Morgan Wallen Wraps Wrigley Field Shows With $100k Donation
Morgan Wallen played his “One Night At A Time World Tour” last week with two back-to-back nights at Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Morgan celebrated the final night (June 23) at the…
Morgan Wallen played his "One Night At A Time World Tour" last week with two back-to-back nights at Chicago's Wrigley Field. Morgan celebrated the final night (June 23) at the home of the Chicago Cubs backstage with students from the nearby Baker and Bowen High Schools. The cause for the celebration was a presentation of a $100k check from Wallen's charity, The Morgan Wallen Foundation, to revitalize South Chicago's Bessemer Park baseball field.
Wallen said in a statement, "Our mission with the Morgan Wallen Foundation is to support youth programs in the areas of sports and music. We are thrilled to donate $100k to Bessemer Park to give the kids a place to play ball here in South Chicago." He added, "This donation, combined with being back on stage performing for my fans tonight at Wrigley, is a true doubleheader for me."
Morgan's donation to the field, the home field of Baker and Bowen High School students, complemented a previous $150k donation from Cubs Charities. Altogether, the $250k donated to the park will contribute to a fully upgraded diamond with a new backstop, side wings, and dugouts, including extended side wings, and will include rehabilitating the playing surface for multiple levels of play.
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Bailey Zimmerman chatted with us recently about his incredible last few years and how he met his tourmate Morgan Wallen for the very first time. Zimmerman told us that he was on a Zoom call with his record label as he was driving up to Big Loud Records in Nashville to write some songs, and he saw Ernest in the parking lot and wanted to meet him. He said that he told his label he wanted to wrap up the call to say hello to the songwriter, but it was not to be. However, there was someone else in the parking lot that said hi to him.
Bailey explained, "I look up, and there's Morgan walking to me out of his truck. And I said, 'Hey man.' And he's like, 'Hey man, you're Bailey,' and I'm like, 'Holy crap, you know my name. Holy crap Morgan, I'm a massive fan,' and he's like, 'Dude, I'm a massive fan of you; you've got that song 'Fall In Love,' right?' And I'm like, 'Yeah, I freaking do.' And he's like, 'Yeah, I've been jamming that in my truck I and my son have been jamming that song, man; he loves it.'"
Zimmerman added, "What a way to meet somebody, you know. That's what really made me fall in love with him as a person. He's never treated me wrong one time. He always shoots you straight; that's the thing; he's a real dude."
As Morgan Wallen celebrates his 30th birthday today (5/13), he just shared with his fans that he has re-scheduled 10 out of the 16 tour dates that he postponed early this week. Morgan posted the news on his Instagram to the delight of his bid fan base.
While he wasn't in attendance at the ACM Awards earlier this week (5/11), Wallen did win the Male Artist of the Year honor given out by ACM co-host Garth Brooks.
Earlier this year, in March, Morgan revealed he is single. He said in a recent interview, "I had a girlfriend for a while. Not recently. That was the last one I had. I don't have anybody right now. It's kind of hard. Just how busy I've been. I got a son; an album, a tour; I've got all these things I do."
He added, "It's really hard for me to make time for that. I want to, though. I think I'm coming up on my 'settle down phase.' We'll see. I'm not in a hurry."
As Walen celebrates his big day working on improving his voice during his doctor-mandated vocal rest, we pause to look at 13 of his best songs.
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13. "The Way I Talk" (2016)
Big LoudHis 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)
Big Loud"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)
Big LoudThis 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)
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)
Big LoudThis 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)
Big LoudMorgan 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)
Big LoudWallen 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)
Big LoudA 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)
Big LoudAn 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)
Big LoudA 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)
Big LoudThis 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)
Big LoudThis 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)
Big LoudThis 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.
