“This Is So Unserious”– Wild Video Shows Band Continuing To Play On Downtown Nashville Rooftop As Tornado Sirens Blare

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After this past week here in Nashville, I get why they completely ignored the sirens.

Now, first of all, let me start out by saying you shouldn’t ignore a tornado warning. It’s only been a few years since a tornado ripped through Nashville and killed 5 people, injuring hundreds and causing over a billion dollars in damage. Tornadoes are no joke, and you don’t have a ton of time to prepare for them, so this time of year it’s always important to be aware of the weather and be ready to take cover if a warning pops up.

But it seems like the past week here in Music City has been just one long tornado warning. The first one woke me up at around 2:30 on Thursday morning, and then another followed shortly after, and by about 5:30 AM I had decided that it was in God’s hands and just silenced my phone and went back to sleep – after no less than 4 tornado warnings and 6 phone calls from the Metro Nashville emergency alert system.

I finally blocked the emergency number on Friday, which I know defeats the purpose, but after getting near-constant calls for two days, I was well aware that there was a weather emergency and didn’t need a phone call to alert me anyway.

This past Saturday we had yet another storm roll through, bringing yet another round of tornado warnings to downtown Nashville. In fact I was on the interstate when the alert came over the radio and announced that people between exits 211 and 235 needed to seek shelter immediately…as we were passing exit 211. Not great timing, but at that point the tornado fatigue had set in and I was ready to accept whatever fate came with it.

Like I said, not a smart move on my part, and I definitely should have taken the warnings more seriously, but after 48 hours of alerts blowing up my phone like a crazy ex-girlfriend, I was over it.

I say all that to say, I see why the bands on Broadway just kept playing as the sirens were going off. But if you were a tourist in town, especially somebody from an area that doesn’t get tornadoes (or tornado warnings) your anxiety was probably pretty high as the storms rolled in.

One video posted to TikTok showed the almost dystopian scene from a rooftop bar on Broadway, with the band continuing to play as bar goers stood on the rooftop and watched as the clouds moved towards downtown Nashville and the tornado sirens blared in the background.

“This is so unserious.”

@maybeabadbitch

Only on Broadway, where the band keeps playing during the tornado warning #nashville #broadway #jasonaldean #newengland #torn

♬ original sound – Kate

And I get it. If I weren’t used to the warnings, I would have probably been a little nervous too. There were some bars downtown that did evacuate guests to the basement during the warnings. But apparently some were, like me, pretty much immune to the warnings at that point and just went about their business.

Luckily we ended up not getting any tornadoes this time around. But like I said, it’s best to take it seriously when the sirens do start going off. Because nobody wants to go out on the rooftop of Jason Aldean’s bar listening to a cover band play “Sex On Fire.”