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Willie Nelson Announces Lineup for 2022 Outlaw Fest Tour

Trigger News Allison Russell , Billy Strings , Brittney Spencer , Brothers Osborne , Charley Crockett , Chris Stapleton , Jason Isbell , Larkin Poe , Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats , Outlaw Fest , Particle Kid , Steve Earle , The Avett Brothers , The War and Treaty , Willie Nelson , Zach Bryan , ZZ Top --> 21 Comments

Willie Nelson’s traveling Outlaw Fest will once again hit the road in 2022 with 19 dates all across the eastern United States, and with an expanded and revolving list of openers that will include some really cool names for amphitheater shows. Chris Stapleton, The Avett Brothers, ZZ Top, and Gov’T Mule could probably sell out any one of these sheds themselves. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Billy Strings, and Brothers Osborne would be right behind them. Add surging up-and-comers like Zach Bryan, Allison Russell, Charley Crockett, and War & Treaty, let alone more established names such as Steve Earle and Larkin Poe, and each one of these dates really is like a mini festival. “Our annual Outlaw Music Festival Tour has grown to become this incredible family of artists that deliver must-see performances every night,” says Keith Wortman, Co-Founder of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour, which is an extension of Blackbird Presents. “We are honored to present these once in a lifetime lineups all over the country.” And most importantly of course, it gives you the opportunity to see Willie Nelson, which you should never pass up, and lately that has also included accompaniment by his sons Lukas Nelson of Promise of the Real, and Micah Nelson, who will also be playing with his band Particle Kid on select dates. “The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun, and with the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date. I just can’t wait to get back on the road again,” says Willie Nelson. Tickets on sale on March 25th.

Tour Dates & Lineups

Allison Russell , Billy Strings , Brittney Spencer , Brothers Osborne , Charley Crockett , Chris Stapleton , Jason Isbell , Larkin Poe , Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats , Outlaw Fest , Particle Kid , Steve Earle , The Avett Brothers , The War and Treaty , Willie Nelson , Zach Bryan , ZZ Top

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I’d love to see Billy on stage with Willy.

The label “Outlaw” has lost it’s edge and meaning. It’s like a cutesy novelty sign at Cracker Barrel now. The majority of these bands willingly carry water for Big Pharma and Big Government.

Waylon did commercials for Coca Cola, and for Sunbeam Brand Bread (whatever that was), so maybe the word “Outlaw” never had an edge, hoss.

OR….the original Outlaws lost their edge in old age.

Especially that Marxist twat Steve Earle. Would love to see Billy tho

People can believe what they want to believe, but I have to give Steve Earl credit because he softened his stance and realized that he needs to get along with his neighbors. Granted where he lives is overwhelmingly right-leaning.

Steve Earle playing at The Walmart AMP is very interesting.

Let me ask, what do you consider the old age ?

We’ve done this since exercise for the past 5 years everytime the Outlaw Fest lineup gets announced. Outlaw just means to not be restricted to one genre.

I was going to comment in the Dolly Parton rock in roll HOF articles that you bet Willie deserves to be enshrined. He wrote some of the best pop standards – Crazy, Nightlife, Funny How Time Slips Away – won Grammys in the Pop, Jazz, and Country fields and in the mid 70s when he was touring with the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan, the Family Band resembled more of a Jam Band (go listen to Willie and Family Live 78). Look at the rock artists on this tour.

Before Willie convinced Waylon to move to Austin, Waylon was a folky pop artist. I’m not a fan of any of his pre Austin albums.

Outlaw means to not be restricted to one genre or be constrained to any label or the Nashville machine.

I love this tour! We are targeting 3 dates this year. We tried 3 last year and just like Sturgill’s vocal chords, we didn’t make it to Charolette. We are spreading out the dates this year July, August, and September.

I think he lives in Brooklyn no?

He moved back to Tennessee in 2020.

Did the “original outlaws”, as you call them, willing NOT “carry water for Big Pharma and Big Government”? It seems odd that you would use views on “Big Pharma” and “Big Government” as a metric to determine “outlaw” status re country music.

No more political-oriented comments on this thread.

Goodness, can’t even announce some tour dates without this bullshit.

The folks triggered by Jason Isbell at least appear to be refraining from his using his name as a jump off point to get political.

Can’t you enjoy music for what it is, every time you pop an Advil than talk about big pharma. This world was so much better when your “feelings” didn’t get in the way of your brain.

meh….nothing to get overly excited about here.

Great discussion here! Sad to see Willie has nothing on the west coast!

Should change the name to Hippie Fest. The one with Billy Strings in Saratoga is going to be a Phish show doubt. Ain’t nothing Outlaw about that lineup. Would love to see a Willie and ZZ Top show, that would be special.

Too late: ZZ Top died when Dusty took his last breath. Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard with substitute roadie beard guy guesting on bass is not ZZ, it’s a xeroxed copy. I don’t fault Billy and Frank for needing to continue doing what they do, but it just isn’t ZZ Top without the Dust. RIP.

They should’ve asked Fred Turner to join them as Turner N Top considering at one point ZZ Top and Bachman Turner Overdrive were under the same management team stateside (hence the line in the lyric of the Bachman-Turner Overdrive song “Take it like a Man” ’cause ZZ ain’t his only band” refering to ZZ Top being under the managememt as BTO). If Turner wasn’t available Geddy Lee would’ve been another good replacement given he can rock out to their brand of Rock N Roll given how Rush’s first album went

No Western swing wheres ray benson ? Where’s the great Ian Tyson I’d see Chris or the Avenetts any time the rest Not so much

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Willie Nelson Extends 2022 Outlaw Music Festival Tour

by Tina Benitez-Eves November 24, 2023, 4:14 am

Nothing is slowing down 89-year-old country music legend Willie Nelson, who just added on several more dates to his city-by-city Outlaw Music Festival Tour. 

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Extending the tour through October, the newly-added dates include October 14, 15, and 16 in Mountain View, Wheatland, and Irvine, California, respectively.

In addition to the previously mentioned artists, including The Avett Brothers and Black Pumas, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Brittney Spencer, Chris Stapleton, ZZ Top, and more, the additional shows will also feature performances from Larkin Poe and Particle Kid.

“The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun, and with the amazing group of artists joining us,” said Nelson in a statement. “This year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date. I just can’t wait to get back on the road again.”

The additional dates bring Nelson’s annual U.S. tour, which kicked off in June, up to 22 dates total. Nelson recently released his new album  A Beautiful Time  and celebrated with a number of outdoor-only concerts, including his annual 4th of July Picnic.

