing in country music (those are my words, not his).
He's hinted at new music coming next year, and has already sold out his very first Sand In My Boots festival, and with his momentum only increasing every year, 2025 stands to be even bigger somehow.
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