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From Carrie Fisher To George Michael To Prince — The Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths Of 2016

From Carrie Fisher To George Michael To Prince — The Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths Of 2016

From legendary boxers to iconic singers, 2016 has witnessed celebrity deaths to rival any year in recent memory. From Carrie Fisher to Prince and David Bowie to Muhammad Ali, here’s a look back at this year’s most shocking celebrity deaths. According to the Wrap, David Bowie passed away just two days after releasing his 25th […]

8y ago

Miranda Lambert’s Car Crash In ‘Vice’ Linked To Blake Shelton Divorce, Performs At ACM Honors

Miranda Lambert’s Car Crash In ‘Vice’ Linked To Blake Shelton Divorce, Performs At ACM Honors

Miranda Lambert can survive even the most brutal car crash, according to the Huffington Post. The 32-year-old country music singer has recently released the video for her hot single “Vice,” and she proves she is a survivor. This is Miranda Lambert’s first song since her breakup from Blake Shelton, and her surviving the car crash […]

8y ago

George Strait Returns To The Stage, Honors Merle Haggard

George Strait Returns To The Stage, Honors Merle Haggard

George Strait returned to the stage last night and honored Merle Haggard. It was the first time Strait had performed live since 2014 when he gave his final tour. In all fairness, he never claimed he wouldn’t perform again, only that he was finished touring. So begins his Strait to Vegas Tour, a series of […]

8y ago

Willie Nelson Looks Back On His 50-Year Friendship With Merle Haggard

Willie Nelson Looks Back On His 50-Year Friendship With Merle Haggard

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard had one of the all-time great country music friendships. The longtime friends and musical collaborators had several tour dates scheduled before Haggard died from pneumonia on his birthday earlier this month at age 79. Now, Willie Nelson is looking back at his decades-long friendship with the late country legend. Nelson […]

8y ago

Firefighters Rescue Bear Cub In Lake County, Florida; Name Him ‘Smokey Junior’

Firefighters Rescue Bear Cub In Lake County, Florida; Name Him ‘Smokey Junior’

Firefighters battling a blaze in Lake County, Florida, pulled a black bear cub out of a 300-acre burning brush fire. The firefighters said that the bear’s mother was long gone, and the cub had suffered some minor burns, Forest Area Supervisor Ray Lovett told local news ClickOrlando. “He comes walking out of the woods whining, […]

8y ago

Merle Haggard’s Legacy: More Than 65 Years Of Laughter And Tears

Merle Haggard’s Legacy: More Than 65 Years Of Laughter And Tears

Merle Haggard’s legendary music career began in a bar in Modesto, California, in 1950. When Merle Haggard passed away yesterday on his 79th birthday, he had been making his fans love, laugh and cry for more than 65 years. Merle Haggard has long been counted among the legends of country music, and his place among […]

8y ago

Merle Haggard Dies At 79: Country Music Mourns As Tributes Pour In For The Music Legend

Merle Haggard Dies At 79: Country Music Mourns As Tributes Pour In For The Music Legend

Today, country music legend Merle Haggard passed away on his 79th birthday, and already hundreds of tributes from both country music fans and superstars have begun pouring in, paying tribute to a man whose career spanned more than five decades. After having to cancel several concerts due to ailing health brought on by double pneumonia, […]

8y ago

Willie Nelson Mourns The Death Of His ‘Brother’ Merle Haggard

Willie Nelson Mourns The Death Of His ‘Brother’ Merle Haggard

Willie Nelson has just lost one of his closest friends and musical collaborators. The death of Merle Haggard on his 79th birthday marks the end of the country music legends’ long partnership, and it puts an end to the duo’s previously scheduled shows for good. Nelson and Haggard released their sixth chart-topping collaborative country album, […]

8y ago

Merle Haggard Passes Away After Long Fight With Pneumonia [Breaking News]

Merle Haggard Passes Away After Long Fight With Pneumonia [Breaking News]

In shocking news for the country world, Merle Haggard has passed away today. TMZ shared the news that the country singer died after a long battle with double pneumonia. His manager confirmed his death today. This news comes out after Merle canceled several shows around the country recently. It also happened to be his 79th […]

8y ago

Merle Haggard Hospitalized, Country Music Legend Forced To Cancel Tour Dates

Merle Haggard Hospitalized, Country Music Legend Forced To Cancel Tour Dates

Merle Haggard has been hospitalized again. The legendary country music singer has been battling pneumonia since December. The “Mama Tried” singer had planned to perform with Marty Stuart today but has now rescheduled the performance for May 10. The rest of Haggard’s March concert dates have also been postponed. Because of the health issues, Merle […]