Willie Nelson’s 2022 Outlaw Tour Dates

07/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center

07/30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center

07/31 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake

08/12 – Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

08/13 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center

08/14 – Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater

09/09 – Atlanta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

09/10 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion

09/11 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veteran’s United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

09/13 @ Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater

09/16 – Boston, MA @ Xfinity Center

09/17 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion

09/18 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ SPAC

09/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Waterfront Music Pavilion

10/14 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre

10/15 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre

10/16 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre

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Willie Nelson Curates Multi-City Outlaw Music Festival Tour

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Willie Nelson & Friends Announce Star-Studded Outlaw Festival Tour 

A star-studded lineup of country favorites will be joining Willie Nelson on the newly announced Outlaw Music Festival Tour in 2022. The tour will span more than 20 dates across the U.S. from June through September, with the lineup varying at each stop along the way. The legendary “Outlaw Country” pioneer will be joined by Willie Nelson & Family, Chris Stapleton, The Avett Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Billy Strings, ZZ Top, Gov’t Mule, Brothers Osborne, Zach Bryan, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Allison Russell, Charley Crockett, Larkin Poe, The War and Treaty, Brittney Spencer, Particle Kid, and others on the tour.

“The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun, and with the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date. I just can’t wait to get back on the road again” says Willie Nelson, who has brought the Outlaw Music Festival on tour for several years, including his return to the road in 2021 following the COVID pause.

Tickets for the Outlaw Music Festival tour are on sale to the general public beginning on Friday, March 25. Presale tickets for the dates begin on Tuesday, with Citi cardmembers able to access tickets beginning at 10 a.m. local time to each venue. Other presale opportunities from venues and promoter groups are likely as well.

Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis will host the opening date on the tour June 24, with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Charley Crockett and Brittney Spencer in support. The final date is scheduled for Philadelphia’s Waterfront Music Pavilion on September 23, with Chris Stapleton, Zach Bryan, Larkin Poe and Spencer joining at that stop. In between, other venues include Pavilion at Star Lake (Pittsburgh, PA), Darien Lake Amphitheater (Darien, NY), PNC Music Pavilion (Charlotte, NC), Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater (Bridgeport, CT), and Merriweather Post Pavilion (Columbia, MD).

The full run of dates and who is scheduled to perform at each is included below.

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The Outlaw Music Festival Tour Dates

Fri Jun 24 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Charley Crockett, Brittney Spencer

Sat Jun 25 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena Willie Nelson & Family, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Charley Crockett, Brittney Spencer

Sun Jun 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center Willie Nelson & Family, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Charley Crockett, Brittney Spencer

Fri Jul 1 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP Willie Nelson & Family, Brothers Osborne, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Allison Russell

Sat Jul 2 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Brothers Osborn, Charley Crockett, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Allison Russell

Fri Jul 29 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center Willie Nelson & Family, ZZ Top, Gov’t Mule, Larkin Poe

Sat Jul 30 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center Willie Nelson & Family, ZZ Top, Gov’t Mule, Larkin Poe

Sun Jul 31 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake Willie Nelson & Family, ZZ Top, Gov’t Mule, Larkin Poe

Fri Aug 12 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family, ZZ Top, Zach Bryan, Charley Crockett, The War and Treaty

Sat Aug 13 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center Willie Nelson & Family, ZZ Top, Zach Bryan, Charley Crockett, The War and Treaty

Sun Aug 14 – Darien, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family, ZZ Top, Zach Bryan, Charley Crockett, The War and Treaty

Fri Sep 9 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Larkin Poe

Sat Sep 10 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Larkin Poe

Sun Sep 11 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veteran’s United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Willie Nelson & Family, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Brittney Spencer 

Tue Sep 13 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family, Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Brittney Spencer 

Fri Sep 16 – Boston, MA – Xfinity Center Willie Nelson & Family, The Avett Brothers, Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Brittney Spencer

Sat Sep 17 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family, The Avett Brothers, Zach Bryan, Larkin Poe, Brittney Spencer

Sun Sep 18 –Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC Willie Nelson & Family, The Avett Brothers, Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Brittney Spencer

Fri Sep 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Waterfront Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family, Chris Stapleton, Zach Bryan, Larkin Poe, Brittney Spencer

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Willie Nelson Announces Outlaw Music Festival Tour, Featuring a Rotating Lineup

Willie Nelson just can't wait to be on the road again. The 88-year-old — who shows no signs of retiring any time soon — will embark on the 2022 Outlaw Music Festival Tour this summer, joined by family and friends.

The 19-date trek will include a rotating lineup of other artists popping in to take the stage with Nelson. Chris Stapleton, Brothers Osborne and ZZ Top are highlights on a tour that kicks off June 24 and will wrap on Sep. 23.

“The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun, and with the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date. I just can’t wait to get back on the road again,” Nelson says. He'll be joined by his Family Band minus one member, sister Bobbie, who died earlier this month.

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Brittney Spencer, the Avett Brothers, Billy Strings, Gov't Mule, Zach Bryan, Steve Earl & the Dukes, Allison Russell, Charley Crocket, Larkin Poe and Particle Kid will all be part of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour in some capacity.

The Outlaw Music Festival started after a sold-out show in Scranton, Pa., in 2016. After the show's success, a tour was developed to bring that same atmosphere to the rest of the nation. Eric Church, Luke Combs, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt are some of the acts who have jumped on the tour over the years.

Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, March 25 at 10AM local time.

Willie Nelson's 2022 Outlaw Music Festival Tour Dates:

June 24 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

June 25 - Grand Rapids, Mich. @ Van Andel Arena Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

June 26 - Indianapolis, Ind. @ Ruoff Music Center Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

July 1 - Rogers, Ark. @ Walmart AMP Willie Nelson & Family Brothers Osborne Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

July 2 - Dallas, Texas @ Dos Equis Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Brothers Osborne Charley Crockett Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

July 29 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

July 30 - Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

July 31 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ The Pavilion at Star Lake Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

Aug. 12 - Gilford, N.H. @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Aug. 13 - Bethel, N.Y. @ Bethel Woods Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Aug. 14 - Darien, N.Y. @ Darien Lake Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Sep. 9 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Sep. 10 - Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Sep. 11 - Virginia Beach, Va. @ Veteran’s United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sep. 13 Bridgeport, Ct. @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sep. 16 - Boston, Mass. @ Xfinity Center Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sep. 17 - Columbia, Md. @ Merriweather Post Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sep. 18 - Saratoga Springs, N.Y. @ SPAC Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sep. 23 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Waterfront Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Chris Stapleton Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

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Willie Nelson Announces Tour With Jason Isbell, ZZ Top, and More

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Willie Nelson ’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour is back for 2022, with a rotating lineup that includes Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and ZZ Top at select dates. Others on the bills in various cities include Larkin Poe, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, the Avett Brothers, Gov’t Mule, and more. Check out the lineups below.

