Local officials have given the boot to a proposal to erect a huge neon sign over Morgan Wallen’s new bar at Nashville’s famed Honky Tonk Highway, criticizing the country music star for instances of misbehavior and past use of a racial slur.
The Tuesday vote by the Nashville Metro Council saw 33 members vote against Wallen’s 20-foot sign, which advertises “Morgan Wallen’s This Bar,” according to The Tennessean. Just three members voted in favor of the plan.
The full name of Wallen’s new space is This Bar and Tennessee Kitchen, the title of a 2019 song of his. The six-story facility, which actually features six different bars, bills itself as an “homage to his love of all things Tennessee and the fans that have embraced him and his music,” according to its website.
