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Kelsea Ballerini Criticizes Chase Rice For Playing A ‘Normal’ Concert

Last night, Chase Rice returned to the road when he played a concert in Petros, Tennessee at a venue called the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary (a former penitentiary that is…

Kelsea Ballerini Criticizes Chase Rice For Playing A 'Normal' Concert
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Last night, Chase Rice returned to the road when he played a concert in Petros, Tennessee at a venue called the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary (a former penitentiary that is now a venue where concerts are held). Local news outlet WKRN reported that the venue normally holds 10,000 people but were limiting the show to 4,000.

But video of the performance began circulating online, with gossip site TMZ sharing video that showed no social distancing and few people wearing masks at the show.

Rice himself shared video of the show in his Instagram stories, and that video was reshared by other social media accounts.

Kelsea Ballerini tweeted about the video, saying, "Imagine being selfish enough to put thousands of people’s health at risk, not to mention the potential ripple effect, and play a normal country concert right now.  @ChaseRiceMusic, We all want (and need) to tour. We just care about our fans and their families enough to wait."

Rice has not yet responded to Ballerini's post.

Brian has been working in pop culture and media for about three decades: he’s worked at MTV, VH1, SiriusXM, CBS and Loudwire. Besides working as a writer and an editor-in-chief, he’s also appeared on air as a pundit, guested on radio shows and hosted podcasts. Over the years, he’s interviewed the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, the members of U2, Beyonce, Pink, Usher, Stevie Nicks, Lorde… and is grateful to have had the chance to interview Joe Strummer of the Clash and Tom Petty.