“The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun,” Nelson said in a statement. “With the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date.”

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Outlaw Music Festival Tour 2022:

June 24: St. Louis, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

June 25: Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

June 26: Indianapolis, IN - Ruoff Music Center Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

July 1: Rogers, AR - Walmart AMP Willie Nelson & Family Brothers Osborne Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

July 2: Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Brothers Osborne Charley Crockett Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

July 29: Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

July 30: Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

July 31: Pittsburgh, PA - The Pavilion at Star Lake Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

August 12: Gilford, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

August 13: Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

August 14: Darien, NY - Darien Lake Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

September 9: Atlanta, GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

September 10: Charlotte, NC - PNC Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

September 11: Virginia Beach, VA - Veteran’s United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

September 13: Bridgeport, CT - Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

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Willie Nelson Shares Star-Studded 2022 Outlaw Music Festival Tour Lineup, Dates

Willie Nelson & Family join an impressive and revolving cast of headline-caliber acts this summer and fall for the 2022 Outlaw Music Festival Tour.

"The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun, and with the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date," Nelson shared in a press release. "I just can't wait to get back on the road again."

Specific lineups for each date are listed below. Tour mates range from Nelson's fellow Texans ZZ Top to Charley Crockett.

"Our annual Outlaw Music Festival Tour has grown to become this incredible family of artists that deliver must-see performances every night", added Keith Wortman, co-founder of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour, in a press release. "We are honored to present these once in a lifetime lineups all over the country."

The Outlaw Music Festival Tour debuted in 2017. This year marks the first time Nelson won't be joined on the tour by his sister and Family bandmate, the late Bobbie Nelson .

Outlaw Music Festival Tour Dates

Fri., june 24- st. louis, mo. at hollywood casino amphitheatre (maryland heights).

Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

Sat., June 25- Grand Rapids, Mich. at Van Andel Arena

Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

Sun., June 26- Indianapolis, Ind. at Ruoff Music Center

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Willie Nelson & Family Brothers Osborne Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

Sat., July 2- Dallas, Texas at Dos Equis Pavilion

Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Brothers Osborne Charley Crockett Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

Fri., July 29- Cleveland, Ohio at Blossom Music Center (Cuyahoga Falls)

Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov't Mule Larkin Poe

Sat., July 30, 2022- Cincinnati, Ohio at Riverbend Music Center

Sun., july 31- pittsburgh, penn. at the pavilion at star lake (burgettstown), fri., aug. 12- gilford, nh at bank of new hampshire pavilion.

Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Sat., Aug. 13- Bethel, NY at Bethel Woods Center

Sun., aug. 14- darien, ny at darien lake amphitheater, fri., sept. 9- atlanta, ga at ameris bank amphitheatre.

Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Sat., Sept. 10- Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion

Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Sun., Sept. 11, 2022- Virginia Beach, Va. at Veteran's United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Tues., Sept. 13- Bridgeport, Conn. at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater

Willie Nelson & Family Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Fri., Sept. 16- Boston, Mass. at Xfinity Center

Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sat., Sept. 17- Columbia, Md. at Merriweather Post Pavilion

Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sun., Sept. 18- Saratoga Springs, NY at SPAC

Fri., sept. 23- philadelphia, penn. at waterfront music pavilion  (camden, nj).

Willie Nelson & Family Chris Stapleton Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

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Outlaw Festival Announces 2022 Lineup: Willie Nelson & Family, Billy Strings, The Avett Brothers, More

Outlaw Music Festival  will return in summer 2022 with a rotating lineup featuring  Willie Nelson & Family ,  Billy Strings ,  The Avett Brothers ,  Chris Stapleton , and more. The traveling music festival will make stops across the country from June through late September.

The tour will make 19 stops in 15 states with sets from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats , Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit , ZZ Top , Gov’t Mule , Brothers Osborne , Zach Bryan , Steve Earle & The Dukes , Allison Russell , Charley Crockett , Larkin Poe , The War and Treaty , Brittney Spencer , Particle Kid , and more in select markets.

“The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun, and with the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date,” Willie Nelson said in a press release. “I just can’t wait to get back on the road again.”

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Tickets for the 2022 Outlaw Music Festival go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 25th at 10 a.m. local venue time. Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, March 22, at 10 a.m. local until Thursday, March 24, at 10 p.m. local through the Citi Entertainment program. Scroll down for a detailed city-by-city lineup.

Friday, June 24, 2022 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

Saturday, June 25, 2022 Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

Sunday, June 26, 2022 Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

Friday, July 1, 2022 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP Willie Nelson & Family Brothers Osborne Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

Saturday, July 2, 2022 Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Brothers Osborne Charley Crockett Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

Friday, July 29, 2022 Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

Saturday, July 30, 2022 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

Sunday, July 31, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

Friday, August 12, 2022 Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Saturday, August 13, 2022 Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Sunday, August 14, 2022 Darien, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Friday, September 9, 2022 Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Saturday, September 10, 2022 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Sunday, September 11, 2022 Virginia Beach, VA – Veteran’s United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Friday, September 16, 2022 Boston, MA – Xfinity Center Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Saturday, September 17, 2022 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sunday, September 18, 2022 Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Friday, September 23, 2022 Philadelphia, PA – Waterfront Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Chris Stapleton Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

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Willie Nelson ’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour rides again in 2023. And this time, it’s a dual celebration: not only of music that colors outside the lines, but of its headliner’s 90th birthday . Nelson turns 90 on April 29.

Kicking off June 23, in Somerset, Wisconsin, the Outlaw Tour runs into October, each with Nelson in the top slot and a rotating cast of artists in support. The first show features Robert Plant & Alison Krauss , Trampled by Turtles, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and Particle Kid, the band fronted by Nelson’s son Micah. Other artists on various shows include the Avett Brothers , John Fogerty, Whiskey Myers, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Kurt Vile, Kathleen Edwards, and Margo Price .

Bob Weir and Wolf Bros. join the tour for select dates in September, along with Los Lobos, Elizabeth Cook, String Cheese Incident, and Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs. The tour is currently slated to wrap up Oct. 15 in Pelham, Alabama.

Tickets for the tour , produced by Blackbird Presents and Live Nation, go on sale Friday, March 17, at 10 a.m. local time via the tour’s website .  

