Morgan Wallen will not be performing in Pittsburgh Saturday night due to weather.
Wallen, who played Friday night at the city’s Acrisure Stadium and brought out WWE star and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle, posted to his Instagram story announcing the news.
“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,” he wrote.
The divisive country singer, 33, continued, saying, “safety for my fans and crew is the highest priority” and that refunds will be available at the point of purchase.
Severe thunderstorms that could produce heavy winds and hail are expected to roll through the city in the afternoon, creating potentially dangerous conditions.
Wallen recently made headlines for his behavior as he continues on his Still the Problem tour.
Video that circulated on social media last week showed Wallen appearing to take out his frustrations on a piano after it malfunctioned during his song “Sand in My Boots” at his show at the Empower Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado.
After singing the song without accompaniment, Wallen turned around and pushed over the piano until it crashed onto the stage and broke apart as the audience screamed and cheered.
Wallen did not address the incident onstage and did not immediately return The Independent’s request for comment at the time.
He did, however, post a TikTok video on June 2 assuring fans the instrument was still in working order, according to E! News.
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“Hey, I just want you guys to know that right now this piano is working,” he said, before the camera pans to a piano. “And that’s what they told me last night, too.”
Social media users were quick to criticize Wallen for seemingly acting on his frustration after the event, with one person writing on X: “Morgan Wallen is the real problem. Imagine behaving like this in front of your own fans.”
“This is so unnecessary and unprofessional. men have it so easy cuz if it were a woman….,” another said. One person wrote on Threads: “Why’s he so emotional? He should try smiling more, see if that helps.”
The “Chasin’ You” singer has been at the center of several controversies over the years.
He was briefly suspended from his record label in 2021 after a video emerged of him yelling the n-word. A week after the incident, he shared a five-minute apology video and said that he was on “hour 72 of a 72-hour bender” when the video was taken.
In 2024, Wallen pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment after he threw a chair off a six-story rooftop bar. He was sentenced to seven days at a DUI education center and two years of probation.
