Morgan Wallen has spoken out publicly for the first time after knocking over a piano while performing on stage in Denver, Colorado.
Warren, 33, took to TikTok four days after the Empower Field concert at Mile High to share a sarcastic response to the Friday, May 29, incident. “Hey, I just want you guys to know, this piano is working right now,” he told fans as he tapped the piano keys. Warren apparently filmed the clip in her dressing room one night after the incident, adding: “I was told that last night as well.”
The country music star also captioned the video, “Can’t you see I’m so distraught about the piano?”
Wallen, currently on his Still the Problem Tour, which is hitting 23 stadiums in the United States, seemed frustrated Friday night just before performing his hit song “Sand in My Boots.” In footage shared on social media and multiple news outlets, the musician appeared unable to hear his piano through earphones.
A technical mishap caused him to push his instrument along the stage before completely knocking it over. He then performed the song a cappella.
Us Weekly reached out to Wallen’s representatives at the time, but did not receive a response.
Fans commented on Wallen’s TikTok video with his cheeky response, with one person writing in the comments section, “I love seeing you clap back,” and another writing, “Ha! I was there…great concert!”
The praise follows criticism of Wallen’s piano flip, with fans expressing their disapproval on social media in light of the video that went viral online. “A grown professional if you can believe it,” one Instagram user wrote, while another wrote, “From a chair on the street in Nashville to flipping a piano. Wow, anger management might help. What a baby.”
While some of the biggest names in country music gathered for the CMT Awards on Sunday, April 7th, Morgan Wallen was reportedly in trouble in Nashville. Footage of Warren, 30, sitting in a police car outside fellow musician Eric Church’s Chief’s Bar in downtown Music City went viral early Monday. (…)
The incident comes after a long string of controversial headlines since Warren rose to fame on Season 6 of The Voice in 2014. Wallen was arrested in May 2020 for public intoxication and disorderly conduct during a party at Kid Rock’s Nashville bar, the Big Honky Tonk. Warren was later cleared of both charges and apologized for his actions via X, then known as Twitter.
Also that year, he claimed he missed out on a hosting gig on Saturday Night Live after he was caught going out without a mask and kissing multiple women at a college bar. (At that time, the mandatory wearing of masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic was in effect.)
When he debuted as a musical guest on SNL in March 2025, he caused another stir by abruptly exiting the stage before the show’s end credits rolled, an unusual move for a cast member let alone a guest.
It became a headline topic in 2021, in part because TMZ released footage of Warren using the N-word in public amidst racial tensions following the killing of George Floyd. He later apologized for using the word before promising to “do better.”
