Morgan Wallen, the musical artist known for “The Way I Talk,” hits the road in 2022, kicking off an arena tour nearly a year to the day after a video surfaced of him shouting a racial slur in Nashville.
The 45-plus show tour from the embattled country singer plots performances inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, among others.
Wallen played Des Moines in early 2020 as part of country artist Jason Aldean’s “We Back Tour,” and returns on April 29, performing at the Wells Fargo Arena, 233 Center St., at 7 p.m.
His tour announcement marks the latest — and arguably largest — step in Wallen returning to the limelight after a video published last February captured the singer shouting a racial slur in Nashville.
After NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” announced Wallen planned to perform in October 2020, the country singer was later removed from the line-up after violating COVID-19 protocols before the show when videos surfaced of him partying with fans without wearing a mask or practicing social distancing during a University of Alabama football game 72 hours before the show.