Morgan Wallen Throws Security Guard’s Phone Offstage During Performance

Morgan Wallen drew attention during his Friday, June 5 performance at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh after an incident involving a security guard’s phone. Footage shared on social media showed Wallen approaching the guard as she held a phone up to record from below the stage. He motioned for the recording to stop, then returned moments later, took the phone from the guard’s hands, and tossed it across the stage. The moment circulated widely online in the days after the show.

The incident came just one day before Wallen canceled a second scheduled Pittsburgh concert because of severe weather. In a statement posted to his Instagram Stories on Saturday, June 6, he said the decision was made after discussing conditions with local officials and his team, adding that the safety of fans and crew was the top priority. The cancellation affected his ongoing Still the Problem Tour, which began in April.

Wallen’s recent tour has included other tense moments onstage. During a June 2026 stop in Denver, he was seen flipping over a piano in the middle of a performance after reportedly experiencing technical problems. Social media clips from that show suggested he was frustrated because he could not hear the instrument properly. Days later, Wallen addressed the incident in a sarcastic TikTok video, saying the piano was working then, adding that it had also been described as working the night before.

This was not the first time Wallen has reacted publicly to a phone being involved during a performance. In 2024, footage showed a phone thrown at him while he was performing in Denver during his One Night at a Time Tour. The singer has also been the subject of repeated public scrutiny over controversies away from the stage.

Wallen’s history of headlines includes his May 2020 arrest outside Kid Rock’s bar in Nashville for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, a case that was later dropped. Later that year, he faced criticism after being seen without a face mask and kissing several women at college bars in Tuscaloosa during the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, TMZ published a video of him using a racial slur, prompting a public apology in which he said the word was unacceptable, expressed embarrassment and remorse, and pledged to do better.

The Pittsburgh phone-throwing moment adds to a series of viral incidents that have followed Wallen throughout his tour appearances and public life.