Morgan Wallen Skips 2025 ACM Awards Despite Seven Nominations, Continuing String of Award Show Absences

Morgan Wallen was noticeably absent astatine nan 2025 ACM Awards.

The “Last Night” singer, 31, did not be nan May 8 grant show, contempt receiving respective nominations, including nan apical Entertainer of nan Year prize, PEOPLE tin confirm; a logic for his absence was not given.

The state prima did, however, station a photograph of himself hanging retired pinch Tom Brady conscionable earlier nan show kicked off. On Instagram Stories, Wallen shared a threat of himself and nan retired NFL star, 47, tossing a shot connected a play court, and wrote, "Had a small mustard connected it."

At nan ACM Awards — which were held astatine nan Ford Center astatine The Star successful Frisco, Texas — Wallen was up for 7 full awards, including Single of nan Year, Song of nan Year, Artist-Songwriter of nan Year and Music Event of nan Year.

The star's latest award-show absence comes aft he has skipped retired connected respective different caller ceremonies, contempt receiving aggregate nominations astatine each.

In February, nan state prima did not be the 2025 Grammy Awards, wherever he was a first-time nominee pinch 2 nominations. Wallen was up for some Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Country Song for “I Had Some Help,” his collaboration pinch Post Malone, but mislaid retired successful some categories.

Check retired each of PEOPLE's afloat ACM Awards sum here.

Late past year, Wallen missed different awesome grant show appearance, nan 2024 CMA Awards, contempt being nominated for Entertainer of nan Year, which he yet won. (He attended nan show nan erstwhile year, successful 2023.)

After nan “Cowgirls” musician won Entertainer of nan Year astatine nan CMAs connected Nov. 20, presenter Jeff Bridges accepted nan triumph successful his absence. "Morgan couldn't make it tonight, truthful I'm going to judge this grant connected his behalf," Bridges told nan crowd. "Alright, let's perceive it for Morgan!"

It was not clear why Wallen was absent and, astatine nan time, a rep for Wallen did not respond to PEOPLE's petition for comment.

The "Whiskey Glasses" vocalist was besides nan most-nominated creator astatine nan 2024 CMAs, receiving nods for Entertainer, Single of nan Year, Song of nan Year, Male Vocalist of nan Year, Music Video of nan Year and Musical Event of nan Year.

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Wallen’s latest project, I'm nan Problem, will driblet May 16.

The prima unveiled nan tracklist and collaborators for nan medium successful April, revealing that Post Malone, Eric Church, ERNEST, HARDY and Tate McRae will each beryllium featured connected nan project. "I Ain't Coming Back" featuring Malone, 29, was released April 18.

A period aft Wallen's caller medium comes out, nan prima is slated to embark connected a stadium tour. The state prima will footwear disconnected nan I'm The Problem circuit connected June 20 successful Houston, stopping successful Seattle, Cleveland, Toronto, Miami Gardens and different cities successful North America. He will beryllium joined connected nan circuit by Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Koe Wetzel, Gavin Adcock, Corey Kent, Ella Langley and Anne Wilson.

In April of 2024, Wallen was arrested connected felony charges aft throwing a chair from nan rooftop of Chief's connected Broadway, Eric Church's downtown Nashville bar. In December, Wallen pleaded conditionally blameworthy owed to judicial diversion, and a Nashville judge sentenced him to 1 week of incarceration, to beryllium served astatine a DUI acquisition center, arsenic good arsenic 2 years' probation: 1 twelvemonth for each of his misdemeanor charges for reckless endangerment.