Outlaw Music Festival Tour dates and lineups:

Friday, June 23 – Somerset, WI @ Somerset Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Trampled By Turtles Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway Particle Kid

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Sunday, June 25 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Trampled By Turtles Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway Particle Kid

Thursday, June 29 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP Willie Nelson & Family Margo Price Flatland Cavalry Particle Kid

Friday, June 30 – Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Whiskey Myers Flatland Cavalry Brittney Spencer Particle Kid

Sunday, July 2 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Whiskey Myers Brittney Spencer Particle Kid More To Be Announced

Friday, July 28 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Kurt Vile and The Violators Kathleen Edwards Particle Kid

Saturday, July 29 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Gov’t Mule Kathleen Edwards Particle Kid

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Friday, August 11 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center Willie Nelson & Family John Fogerty Kathleen Edwards Flatland Cavalry Particle Kid

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Outlaw Music Festival Shares 2022 Touring Lineups: Willie Nelson & Family, Billy Strings, Allison Russell, The Avett Brothers and More

Outlaw Music Festival announced that its touring and rotating lineup will start making stops around the United States summer starting in June and running through September.

The event will stop in 15 states over 19 nights and feature performances from Willie Nelson & Family, The Avett Brothers, Chris Stapleton, Allision Russel, Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, on Isbell and the 400 Unit, Gov’t Mule, ZZ Top and more.

“The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun, and with the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date,” Willie Nelson said in a statement. “I just can’t wait to get back on the road again.”

Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, March 25 at 10 a.m. local time. Find tickets for the event here .

Find the dates and lineups for individual cities below:

June 24, 2022 St. Louis, Mo. – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

June 25, 2022 Grand Rapids, Mich. – Van Andel Arena Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

June 26, 2022 Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Charley Crockett Brittney Spencer

July 1, 2022 Rogers, Ariz. – Walmart AMP Willie Nelson & Family Brothers Osborne Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

July 2, 2022 Dallas – Dos Equis Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Brothers Osborne Charley Crockett Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell

July 29, 2022 Cleveland, Ohio – Blossom Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

July 30, 2022 Cincinnati, Ohio – Riverbend Music Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

July 31, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Larkin Poe

Aug. 12, 2022 Gilford, N.H. – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Aug. 13, 2022 Bethel, N.Y. – Bethel Woods Center Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Aug. 14, 2022 Darien, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family ZZ Top Zach Bryan Charley Crockett The War and Treaty

Sept. 9, 2022 Atlanta – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Willie Nelson & Family Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Sept. 10, 2022 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Charley Crockett Larkin Poe

Sept. 11, 2022 Virginia Beach, VA – Veteran’s United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach Willie Nelson & Family Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sept. 13, 2022 Bridgeport, Conn. – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater Willie Nelson & Family Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sept. 16, 2022 Boston – Xfinity Center Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sept. 17, 2022 Columbia, Md. – Merriweather Post Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sept. 18, 2022 Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC Willie Nelson & Family The Avett Brothers Billy Strings Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

Sept. 23, 2022 Philadelphia – Waterfront Music Pavilion Willie Nelson & Family Chris Stapleton Zach Bryan Larkin Poe Brittney Spencer

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Willie Nelson, Family & Friends Are Back With the Outlaw Music Festival Tour 2022

March 21, 2022 Tags: festival By: Blackbird Presents

One of the most anticipated festivals is back with incredible lineups for 2022. Starting in June and running through September, Willie & Family will be live and in concert with Chris Stapleton, The Avett Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Billy Strings, ZZ Top, Gov’t Mule, Brothers Osborne, Zach Bryan, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Allison Russell, Charley Crockett, Larkin Poe, The War and Treaty, and Brittney Spencer. (Lineup varies per date)

This year’s tour will hit St. Louis, MO, Grand Rapids, MI, Indianapolis, IN, Rogers, AR, Dallas, TX, Cleveland, OH, Cincinnati, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, Gilford, NH, Bethel, NY, Darien, NY, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, Virginia Beach, VA, Bridgeport, CT, Boston, MA, Columbia, MD, Saratoga Springs, NY, and Camden, NJ. Click here for a complete list of dates, locations, and lineups.

Tickets for the general public go on sale Friday, March 25, at 10 AM. VIP packages including great seats and exclusive festival merchandise will be available. You can get presale tickets starting tomorrow if you are a Citi cardholder! Citi is the official card of the Outlaw Music Festival. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, March 22, at 10 AM local until Thursday, March 24, at 10 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details, visit http://www.citientertainment.com .

Mike’s Hard Lemonade Seltzer will also be joining the 2022 Outlaw Music Festival Tour as the “Official Hard Seltzer” hosting pop-up experiences, giveaways, and more at select dates. 

For more info, dates, and tickets, click here

Links: Willie Nelson & Family Chris Stapleton The Avett Brothers Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Billy Strings ZZ Top Gov’t Mule Brothers Osborne Zach Bryan Steve Earle & The Dukes Allison Russell Charley Crockett Larkin Poe The War and Treaty Brittney Spencer Outlaw Music Festival

The 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour Legendary Lineup Unveiled

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY, BOB DYLAN, ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS, JOHN MELLENCAMP AND MORE JOIN FORCES FOR A HISTORIC CONCERT TOUR

Superstar billy strings to join tour for one special show outside seattle, washington at the gorge with brittney spencer, celisse, southern avenue, tickets on sale friday march 1 at 10 a.m. local time  via outlawmusicfestival.com & ticketmaster.com.

Willie Nelson, Mark Rothbaum, Keith Wortman, Blackbird Presents, and Live Nation are thrilled to announce the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour featuring an unprecedented lineup including headliners Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and John Mellencamp with Brittney Spencer, Celisse, and Southern Avenue . Billy Strings will also join the tour for one special show outside Seattle, Washington at The Gorge. Please refer to the market lineups for artists performing in various cities.

Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday, March 1, at 10 a.m. local time via http://OutlawMusicFestival.com. VIP packages will be available, including great seats and exclusive festival merchandise. Citi is the official card of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour. Citi cardmembers can access presale tickets from Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, February 29, at 10 p.m. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details, visit www.citientertainment.com.

“This year’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour promises to be the biggest and best yet with this lineup of legendary artists. I am thrilled to get back on the road again with my family and friends playing the music we love for the fans we love,” says Willie Nelson.

The inaugural Outlaw Music Festival made its debut in 2016 in Scranton, Pa. The sold-out show was so well received that Blackbird, Rothbaum, and Nelson have developed it into one of North America’s biggest annual touring franchises. Musicians such as Chris Stapleton, Neil Young, Luke Combs,

Van Morrison, ZZ Top, Eric Church, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson,

The Avett Brothers and many more have been a part of the Outlaw Tour , sharing unforgettable music memories and unique vendor villages with local food, drinks, and shopping in Live Nation amphitheaters across the country.

