Morgan Wallen stunned fans at his Friday night concert in Denver when he shoved his piano, sending the instrument crashing onto its side in the middle of the stage.
Wallen was in the middle of singing “Sand in my Boots” when he seemingly became irritated by an apparent mid-performance equipment failure. He belted out the lyrics a cappella while pacing the stage, then turned around, lowered his microphone, and used both hands to aggressively knock the piano down, drawing mixed reactions from the crowd.
Morgan Wallen flips his piano onstage in Denver after a technical issue mid-performance. pic.twitter.com/i4a0JC1pqp
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The heavy piano moved forward slightly before toppling right over on top of the piano bench, and crashing on the stage. Fan-captured video of the moment began circulating widely online, drawing a variety of comments.
Most social media users slammed Morgan for his on-stage behavior. One person flagged Wallen’s pattern of behavior by referencing a 2024 incident where the country singer threw a chair from the sixth-story rooftop of Chief’s bar in downtown Nashville by writing, “at least he didn’t throw it from the six-story roof of chief’s bar in downtown Nashville.”
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 20: Morgan Wallen performs onstage for night one of his One Night At A Time tour at Neyland Stadium on September 20, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for Morgan Wallen’s One Night At A Time 2024)
Another wrote, “We have been saying this man is dangerous for years and people scoff.”
Other internet users seemed to wave off the incident.
“Bro flipped the whole piano like it owed him money mid “Sand In My Boots” Legend shit or tech tantrum? Either way the crowd ate it up,” one person wrote on X.
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – SEPTEMBER 22: Morgan Wallen performs onstage for night two of his One Night At A Time tour at Neyland Stadium on September 22, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for for Morgan Wallen’s One Night At A Time 2024)
“Piano had it coming after that tech glitch Man said ‘not today’” another person said. (RELATED: Footage Shows Morgan Wallen’s Arrest After He Allegedly Threw Chair Off Roof At Nashville Bar)
The famous singer is currently on his “Wallen’s Still The Problem Tour” which kicked off in Minneapolis in April.