8y ago

Merle Haggard Hospitalized For Pneumonia, Country Legend Cancels All March Concert Dates

Merle Haggard Hospitalized For Pneumonia, Country Legend Cancels All March Concert Dates

Merle Haggard is back in the hospital and is being treated for a recurring bout of double pneumonia in his lungs. A rep for the 78-year-old country music legend told the Associated Press that Merle Haggard has now been forced to cancel all of his March concert tour dates while he recovers in a California […]

8y ago

Merle Haggard Cancels February Shows To Recover From Heath Issues

Merle Haggard Cancels February Shows To Recover From Heath Issues

Country music legend Merle Haggard has made the decision to cancel the remainder of his February shows so he can focus on recovering from a severe bout of double pneumonia. “He is still feeling weak from his recent struggle with double pneumonia and has decided to seek further treatment for it,” Haggard’s publicist Tresa Redburn […]

8y ago

Keith Urban, Eric Church, And Jason Aldean Headline Watershed Festival

Keith Urban, Eric Church, And Jason Aldean Headline Watershed Festival

Country superstars Keith Urban, Eric Church, and Jason Aldean have been announced as this year’s headliners for Watershed. The three-day festival has now been expanded into two back-to-back weekends due to popular demand after the festival sold out in minutes in previous years. Watershed has been popular among country music fans or “Shedders” since its […]

8y ago

Country Star Hospitalized: Merle Haggard Cancels Tour Dates Due To Illness

Country Star Hospitalized: Merle Haggard Cancels Tour Dates Due To Illness

Country star Merle Haggard was hospitalized on Thursday night after suffering from pneumonia. The country music legend is undergoing treatment of pneumonia at an undisclosed hospital in California. While Haggard was forced to cancel some tour dates due to illness, the concerts will reportedly be rescheduled once the singer is well once again. In November […]

9y ago

Merle Haggard: Country Legend Hospitalized, Postpones Tour Dates

Merle Haggard: Country Legend Hospitalized, Postpones Tour Dates

Merle Haggard was hospitalized on Thursday evening, as he is suffering from pneumonia. According to the announcement, which was published on his Facebook page, the country legend is currently getting treatment at an undisclosed hospital in California. Although he was forced to postpone several stops on his current tour, a spokesperson confirmed the shows will […]

9y ago

Willie Nelson Merle Haggard Tour: ‘Django And Jimmie’ Tour Launching This Fall

Willie Nelson Merle Haggard Tour: ‘Django And Jimmie’ Tour Launching This Fall

Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard have teamed up and will be hitting the highway this fall for their “Django and Jimmie” tour, two months after they released their album by the same name. Django and Jimmie marks the duo’s six collaborative album, which was a tribute to country music legend Jimmie Rodgers and to guitarist […]

9y ago

Willie Nelson Wins Gershwin Prize, 1st Country Musician Honored With Library Of Congress Award

Willie Nelson Wins Gershwin Prize, 1st Country Musician Honored With Library Of Congress Award

Willie Nelson has been named as the next recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. A statement from the Library of Congress was released on Thursday, making Nelson the first country musician honored with the award. The prize will be presented in November during a ceremony in Washington. A series of […]

9y ago

Now 82, Willie Nelson Prepares To Release New Album ‘Django And Jimmie’ With Merle Haggard

Now 82, Willie Nelson Prepares To Release New Album ‘Django And Jimmie’ With Merle Haggard

Willie Nelson is getting ready to release a new album with Merle Haggard. The two country legends will release Django and Jimmie on June 2. This is Willie Nelson’s sixth album collaboration with Merle Haggard since 1983’s Pancho and Lefty. Django and Jimmie are names that Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard look up to in […]

9y ago

Miranda Lambert Sparkles At The Stagecoach Festival 2015

Miranda Lambert Sparkles At The Stagecoach Festival 2015

Miranda Lambert, the female powerhouse of country music, dazzled at the Stagecoach Festival this past Saturday. Lambert, who encompasses the total package of showmanship and professionalism, brought the house down with her energetic performance. The Stagecoach Festival began in 2007, and since its inception, they have only booked 3 female headliners. Miranda Lambert has been […]

9y ago

Willie Nelson Talks Booze And Marijuana In New Memoir

Willie Nelson Talks Booze And Marijuana In New Memoir

Willie Nelson is well-known these days as an avid marijuana supporter who recently created up his own weed brand, Willie’s Reserve. Yet, the country-singing superstar wasn’t always so bold about his love for weed. In fact, a 1936 film about it even scared him, according to his new memoir, It’s a Long Story: My Life, […]

9y ago

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