2024 OUTLAW MUSIC FESTIVAL TOUR DATES & LINEUPS:

Friday, June 21, 2024

Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Raleigh, NC

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA

Friday, June 28, 2024

Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse, NY

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY

Sunday, June 30, 2024

PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA

Monday, July 29, 2024

North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA

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Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

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Toyota Amphitheatre, Wheatland, CA

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater, Boise, ID

Friday, August 9, 2024

ONE Spokane Stadium, Spokane, WA

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Billy Strings

Friday, September 6, 2024

Somerset Amphitheater, Somerset, WI

Southern Avenue

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, St. Louis, MO

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Saturday, September 14, 2024

The Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, PA

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Darien Lake Amphitheater, Buffalo, NY

Friday, September 20, 2024

Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford, NH

For complete tour details, please visit:

http://outlawmusicfestival.com

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With a seven-decade career, Willie Nelson has earned every conceivable award as a musician and amassed reputable credentials as an author, actor, and activist. He continues to thrive as a relevant and progressive musical and cultural force.

In recent years, he has delivered more than a dozen new albums, released a Top 10  New York Times’  bestsellers book, again headlined Farm Aid (an event he co-founded in 1985) and his annual Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic, been honored by the Library of Congress with their Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, received his 5th degree black belt in Gong Kwon Yu Sul, headlined the annual  Luck Reunion  food and music festival during SXSW, launched his cannabis companies Willie’s Reserve and Willie’s Remedy, and graced the covers of  Rolling Stone  and  AARP The Magazine .

Nelson started this decade by releasing four albums of newly recorded music— First Rose of Spring  (2020),  That’s Life  (2021),  The Willie Nelson Family  (2021), and  A Beautiful Time  (2022, GRAMMY Award winner for Best Country Album)—and three books— Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of The Family Band  (2020),  Willie Nelson’s Letters to America  (2021), and  Me and Paul: Untold Tale of a Fabled Friendship  (2022). Throughout 2023, Willie celebrates his 90th birthday with multiple projects and events including a two-night star-studded concert,  Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 , that took place in April at the famed Hollywood Bowl, and released as a feature film in June.

The year began with the debut of “Wille Nelson & Family,” a new five-part film documentary series directed by Thom Zimny and Oren Moverman that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival as well as the release of a new album,  I Don’t Know a Thing About Love ,  which features 10 performances that pay tribute to American songwriter Harlan Howard. From June to October, Nelson headlines the annual  Outlaw Music Festival Tour .

In the Fall, two new releases debut: an album,  Bluegrass  (with newly recorded studio performances of 12 Willie Nelson-penned classics showcasing Willie with a bluegrass ensemble released September 15), and a new book,  Energy Follows Thought  (with stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, along with never-before-seen photos and ephemera coming on October 31). And on November 3, Nelson will be inducted into  The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame . These creative endeavors as well as new songs and performances that add to his classic catalog, find Willie Nelson rolling at an artistic peak, writing and singing and playing with the seasoned wit and wisdom that comes from the road.

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(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning musician Willie Nelson .

Birth date: April 30, 1933

Birth place: Abbott, Texas

Birth name: Willie Hugh Nelson

Father: Ira Nelson

Mother: Myrle (Greenhaw) Harvey

Marriages: Ann Marie D’Angelo (1991-present); Connie Koepke (1971-1988, divorced); Shirley Collie (1963-1971, divorced); Martha Matthews (1952-1962, divorced)

Children: with Ann Marie D’Angelo: Micah and Lukas; with Connie Koepke: Amy and Paula; with Martha Matthews: Billy (died in 1991), Susie, Lana; with Mary Haney: Renee

Education: Attended Baylor University, 1954

Military: US Air Force, 1950, medical discharge

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Raised by his grandparents.

Sold encyclopedias door-to-door and taught Sunday school.

Has collaborated with Johnny Cash, Paul Simon , Bob Dylan, Lee Ann Womack, Rob Thomas and Snoop Dogg, among others.

Has a fifth-degree black belt in GongKwon YuSul.

Nominated for 57 Grammy Awards and won 12. He has also been awarded the Lifetime Achievement and Legend Grammy Awards.

Nominated for one Academy Award.

Composed the song “Crazy,” which was made famous by singer Patsy Cline.

Is on the advisory board of NORML , the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

1957 – Releases his first single, “No Place for Me.”

1960 – Moves to Nashville.

1962 – Releases his first album, “And Then I Wrote.”

1970 – Moves back to Texas.

1973 – Holds the first annual Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic in Texas.

1975 – Wins a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, for “Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain.”

1978 – Wins a Grammy, with Waylon Jennings, for Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group for “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.”

1978 – Wins a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, for “Georgia On My Mind.”

1979 – Makes his acting debut, alongside Robert Redford , in the film, “The Electric Horseman.”

1980 – Wins a Grammy for Best Country Song for writing “On The Road Again.”

1980 – Stars in the film “Honeysuckle Rose.”

1982 – Wins a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, for “Always On My Mind.”

1982 – Stars in the film “Barbarosa.”

1985 – Releases the album “Highwayman” with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.

1985 – Organizes Farm Aid, a concert to benefit family farmers.

1988 – Releases his memoir, “Willie: An Autobiography.”

1990 – The IRS seizes Nelson’s property and possessions to settle a $16.7 million tax debt.

1991 – Nelson releases the album, “The IRS Tapes: Who’ll Buy My Memories?” Nelson gives the profits from the album to the IRS.

1991 – Nelson’s son, Billy, commits suicide.

1993 – Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

1994 – Is arrested for possession of marijuana. The case is later dismissed.

2000 – The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents Nelson with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

2002 – Wins a Grammy, with Lee Ann Womack, for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for “Mendocino County Line.”

2002 – Releases the book, “The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes.”

2006 – Releases the book, “The Tao of Willie.”

2006 – In Louisiana, Nelson is issued a citation for possession of marijuana and illegal mushrooms. Nelson receives six months’ probation and pays a fine.

2007 – Wins a Grammy, with Ray Price, for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for “Lost Highway.”

2010 – Is charged with marijuana possession after US Border Patrol agents search his tour bus in Texas near the US-Mexico border.

2012 – Releases the book, “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road.”

2013 – Nelson donates his collection of awards and personal items to the University of Texas at Austin’s Briscoe Center.

July 9, 2015 – The Library of Congress announces Nelson as the latest recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song .

July 2016 – Nelson launches “Willie’s Reserve,” his own personal brand of marijuana that will be grown and sold wherever it’s legal. The brand will feature “high quality strains of marijuana,” and Nelson himself will work with “master growers” and local retailers to establish a set of “quality standards” for his special reserve.

February 12, 2017 – Wins a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, for “Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin.”

July 4, 2018 – Launches his own blend of CBD infused coffee called “Willie’s Remedy.”

September 29, 2018 – During a campaign rally for Beto O’Rourke’s senate run in 2018, Nelson plays a new election themed song called ‘Vote ‘Em Out.”

