WILLIE NELSON, 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, VINCE GILL & MORE TO HEADLINE THE ALL-STAR CONCERT EVENT OF THE YEAR   WILLIE: LIFE & SONGS OF AN AMERICAN OUTLAW SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2019 BRIDGESTONE ARENA – NASHVILLE, TN

"Willie: Life & Songs of an American Outlaw" | Photo courtesy of Blackbird Presents | Size: 891 KB | Type: JPG | >Download A&E NETWORK TO AIR SPECIAL CONCERT EVENT IN 2019 TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 AT 10AM CT VIA LIVENATION.COM Nashville, TN // November 8, 2018 — Blackbird Presents, Mark Rothbaum, and Keith Wortman are proud to announce the concert event of the year… Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw, A Willie Nelson All-Star Concert Celebration. This once-in-a-lifetime concert will take place Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 7PM CT at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. This historic event will honor living legend Willie Nelson and feature his greatest hits performed by today's biggest superstars. This major event will be filmed and recorded for a major broadcast special slated to air on A&E Network in 2019. Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw will feature star-studded performances by Willie Nelson, 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. Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks, along with surprise guests and unforgettable collaborations to be revealed at the show. Tickets go on sale Monday, November 12, 2018 at 10 AM CT online at Livenation.com, by phone at 800-745-3000, and the Bridgestone Arena box office. VIP packages including great seats and exclusive merchandise will be available. Citi is the official presale credit card of Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw. As such, Citi card members will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Thursday, November 8 at 10 AM CT until Sunday, November 11 at 10 PM CT through Citi’s Private Pass® program. For complete presale details visithttp://www.citiprivatepass.com. In his 85th year, Willie Nelson is more prolific than ever. In 2018 alone, he's released his 67th studio album (Last Man Standing), a stirring collection of his favorite Sinatra songs (My Way) and headlined the largest touring festival in North America (Outlaw Music Festival). Willie is America’s music hero. It’s hard to put into words what he means to singers, songwriters, musicians, and people all over the world. Through life’s ups and downs, heartbreaks and rewards, Willie and his songs have been a dear and constant friend to all of us. He’s a trusted father figure to millions of Americans by lifting them up through FARM AID and his annual JULY 4th PICNIC. He’s the clear inspiration for dozens of today’s biggest music stars from all genres of music. "Willie and his songs mean everything to music artists and fans alike. Like Willie, they have inspired us to remain true to ourselves in every possible way. This incredible lineup of artists on this show is a testament to that,” says Blackbird Presents CEO Keith Wortman. FOR COMPLETE SHOW DETAILS AND OFFICIAL CONCERT WEBSITE, VISIT: http://willieoutlaw.com #willieoutlaw About Willie Nelson: With a six-decade career and 200 plus albums, this iconic Texan is the creative genius behind the historic recordings of Crazy, Red Headed Stranger, and Stardust. 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 album releases, released a Top 10New York Times’ bestsellers book, again headlined Farm Aid, an event he co-founded in 1985, received his 5th degree black belt in Gong Kwon Yu Sul, headlined the annual Luck Reunion food and music festival at his ranch in Luck, TX during SXSW, launched his cannabis companies Willie’s Reserve and Willie’s Remedy, and graced the covers of Rolling Stone and AARP The Magazine. In 2015, Nelson published “It’s A Long Story: My Life,” the unvarnished and complete story of his life that landed him on the New York Times’ bestsellers list. He also released a new studio album with Merle Haggard titled Django And Jimmie, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Country album chart and #7 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. In November 2015, the Library of Congress honored him with their Gershwin Prize for Popular Song for his contributions to popular music. He is the first country artist to receive the distinguished award. The following year began with the release of Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin, a collection of 11 newly recorded Gershwin classics. The album debuted at #1 on both the Top Current Jazz chart and the Top Traditional Jazz chart, as well as earned him a Grammy Award for the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In September 2016, came For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price, an album of newly recorded interpretations of 12 Ray Price songs. In 2017, he released two albums of newly recorded performances: God’s Problem Child, with 13 new songs that debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Country album chart and #10 on the Billboard 200, and Willie Nelson and The Boys (Willie’s Stash, Vol. 2), that includes 11 country classics and one brand-new song performed by Nelson and his sons Lukas and Micah. For 2018, he released Last Man Standing in April to celebrate his 85th birthday. It is comprised entirely of songs newly-penned by Nelson (and longtime collaborator and producer Buddy Cannon). In September he released My Way, a collection of newly recorded standards and classic originally made famous by Nelson’s close friend and musical colleague Frank Sinatra. Not a month later, Nelson debuted his new song “Vote ‘Em Out,” an urgent exhortation to citizens everywhere to participate in democracy. He sings “the biggest gun we’ve got; is called the ballot box; so if you don’t like who’s in there; Vote ‘em out…” These new songs and performances add to his classic catalog, and finds Willie Nelson rolling at a creative peak, writing and singing and playing with the seasoned wit and wisdom that comes from the road, which he still travels along performing for fans. About Blackbird Presents: Blackbird Presents is the worldwide leader in the production of large scale concert events, broadcast specials, TV series, music festivals, & tours. Blackbird's recent concerts, broadcast specials and releases include All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers’ Farewell Concert Celebration, Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard, The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson,Imagine: John Lennon 75th Birthday Concert, Outlaw: Celebrating The Music of Waylon Jennings, I'll Take You There: Celebrating 75 Years of Mavis Staples, The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris, Lynyrd Skynyrd: One More For The Fans, The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac and His Music, and All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs and Voice of Gregg Allman, the latter of which earned a 2014 GRAMMY® Award nomination for Gregg Allman and Taj Mahal's awe-inspiring performance of "Statesboro Blues." Blackbird Presents is also the creator and producer of The Outlaw Music Festival Tour, in partnership with Willie Nelson and The American Roots Music & Arts Festival, in partnership with Eric Church. Visit us at www.blackbirdpresents.com

