Overview
- Video shows McGraw stumbling backward and landing on his backside during a performance of “I Like It, I Love It” at Riverbend Music Center on Thursday night before getting up and finishing the song.
- Fan footage and local reports indicate the fall occurred after his cowboy boot caught on a crevice or edge in the stage flooring.
- McGraw stayed onstage, kept the microphone and continued the set, then posted the clip to Instagram with the caption thanking the crowd and joking about the tumble.
- Many followers expressed concern online and asked if he was hurt, though no official injury or medical update has been released and the tour is scheduled to continue with Detroit listed as the next stop.
- Reporters and outlets put the mishap in the context of McGraw’s disclosed history of multiple back surgeries and double knee replacements and his 2018 onstage collapse, which has heightened fan attention to the incident.