August 7, 2019 – After a show in Toledo, Ohio, announces via Twitter that he must cancel upcoming shows on his 2019 tour due to “a breathing problem.” He will resume the tour on September 6 in New Hampshire. This follows a 2017 show that was halted and a 2018 performance that was canceled due to health issues.

November 29, 2019 – Nelson announces he is no longer smoking marijuana and cigarettes due to ongoing health and breathing issues.

January 26, 2020 – Wins a Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance, for “Ride Me Back Home.”

April 11, 2020 – Nelson hosts “At Home with Farm Aid,” a virtual benefit concert for farms impacted by coronavirus.

April 20, 2020 – Nelson hosts a virtual variety show, “Come and Toke It”, featuring “cannabis-centric entertainment”.

June 29, 2020 – Nelson performs with Robert Earl Keen at a virtual fundraiser to support the former US vice president Joe Biden’s presidential bid.

February 5, 2023 – Wins Grammy Awards for Best Country Solo Performance, for “Live Forever” and Best Country Album, for “A Beautiful Time.”

February 1, 2023 – Nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame . On May 3, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announces Nelson as one of the inductees in the 2023 class in the performer category. The 38th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place on November 3.

March 14, 2024 – Nelson announces via Instagram that his new album, “The Border,” will be released on May 31. This will be his 75th studio album.

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Over 60 years have passed since The Beatles’ historic Ed Sullivan Show performance in February 1964.

Still, at 83 years young, Sir Ringo Starr shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

In addition to releasing the four-song EP “Crooked Boy” on April 20, the former Beatle just announced a fall 2024 North American tour with his All Starr Band which includes Edgar Winter, Colin Hay from Men At Work and  Toto  singer Steve Lukather among others.

The eight-show jaunt wraps at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

Prior to the tour, Starr and co. will put on a brief spring Las Vegas residency with a few West Coast gigs in California and Texas sprinkled in for good measure.

For fans that can’t wait to sing along with Starr to “Yellow Submarine,” “Octopus’s Garden,” “With A Little Help From My Friends” and so many timeless classic hits live, tickets for all shows can be yours as soon as today.

Although inventory for the newly announced tour dates aren’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, April 26, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.

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A complete calendar including all U.S. and Canada tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.

Ringo Starr set list

With way more than a half century’s worth of music under his belt, it’s likely not easy for Starr to compile a set list with such a large catalog.

In any event, here’s what he plays at most shows on the road these days, based on our findings at  Set List FM .

01.) “Matchbox” (Carl Perkins cover) 02.) “It Don’t Come Easy” (Ringo Starr song) 03.) “What Goes On” (The Beatles cover) 04.) “Free Ride” (The Edgar Winter Group cover) (with Edgar Winter) 05.) “Rosanna” (Toto cover) (with Steve Lukather) 06.) “Pick Up the Pieces” (Average White Band cover) (with Hamish Stuart) 07.) “Down Under” (Men at Work cover) (with Colin Hay) 08.) “Boys” (The Shirelles cover) 09.) “I’m the Greatest” (Ringo Starr song) 10.) “Yellow Submarine” (The Beatles cover) Set Without Ringo

11.) “Cut the Cake” (Average White Band cover) (with Hamish Stuart) 12.) “Frankenstein” (The Edgar Winter Group cover) (with Edgar Winter) Ringo Returns

13.) “Octopus’s Garden” (The Beatles cover) 14.) “Back Off Boogaloo” (Ringo Starr song) 15.) “Overkill” (Men at Work cover) (with Colin Hay) 16.) “Africa” (Toto cover) (with Steve Lukather) 17.) “Work to Do” (The Isley Brothers cover) (with Hamish Stuart) 18.) “I Wanna Be Your Man” (The Beatles cover) 19.) “Johnny B. Goode” (Chuck Berry cover) (with Edgar Winter) 20.) “Who Can It Be Now?” (Men at Work cover) (with Colin Hay) 21.) “Hold the Line” (Toto cover) (with Steve Lukather) 22.) “Photograph” (Ringo Starr song) 23.) “Act Naturally” (Johnny Russell cover) 24.) “With a Little Help From My Friends” (The Beatles cover)

Ringo Starr new music

Even at his advanced age, Ringo is still doing the dang thing and putting in work.

In October 2022, the former Fab Four drummer dropped the  four-song “EP3”  with his All-Starr Band.

Composed of feel-good anthems and sing-a-longs, somehow the lad from Liverpool is still bringing the goods.

Ultimate Classic Rock  called the short offering “genuine and infectious.”

You can listen to the four tracks here .

In 2023, he released three singles including a new version of “Let It Be” with Dolly Parton and Paul McCartney.

Next up, he’s putting out his “Crooked Boy” EP. The rock-y lead single “February Sky” shows Starr’s memorable voice sounds just as potent as it did back in his Beatles days.

Want to hear it all?

Click here to find Ringo’s complete discography.

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Starr’s All Starrs are a veritable who’s who of classic rock legends.

Here’s who you can expect to see onstage with Ringo and the guys when you see them live this spring and summer.

Colin Hay  might look and sound familiar. In addition to playing with Ringo, he also fronted the popular group Men At Work.

Edgar Winter  is, yes, the Edgar Winter from the famous Edgar Winter Group. He’s most well known for singing and playing keyboards in his group.

Steve Lukather  did a little bit of everything when he played with Toto. Most notably, he served as the “Hold The Line” group’s singer and guitarist.

Gregg Bissonette  drums. He also gets around. You may have seen him and his kit onstage with Spinal Tap, The David Lee Roth Band or Electric Light Orchestra.

Hamish Stuart  was the bassist for the Average White Band. He also played alongside the Paul McCartney Band.

Warren Ham  has played multiple instruments for multiple iconic classic rock outfits including Kansas, Toto. He’s also jammed on tour with Donna Summer and Olivia Newton-John.

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Many of the your favorites from yesteryear are back at it again this year.

Here are just six (!) of our favorite can’t-miss classic rock heroes you won’t want to miss live in the next few months.

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The Many Odd Jobs Of Willie Nelson

I’m a firm believer that our early jobs shape our worldview much more than we give it credit for.

The experience of seeing stores from the other side of the cash register, pouring instead of ordering beers, picking orders and packing boxes, and whatever other random thing you did for cash while young sticks with you long into your life, and I believe for the better. It’s easiest to see this when you go out to eat with someone who never worked in a restaurant and they treat the server like a servant…

While we may look at the end result of celebrities and assume they’ve always been in the higher echelons of society (and let’s be honest, there’s more than a few nepo-babies out there riding the wave of good fortune), there’s a solid chance that the names we now hold in high regard at one point or another were themselves working some strange job to pay the bills.

