Morgan Wallen Announces Free Nashville Arena Show For Friday

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

March 2nd, 2023 12:06 PM

Morgan Wallen has decided to play a free show at Nashville’s Bridgestone arena for fans on Friday (3/4), the day his One Thing At A Time album is released. As his song “Thought You Should Know” sits at the top of the charts, Morgan secretly planned the celebration to commemorate the album’s release.

Wallen posted a video to his Facebook announcing the event to fans. He said in part, “I’m gonna do acoustic… everyone’s asking me why I’m not doing a Tennessee show. I’m doing one now. Friday, 3/23. See you there.”

With over 1.2 million fans already committed to 2023’s “One Night At A Time World Tour,” Morgan wanted to create the kind of night sure to create memories to last through all 63-shows—and 30 stadiums – with an up-close, in-the-round, free full band event.

Fans can only reserve tickets in person at downtown Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena and are capped at two tickets per person. The in-the-round show kicks off Friday night at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 4:30 p.m.

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In January, Wallen’s “You Proof” became the first 10-week number-one in Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart history. Morgan took some spray paint to fix a banner on Nashville’s Music Row yesterday (1/11) to mark the occasion. He shared a clip of himself fixing a banner on Music Row congratulating him on his latest achievement. On his Insta stories, he wrote, “‘You Proof’ is the only song ever to spend ten weeks at the top of the Country Airplay chart. Thank you to my fans, an incredible radio team, and country radio for the support. Love ya’ll.” He added, “Decided to rearrange the banner instead of buying a new one on the next story. lol.”

Morgan stood on a ladder with spray paint to fix the six weeks to ten by crossing out the six with red paint and adding a ten. He wrote over the clip, “Let’s see how good my Graffiti skills are.” As some label people laughed, he crosses out the six many times and then switches to yellow paint to do so. He writes” “That look good?” Then he takes some orange spray paint to go over the ten again and adds an orange T for Tennessee Vols on his shirt on the banner image. He steps back, and they all giggle with joy.

13 Songs That Made Morgan Wallen An ACM Star

• 13. “The Way I Talk” (2016)

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  His very first single. A memorable lyric to the song, "Man, it ain't my fault, I just live the way I talk."

• 12. “Chasin’ You” (2019)

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  "Chasin' You" became Wallen's third consecutive Number One hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The "Chasin' You (Dream Video)" was filmed in black and white and showed Wallen driving around Nashville, Tennessee, in a convertible.

• 11. “Wasted on You” (2022)

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  This song made history as it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week ending January 23, 2021, along with the album tracks "Somebody's Problem," "Warning," and "Sand in My Boots" and the singles "7 Summers" and "More Than My Hometown." In doing so, Wallen became the first artist ever to chart six songs within the top 10 of Hot Country Songs at the same time.
• 10. “This Bar” (2019)

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  Morgan said, "Wrote this song with my buddies about some moments and times in my life that have made me who I am today. Some good, some bad, but all of them I can look back on and grin a little."

• 9. “Somebody’s Problem” (2020)

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  This song's narrative is all about a budding new relationship; one ends and another begins. In the lyrics, Wallen thinks how a woman who is too good to be true could have slipped through an ex's fingers and guessed she is somebody else’s problem.

• 8. “Don’t Think Jesus” (2022)

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  Morgan said that even though he didn't write this song, it brought him to tears upon first hearing it, and he said it is of his most personal songs.
• 7. “Still Goin’ Down” (2020)

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  Wallen described the song as all about growing up in the country; it truly is a love song to the town that raised him. The song is an anthem that pays tribute to all the small-town Friday nights and beer drinking around the bonfire.

• 6. “Up Down” (featuring Florida Georgia Line) (2017)

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  A fun party song with Florida Georgia Line. The video features Wallen and both members of Florida Georgia Line partying on a beach and in concert.

• 5. “More Than My Hometown” (2020)

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  An ode to his hometown, the photograph used as the cover image for the single, was taken looking southbound on Tennessee Highway 70 just north of Kyles Ford, Tennessee. One of the towns listed on the highway sign in the photo, Sneedville, is Morgan’s actual hometown.
• 4. “Whiskey Glasses” (2018)

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  A big hit for Wallen, this song reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated June 8, 2019, after topping the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in May of 2020.

