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by: Dave Paulson
It was already guaranteed to be a huge night, but Willie Nelson’s all-star tribute concert in Nashville has just doubled in size.
Chris Stapleton, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Bare, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson, Margo Price, Micah Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ray Benson, and Steve Earle have all been added to “Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw,” set to take place at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on January 12.
They join a roster that’s headlined, naturally, by the 85-year-old country legend himself, plus Alison Krauss, The Avett Brothers, George Strait, Jack Johnson, John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Ann Womack, Lyle Lovett, Norah Jones and The Little Willies, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks, and Vince Gill.
The concert will be filmed for a TV special that will air later in 2019 on A&E — but fans can also purchase tickets via Ticketmaster and the Bridgestone Arena box office.
In 2018, Nelson released his 67th and 68th studio albums: the original “Last Man Standing” and the Frank Sinatra tribute “My Way.” On February 6, he’ll be honored by the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing, days before the 2019 Grammy Awards.