In the country music world, I’m sure I can pick an artist out of a hat and find a ton of surprising things they’ve done, but one who really seems to have done a little bit of everything is Willie Nelson.

The proud Texan moved around a bit when he was a kid, and while he always had dreams of making it in music, he was far from an overnight success and struggled his way up the ladder until he just so happened to run into Patsy Cline’s husband at Tootsies one night and the rest, as they say, is history.

But before Shotgun Willie released  Red Headed Stranger  and became the living country music legend that he is, he was just a no-namer floating around trying to rub a few pennies together.

In no particular order, here’s some of the odd jobs Willie Nelson took over the years to support himself while making music.

Bible Salesman

If the words “Willie Nelson” and “Bible” ring a bell, it may because he was known to shoot a few copies of the Good Book while on tour. You can read all about that story here .

Cotton Picker

During hot Arkansas summers of the early 1930’s, the Nelson family would bolster the family income by heading out to the fields and picking cotton. While he was forced to do it a bit, Willie hated it and soon took jobs performing in local honky tonks to earn his share for the family.

Willie Nelson picked cotton alongside Blacks, Mexicans, and fellow "poor white trash" as a kid. "it was sort of expected that i went and made the money because we needed it," he remembers. pic.twitter.com/wJTddh8bBn — Scott Alan Burbridge (@roarscotrooster) May 1, 2023

Door to Door Vacuum Salesman

Imagine opening your front door to a suave (and probably stoned) Willie Nelson with a brand new Hoover in hand… I’d have bought one for sure and if my wife was home alone when he came knocking, well I may have come home to an empty house with a note saying she ran off with him.

Saddle Maker

Can’t be a cowboy without a horse and you can’t ride a horse without a saddle. Shoutout to Willie for keeping the gunslingers seated.

The most unacclaimed, but important, role in a restaurant. Most of the time it’s some underpaid and overworked high school kid, but someone’s got to make sure the glasses, plates, and silverware are clean and available.

Autohouse Partsman

Need a new head gasket, fan belt, control arm, or U-joint? Willie had you covered after dropping out of Baylor University in 1956.

Nightclub Bouncer

Willie may not be the biggest man on the planet, but don’t let his 5’6″ height fool you. He has 5 different blackbelts, including in taekwondo and GongKwon Yusul , so you probably won’t even know what hit you before you’re getting dragged out the back after causing trouble at one of Willie’s bars…

Willie Nelson has a fifth-degree black belt in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul. pic.twitter.com/TcKrVzVNej — rad WOLVERINES (@The_Rad_Zone) April 16, 2022

Disc Jockey

While it may be odd to think of today, back in the day it was actually somewhat common for aspiring artists to start working with a radio station in hopes of being discovered. Willie took his first disc jockey job in Pleasanton, Texas with almost no experience but wound up working for numerous stations in the Lone Star State and Pacific Northwest.

"Wee Willie" Nelson in Vancouver, Washington, 1957. Willie was 24 years old and a popular local DJ. @WillieNelson @TXmusicTV @txmusicoffice @TexasMonthly @TexasHighways @LuckReunion @theluckjournal pic.twitter.com/m1HVr9aFkw — Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) November 28, 2022

Sunday School Teacher

Country star by night, man of God by day.

While he was DJing in Fort Worth, Nelson found another way to earn money by teaching Sunday School to the local children. Religion was a large part of his childhood and the first songs he learned to play were Gospel songs, so while it may not jive with his “outlaw” persona, it makes a lot of sense in the context of his early life.

Tree Trimmer

Willie was actually a tree trimmer at two different points in his life. The first was in high school and the second was after dropping out of Baylor. I’m sure there’s a joke here about “trees” and “being high”, but I’ll let you come up with one on your own…

Relief Phone Operator

Of all his odd jobs, this is probably the one that drove him to the green stuff. Hours on end answering phone calls, making connections, potentially answering questions from the unhinged public, no wonder he wanted something to knock off the edge…

Pawn Shop Employee

The sheer number of characters one can meet working at a pawn shop had to lead to more than a few ideas for songs, but I can’t see Willie being a hardliner on price, which may be why he didn’t stick with it for that long.

Sales Manager for Encyclopedia Americana

Looks like Willie did such a good job selling vacuums and bibles that the first general encyclopedia to be published in North America wanted him leading a sales team. Not going to lie, I miss going to someone’s house and them having an encyclopedia set on the shelf. Sure, the internet is way better, but flipping one of those bad boys open and learning about some random piece of history was a truly great experience.

Guitar Instructor

Like DJing, this one makes sense. Why not teach people a few chords for extra cash, how hard can it be?

Okay, I play guitar a bit myself and absolutely hate when someone asks me to teach them, so kudos to him for being willing to do it.

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After two months of anticipation, Cowboy Carter has been out in the world for nearly a fortnight, and the discourse is thick as sawdust on a honky-tonk floor. Beyoncé's spangled opus, as lengthy and florid as a Sergio Leone classic — it really could have been called The Good, the Bey and the Ugly -- has generated more think pieces than any pop phenomenon since her friendly rival Taylor's Eras tour.

I've kept track of the coverage of Cowboy Carter and it's, well, something. Actually it's everything, ranging from paeans to (not too many) pans . Not weighing in hasn't been an option for most music writers, who have spilled tons of ink documenting the album's backstory, tracing its references, and examining its work of legacy building. What could I add to the discourse? Well, this: Whether it's considered a champion's walk, an overlong stumble, a powerful political gesture or a highly personal cri de couer — one thing Cowboy Carter is, undeniably even if no one has said it, is weird. And that's a wonderful thing.

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Not that Beyoncé herself would ever admit to her own eccentricity. She's declared herself a diligent student of the genre she sought to revise, and many of the touchstones on this massive grab bag of ballads and bangers check the boxes of cultural intervention. She features Dolly and Willie; shows us her boots, brand-name jeans and whiskey bottle; includes a murder ballad and her perspective on that ultimate country emblem, the American flag. (She sees it as red: blood, Alabama clay, indigenous people.)

Her inclusion of the undersung Black Grand Ole Opry pioneer Linda Martell as a collaborator nods to efforts to rectify historical omissions that have been going on in and around Nashville for years — shoutout to the Black Opry crew, to artist and radio host Rissi Palmer and to Martell's granddaughter, who continues to crowd-fund a documentary that Beyoncé really should just finance.

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But the way she assembles these hardly unique elements is startling. Sidestepping either a conventional foray into country's traditional sounds or a risk-averse pop approach that would just use those elements as window-dressing, she and her dozens of collaborators assemble a cosmic omnibus of reference points while drilling down on her long-standing obsessions. While it's correct to call this album an epic and a strong political statement, it's an idiosyncratic one, more akin to Jim Jarmusch's off-kilter visions of American heritage — especially Mystery Train -- than, say, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon .

