If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Willie Nelson‘s 4th of July Picnic is moving to Philadelphia. (Well, actually the aptly named Freedom Mortgage Pavilion across the Delaware River in Camden, New Jersey.) On Tuesday, …
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In a much-anticipated duet more than 20 years in the making, Willie Nelson was finally joined onstage by Kermit the Frog to perform “Rainbow Connection” together Thursday at the Luck Reunion. The Oscar-nominated song was a hit for Kermit (and Jim Henson) after it featured in 1979’s The Muppet Movie, …
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Willie Nelson is showing no signs of slowing down as a month after he celebrates his 91st birthday, the country legend will release his 75th studio album, The Border. Ahead of the LP’s May 31 release, Nelson has shared the first single and title track, a cover of Rodney Crowell’s …
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Willie Nelson is hitting the road this summer on his annual Outlaw Music Festival Tour, and Bob Dylan is joining for all 26 shows. They’ll be accompanied on the first leg by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and John Mellencamp on the second. Billy Strings, Brittney Spencer, Celisse, and Southern …
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Oh, the humanity. An eight-foot bronze statue of Willie Nelson in Austin, Texas, was vandalized over the weekend, Austin’s Fox affiliate reported. Much of the base of the statue was covered in bright pink spray paint on Friday — to which we can only ask, “Why?” Local cleanup crews were …
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Willie Nelson’s annual Luck Reunion is set to return to his Texas ranch with a lineup that includes Tyler Childers, Old Crow Medicine Show, and the country legend himself. Taking place during South by Southwest on March 14 in Spicewood, Texas, this year’s roster also includes Dawes with Lucius, Durand …
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When Willie Nelson asks if you have any songs he can sing on, you always say “yes.” That’s the lesson delivered by Charley Crockett, who duets with Nelson on the new collaboration “That’s What Makes the World Go Around.” According to Crockett, the Red Headed Stranger was recently recording at …
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The trailer for Willie Nelson & Family, the four-part documentary by directors Thom Zimny and Oren Moverman, offers a glimpse of the colorful life of the Red Headed Stranger. The clip features some of the rare archival clips that anchor the film, including images of Nelson playing his guitar Trigger, …
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Willie Nelson is now officially a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Just don’t ask him what he has to do with rock & roll. “It’s been a long ride from my first DJ job to being here with y’all,” he said during his acceptance speech. “And …
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