Country stars steamed over Chase Rice’s concert with no social distancing

Mike Palm
Monday, June 29, 2020 12:29 p.m. | Monday, June 29, 2020 12:29 p.m.

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Chase Rice at the fourth annual ACM Party for a Cause Festival in 2016.

Country music performer Chase Rice is facing criticism after a video surfaced from his weekend concert, featuring hundreds of fans packed together without masks.

Rice and his band performed Saturday night at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tenn.

Other country music performers like Kelsea Ballerini, Mickey Guyton and Maren Morris ripped Rice’s decision.

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. ??‍♀️ https://t.co/eJaLnGu28k

— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) June 28, 2020

An absolute selfish act. Shame on him

— Mickey Guyton (@MickeyGuyton) June 28, 2020

??no masks.

— MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) June 28, 2020

Rice is scheduled to play a show Aug. 16 at the Starlight Drive-In in Butler.

The event’s website lists social distancing precautions that would seemingly prevent what happened in Tennessee. More details and tickets are available here.

Rice’s show would be the second concert at the Starlight Drive-In, which hosted the Clarks, the Hawkeyes and Gene the Werewolf on Saturday for a charity show.

Drive-in @theclarks show in Butler, #Pennsylvania. This is awesome! #NewNormal in the days of #COVID19 #livemusic pic.twitter.com/3pmoFfaiOY

— Liz Brarian (@librarydervish) June 28, 2020