• 3. “Flower Shops” (Ernest featuring Morgan Wallen) (2021)

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  This touching ballad's chorus sings, "Mister, I'll take your roses / If you cut off the thorns, she can't take no more / I'll buy violets and daisies to hide all the crazy, it's gonna take all you've got / Aw, it's a bad day for love, but a good day for flower shops."

• 2. “7 Summers” (2020)

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  This story song was the perfect vibe for the time. When this smash was released, the song broke the single-day Apple Music streaming record for a country song and debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.
• 1. “Sand in My Boots” (2021)

  Share

  This touching song is a nostalgic ballad about lost love, describes a worn-out cowboy, weathering lost love and fading memories of drinking with that girl who could've been the one. It became Wallen's fifth number one song in February of 2022.

• 13. “The Way I Talk” (2016)

  Share

  His very first single. A memorable lyric to the song, "Man, it ain't my fault, I just live the way I talk."

• 12. “Chasin’ You” (2019)

  Share

  "Chasin' You" became Wallen's third consecutive Number One hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. The "Chasin' You (Dream Video)" was filmed in black and white and showed Wallen driving around Nashville, Tennessee, in a convertible.
• 11. “Wasted on You” (2022)

  Share

  This song made history as it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week ending January 23, 2021, along with the album tracks "Somebody's Problem," "Warning," and "Sand in My Boots" and the singles "7 Summers" and "More Than My Hometown." In doing so, Wallen became the first artist ever to chart six songs within the top 10 of Hot Country Songs at the same time.

• 10. “This Bar” (2019)

  Share

  Morgan said, "Wrote this song with my buddies about some moments and times in my life that have made me who I am today. Some good, some bad, but all of them I can look back on and grin a little."

• 9. “Somebody’s Problem” (2020)

  Share

  This song's narrative is all about a budding new relationship; one ends and another begins. In the lyrics, Wallen thinks how a woman who is too good to be true could have slipped through an ex's fingers and guessed she is somebody else’s problem.
• 8. “Don’t Think Jesus” (2022)

  Share

  Morgan said that even though he didn't write this song, it brought him to tears upon first hearing it, and he said it is of his most personal songs.

• 7. “Still Goin’ Down” (2020)

  Share

  Wallen described the song as all about growing up in the country; it truly is a love song to the town that raised him. The song is an anthem that pays tribute to all the small-town Friday nights and beer drinking around the bonfire.

• 6. “Up Down” (featuring Florida Georgia Line) (2017)

  Share

  A fun party song with Florida Georgia Line. The video features Wallen and both members of Florida Georgia Line partying on a beach and in concert.
• 5. “More Than My Hometown” (2020)

  Share

  An ode to his hometown, the photograph used as the cover image for the single, was taken looking southbound on Tennessee Highway 70 just north of Kyles Ford, Tennessee. One of the towns listed on the highway sign in the photo, Sneedville, is Morgan’s actual hometown.

• 4. “Whiskey Glasses” (2018)

  Share

  A big hit for Wallen, this song reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated June 8, 2019, after topping the Hot Country Songs chart. The song was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in May of 2020.

• 3. “Flower Shops” (Ernest featuring Morgan Wallen) (2021)

  Share

  This touching ballad's chorus sings, "Mister, I'll take your roses / If you cut off the thorns, she can't take no more / I'll buy violets and daisies to hide all the crazy, it's gonna take all you've got / Aw, it's a bad day for love, but a good day for flower shops."
• 2. “7 Summers” (2020)

  Share

  This story song was the perfect vibe for the time. When this smash was released, the song broke the single-day Apple Music streaming record for a country song and debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.

• 1. “Sand in My Boots” (2021)

  Share

  This touching song is a nostalgic ballad about lost love, describes a worn-out cowboy, weathering lost love and fading memories of drinking with that girl who could've been the one. It became Wallen's fifth number one song in February of 2022.

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