Willie Nelson Missing Outlaw Tour Opening on Doctor’s Orders

Willie Nelson will miss the opening run of reveals on the 2024 Outlaw Music Competition Tour attributable to an unspecified sickness.

The 91-year-old nation icon was slated to kick off the tour on Friday evening (June 21) on the Ameris Financial institution Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Ga., alongside Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss and Celisse. Nonetheless, he will not have the ability to make the primary weekend of reveals on “physician’s orders,” in response to a publish on his social media.

Nelson’s staff shared the next message on Friday afternoon:

We remorse to tell you that Willie Nelson isn’t feeling effectively, and per physician’s orders, has been suggested to relaxation for the following 4 days. He’s anticipated to make a fast restoration and be part of the Outlaw Music Competition tour subsequent week. Within the meantime, Lukas Nelson and the Household Band, together with just a few company, will carry out a particular set to incorporate Willie’s classics and others songs. Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and Celisse will proceed to carry out as scheduled.

Nelson has continued recording new music and touring effectively into his later years, however he has been pressured to cancel reveals right here and there lately attributable to varied illnesses.

Based on Nelson’s official tour schedule, the Outlaw Music Competition is slated to run by Sept. 20, when it wraps up with a present in Gilford, N.H. John Mellencamp, Billy Strings, Brittney Spencer and Southern Avenue are additionally on the invoice for choose reveals.

Willie Nelson launched his most up-to-date album, The Border, on March 31, 2024. The challenge marked his 152nd album, in response to a press launch from Legacy Recordings.

Sterling Whitaker is a Senior Author and Senior Editor for Style of Nation. He focuses on movie star actual property, in addition to protection of Yellowstone and associated reveals like 1883 and 1923. He is interviewed solid members together with Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Sam Elliott and Harrison Ford, and Whitaker can also be identified for his in-depth interviews with nation legends together with Don Henley, Rodney Crowell, Hint Adkins, Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs and extra.