Cage The Elephant Singer Arrested On Weapons Charge

MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE – JUNE 15: Matt Schultz performs with Cage the Elephant during the 2024 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 15, 2024 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

Matt Shultz, the lead singer of Cage the Elephant, is dealing with legal trouble.

Shultz was arrested at a Manhattan hotel on Thursday on weapons charges.

Police say Shultz was arrested after a Bowery Hotel employee saw him pull a gun from his pants pocket in one of the hotel’s public restrooms, items he reportedly did not have a license to carry.

Shultz also allegedly appeared intoxicated and ended up spending the night in jail.

Police obtained a search warrant and found two loaded firearms in a bag in Mr. Shultz’s hotel room. Officers also found 11 Polaroid photos of the guns, some showing a hand pointing to the firearms, and six handwritten notes. One note read, “I will defend myself if I am attacked.”