Given a second chance, Wallen plays SNL
This is the second chance for Wallen. He was slated to be the musical guest in October, but was forced to cancel that week because he attended a party at the University of Alabama during the COVID-19 crisis. At the time, SNL producer Lorne Michaels said Wallen would be invited back.
Wallen will perform two songs - neither was disclosed - for his sophomore double album, "Dangerous: The Double Album," out Jan. 8, 2021. Earlier this week, Wallen became the first artist in the history of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart to debut two titles inside the chart's Top 10 with new releases "Somebody's Problem" and "Still Goin Down."
The Tennessee native won the CMA Award for New Artist of the Year and Best New Country Artist at the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards, and was Billboard's number one song of 2019 on both the Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts (multi-week number one "Whiskey Glasses").
"Dangerous: The Double Album" includes "This Bar" and chart topping single "More Than My Hometown."
More news for Morgan Wallen
- 03/20/25: Wallen sets release date for upcoming CD
- 01/24/25: Wallen acknowledges "I'm The Problem" and stadium tour
- 12/31/24: Wallen surprises with "Smile"
- 12/12/24: Wallen pleads guilty in chair throwing incident
- 10/25/24: Wallen's Sand In My Boots Fest sells out
- 10/24/24: Wallen goes live to "Love Somebody"
- 10/21/24: Wallen, Post Malone, Brooks & Dunn, HARDY headline Sand in My Boots Fest
- 10/18/24: Wallen wants to "Love Somebody"
CD reviews for Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen's album, which is longer than the average movie or concert (at nearly two hours), is too long. Perhaps even a Wallen apologist would agree with that assessment. Yes, it may be possible to have too much of a good thing. Few artists can create such an epic full-length without at least a little filler. Wallen's good, but not that good. However, all the good stuff on this song-packed release is extremely good, and worthy of our attention. The hits far outweigh the misses. ...
The buzz in the industry is that Morgan Wallen is primed to be the next big country music superstar. If prognosticators are correct with this prediction, the man fully deserves all the recognition. Proof positive is his "Dangerous: The Double Album," which is a humongous 30 songs long! It's a two-CD set. Not like a double album from back in the LP era, but a double full-length CD effort. Therefore, if you want to take a deep dive with this one, make sure you have plenty of air in your scuba tank. ...
"Like a lot of people my age, I didn't necessarily grow up listening to country music...I grew up living it." It's a little unsettling thought from the 24-year old Morgan Wallen. You wouldn't want to hear from your doctor that they substituted book learning for feel. But music may well be different, and Wallen does have some legitimate country cred - he hails not far from the Tennessee Cumberland Gap and went to Kenny Chesney's high school (What an alumni party that would be!). ...
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