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Bailey Zimmerman Told Fans He Had to Cancel His Shows Because He Wasn’t Feeling Well. Police Say He Destroyed a $16,000 Hotel Room the Same Night

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Police say the damage at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque topped $16,000: a broken phone, a damaged TV and coffee table, two ruined chairs, two more missing, a hole in one wall, and stained carpet. Zimmerman, 26, also charged more than $400 in alcohol to the room and left without paying the tab.

The affidavit lays out a long afternoon. At sound check around 4:30 p.m. on May 27, he stumbled onto the stage, destroyed a guitar, kicked over part of the drum kit, shoved a guitarist, and threw microphones to the ground. Security walked him back to the resort, where staff later gave him a deadline to leave and called police when he wouldn’t go.

Male performer in a pink jacket and white tank top smiling and waving one arm in the air while holding a microphone on a darkened stage.
Arms raised and grinning, Brandon Lake performs at Nissan Stadium during day four of the CMA Music Festival in Nashville on June 7, 2026. Photo by Curtis Hilbun / The Mega Agency.

A fourth-degree felony charge of criminal damage to property and a misdemeanor charge of falsely obtaining services followed on June 18. No bond has been set, and reps for Zimmerman haven’t responded to requests for comment.

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Brandon Lake grips a mic stand and gazes upward mid-performance at the CMA Music Festival’s fourth day at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, June 7, 2026. Photo by Curtis Hilbun / The Mega Agency.

It isn’t the first time. In January 2025, he apologized on camera for a Crash My Playa set, telling fans he was too drunk to play and that nobody got the show they paid for.

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