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On the eve of his debut album release,\u00a0MORGAN WALLEN\u00a0<\/strong>rocked his first late-night television appearance on ABC\u2019s\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0<\/em>Thursday<\/span>\u00a0(4\/26), performing his breakout smash \u201cUp Down\u201d<\/strong> with collaborators Florida Georgia Line<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In a surprise backstage moment, Kimmel presented Wallen and FGL with RIAA GOLD certification plaques<\/strong>, signifying the Top 15 hit has exceeded more than 500,000 sales and streams in the U.S. alone. This marks Wallen\u2019s<\/strong> first GOLD-certified single<\/em>, which continues its ascent up the Country radio charts.<\/p>\n In case you missed it,\u00a0watch<\/a>\u00a0Wallen turn\u00a0Kimmel<\/em>\u00a0\u201cUp Down\u201d with Florida Georgia Line. In addition, catch his second performance introducing “Whiskey Glasses” (IF I KNOW ME<\/em>)\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday<\/span>\u00a0night (4\/25), Wallen<\/strong> headlined Los Angeles\u2019 legendary Troubadour nightclub for a sold-out show, turning in a blistering set that included his anthemic debut single \u201cThe Way I Talk,\u201d a breakneck medley of covers spanning Def Leppard to Fall Out Boy, a rowdy version of \u201cPlay Something Country,\u201d and\u00a0IF I KNOW ME<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0cuts \u201cWhatcha Know \u2018Bout That,\u201d \u201cHad Me By Halftime,\u201d \u201cHappy Hour,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n IF I KNOW ME<\/em><\/strong>, his eagerly awaited debut project, is available now at all digital retailers. Produced by ACM and CMA Award winner Joey Moi,<\/strong> the 14-song collection includes six tracks Wallen<\/strong> co-wrote.<\/p>\n The electrifying talent hits the SiriusXM Spotlight stage today (2:45 p.m. PT<\/span>) at Stagecoach in Indio, CA \u2013 his first performance at the famed festival. In addition to celebrating the release of\u00a0IF I KNOW ME<\/em><\/strong>, the tunesmith is also celebrating his first #1 as a songwriter with Jason Aldean\u2019s \u201cYou Make It Easy.\u201d He\u2019ll wrap his headlining UP DOWN TOUR\u00a0tomorrow<\/span>\u00a0(4\/28) at Stoney\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Country in Las Vegas, NV. Fans can catch Wallen<\/strong> on the road this summer as support on Luke Bryan\u2019s<\/strong> WHAT MAKES YOU COUNTRY TOUR,<\/em> beginning\u00a0May 31<\/strong>\u00a0in Toronto, CAN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gold-certification","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morganwallen.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}