Country singer Chris Young arrested for assault in Nashville
Country singer Chris Young has been arrested in Nashville.
Young, 38, was booked into the Nashville Metro Jail on Monday, Jan. 22, and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault on an officer. We weekly can confirm. He was released on Tuesday, January 23 and will appear in court on February 16.
The alleged incident occurred after Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) officers walked into a bar on Demonbreun Street to complete a compliance check. Young was present and allegedly began questioning the officers and recording videos of them, according to court documents obtained by news affiliate ABC WKRN.
The officers then left and walked to another branch to conduct another compliance check. As they left, Young allegedly put his hands out to prevent the officers from leaving the bar. One TABC officer claimed Young then “slapped” him on the shoulder and began “yelling and screaming.”
Us has reached out to Young for comment.
Young rose to prominence after winning season 4 of the American singing competition Nashville star in 2006. After his win, he was signed to RCA Records Nashville and has released eight studio albums to date. Earlier this month he announced his next record, Young love and Saturday nightwhich will be released on March 22nd.
“It's time. I put a lot into this next song and I can't wait for you all to hear it,” he wrote via Instagram on January 12.
During an interview with the website Raw stock earlier this month, Young said the album is “a little bit louder [and] a little rawer” than his previous releases.
“Even the stripped-down songs are heavier,” he said. “I love making music and creating it, and the fact that I get to do that for a living is incredible.”
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Before announcing his new album, Young released a single of the same name in July 2023. David Bowie is credited as one of the songwriters, as the song borrows a guitar riff from the late musician's 1974 single 'Rebel Rebel'.
“There are many songs where people use something as a sample or have exactly the same melody or lyrics. This is different,” Young said Rolling stone in July 2023 about Bowie's influence on the tune. “This allows you to create something new, with a nod to something that already existed. And if you understand the reference, it just makes the song even cooler to you. Just to have a song that credits David Bowie as the songwriter is amazing.”
Some of Young's other recognizable songs include “Gettin' You Home,” “The Man I Want to Be” and his 2020 collaboration with Kane Brown'Famous friends.'