It may seem off to identify eccentricity in a project that includes radio-ready Miley Cyrus and Post Malone collabs, and which was quickly endorsed by none other than the Vice President. Yet the first thing I thought of when I sat down to listen to Cowboy Carter was an album from 1967 that's beloved by many rock cognoscenti for its very peculiarness. Van Dyke Parks 's Song Cycle was the first solo album by the noted composer, arranger and producer. It is a shambling, sunnily psychedelic portrait of California living from the perspective of a transplanted white East Coaster with Southern roots. (Parks was born in Mississippi but grew up in Princeton singing in a boys' choir.)

Rich with strings and gorgeous melodies and rife with punnily poetical lines like, "Nowadays a Yankee dread not take his time to wend to sea" in a song about Parks's own experience trying to make it within the L.A. music biz hustle, no less, Song Cycle features Parks's birdlike warble, and by birdlike, I don't mean Beyoncé's operatic forays on new songs like "DAUGHTER" or "FLAMENCO," but Tweety Bird or the Peanuts ' Woodstock. Parks made the unfinished psychedelic masterpiece Smile with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and later worked with 21st-century visionaries Joanna Newsom and Gaby Moreno, among others. But Song Cycle is his strange baby. Though it's a rich work that offers real insight into the melting late 1960s American West Coast dream, Song Cycle is not for everyone. Parks experimented joyfully with song structure, sound effects and lyricism, painting a floating world that requires time and sympathy to comprehend.

Cowboy Carter sounds absolutely nothing like Song Cycle , yet I thought about the latter as I sunk into the non-linear, fragmentary experience of listening to it. I appreciate how Beyoncé sticks to her guns throughout, just as Parks maintained his whimsicality and dreaminess. Stacked harmonies do here what strings do on Song Cycle , lending grandeur to the opening "American Requiem" and tenderness to the ballads "MY ROSE" and "FLAMENCO" (the latter pairs them artfully with Andalusian hand-claps); yet those vocals also set a kind of Broadway stage for the songs, rendering them winsomely surreal. The album's employment of banjo and pedal steel signify country, sure, but they're used in unusual ways, as Parks uses accordion and balalaika. The distortions are highly individualistic, nothing like what current country sounds like. (Exception: that Post Malone duet, "LEVII'S JEANS.") Same with the roots references. The interlude "OH LOUISIANA" speeds up a Chuck Berry vocal to turn that rock and roll founder into helium. On the tour de force Tina Turner tribute "YA YA," Beyoncé begins with a spoken exchange with her background singers that calls back to her campy turn in Austin Powers in Goldmember as well as to Southern rap's most glorious weirdo breakthrough, Outkast's "Hey Ya!" Sure, this is historical work, but it's hardly textbook.

These tracks stand alongside others in a sprawl of concepts, tempos and tones until Cowboy Carter turns into a full-on megamix, its final four tracks returning to the dance party of Renaissance , abruptly concluded with a literal showstopper, the Broadway-ready "AMEN." The album is immersive, but it's a jerky, bucking rodeo ride, not a narrative that lends itself to easy absorption. And through it all Beyoncé bends country and blues tropes — those two genres are inseparable, something Cowboy Carter acknowledges — to the themes she can never abandon: the perils of attempted monogamy, the joy and terror involved in mothering and her own determination to be great, an ambition that she views as a responsibility more than a privilege.

Concept albums can be relatively straightforward, like Willie Nelson's classic Red Headed Stranger , but often they do come out ornate and leaky as their makers dump all of their ideas within the frame. Beyoncé nods sonically to a few that came after Song Cycle . At certain points, Sly and the Family Stone's murky funk on There's a Riot Goin' On comes to mind. Michael Jackson never made a full-on concept album, but that tarnished legend requires mention because Beyoncé's massive ambition rivals his more than anyone's. (Maybe Madonna's; she did make a concept record, Erotica . Or that soundtrack-maker Prince's.)

More recent touchstones include the high-concept forays of Janelle Monaé, whose " Tightrope " seems as much a touchstone for "YA YA" as does Tina Turner's shimmy, and the efforts of two of her collaborators on Cowboy Carter . Raphael Saadiq, who co-produced several tracks, released a similarly massive and emotionally affecting concept album , Jimmy Lee , in 2019. And the Virginia-born multihyphenate Shaboozie, a visionary character whom Beyoncé has apparently recognized as a kindred soul, paid tribute to the landscapes and culture of his native state on his own 2022 disquisition on the same themes as Cowboy Carter . Its title? Cowboys Live Forever, Outlaws Never Die .

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When I associate Cowboy Carter with these equally adventurous and strange concept albums and the outsiders who made them, I don't mean to reduce the impact of her work or her centrality as an era-defining artist. Instead, I'm trying to free this fun and unfettered music from the burden of predefined significance. Beyoncé has, by her own will as well as her fans's needs, become what Doreen St. Felix calls an "übermatriarch," not only a biological mother but the nurturing, burdened mother of all of her faithful — and of Black America, a role she inherited and claimed from the equally eccentric and more reluctantly ennobled Aretha Franklin. The seriousness of her responsibilities has earned her a lot: millions nearing billions of dollars, a place among heads of state and a fan base that strikes fear in the hearts of naysayers. But for an artist, such success ultimately confines. Only a few have been able to remain playful and light-footed as their public images have hardened into marble.

Two such artists, as it happens, are ones Beyoncé directly takes on in Cowboy Carter : The Beatles, whose members never stopped releasing humorous and even nonsense songs alongside their wedding-and-funeral ballads and politicized anthems; and Dolly Parton, the most agile pop star of all, who's crossed into nearly every category that's interested her with her own birdlike laugh and dimpled smile. Dolly herself has deep and strange predilections: her many songs about dead children, for example, or her way of turning sexuality cartoonish not only as comic relief, but as a weapon. It's her oddball side as well as her musical genius that's allowed her to slip through so many doors.

Beyoncé did not create Cowboy Carter to honor white artists like Parton, but she made a wise decision by invoking her as a partner and a patron saint. In the spoken interlude that precedes Beyoncé's rewrite of her classic "Jolene," Parton refers to Beyoncé's famous line about a white woman's allure for her Black husband, "Becky with the good hair," as "that hussy with the good hair." She drawls out the insult, though, as if she's in the middle of a Hee Haw skit: huzzzzy . It's a goofy, enjoyably destabilizing moment — an eccentric gesture that reminds us that as serious as music can be, it's most powerful when its subversions are also fun.

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