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Nashville council rejects proposed sign for Morgan Wallen's new bar, decrying his behavior
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FILE - Morgan Wallen arrives at the 56th annual CMA Awards, Nov. 9, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Nashville councilmembers rejected plans for a glowing sign at Wallen's new bar along the city's neon-lit strip of honky tonks, citing his use of a racial slur publicized in 2021 and his recent criminal charges of throwing a chair off a rooftop and nearly hitting two police officers. - photo by Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville councilmembers have rejected plans for a glowing sign to be erected at Morgan Wallen's new bar along the city's neon-lit strip of honky tonks, citing his use of a racial slur that caused controversy in 2021 and recent criminal charges accusing the country star of throwing a chair off a rooftop near two police officers. The Nashville Metro Council voted 30-3 Tuesday evening against the proposed sign at Morgan Wallen's This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen, which is set to open this weekend. The sign would have hung over a public sidewalk, similar to those at many neighboring bars.