Paul Simon Announces Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour

 

Artist to stage ultimate concert performances in North America, UK and Europe, promising audiences an historic evening of career-spanning hits and timeless classics

Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon, will embark on his farewell concert tour on May 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Rogers Arena. Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour will encompass shows across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, with Simon and his band bringing to the stage a stunning, career-spanning repertoire of timeless hits and classic songs which have permeated and influenced popular culture for generations.
Tickets for Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour will go on sale beginning February 8 at 9 a.m. in Europe and February 9 at 10 a.m. in North America and the UK. The complete tour itinerary is listed below. Go to PaulSimon.com for ticketing information as it becomes available.
According to Simon, the Homeward Bound tour is a fitting culmination of a performing career that began in the early 1960s and has coincided with his artistic journey as a songwriter and recording artist until the present day.
He said of this farewell tour, “I’ve often wondered what it would feel like to reach the point where I’d consider bringing my performing career to a natural end. Now I know: it feels a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating and something of a relief. I love making music, my voice is still strong, and my band is a tight, extraordinary group of gifted musicians. I think about music constantly. I am very grateful for a fulfilling career and, of course, most of all to the audiences who heard something in my music that touched their hearts.”
Having created a distinctive and beloved body of work that includes 13 studio albums, plus five studio albums as half of Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon is the recipient of 16 Grammy Awards, three of which—Bridge over Troubled Water, Still Crazy after All These Years, and Graceland—were Album of the Year honorees. In 2003, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in Simon & Garfunkel, and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
During his unparalleled career, Simon has achieved 29 Top 40 singles in the U.S. alone, with 14 of those reaching the Top 10 or higher, including “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (which reached #1), “Kodachrome,” “Loves Me Like A Rock,” “Mother and Child Reunion,” “Late In The Evening,” “You Can Call Me Al” and many others. With Simon & Garfunkel, he wrote and performed the #1 singles, “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and numerous other timeless hits.
Paul Simon is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, both as a member of Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist. Simon was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2002 and was named one of Time magazine’s “100 People Who Shape Our World” in 2006. In 2007, Simon was awarded the inaugural Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world’s culture. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. And in 2012, he was named the recipient of the prestigious Polar Music Prize along with classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Simon’s philanthropic work includes the co-founding of the Children’s Health Fund (CHF), which donates and staffs 53 mobile medical units that bring health care to low-income children and their families in urban and rural locations around the United States. Since its inception in 1987, CHF has provided more than 3 million doctor/patient visits.
Throughout his career, Simon has also raised millions of dollars for worthy causes as varied as Autism Speaks, The Nature Conservancy, CURE, Tibet House and the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s Half-Earth Project, which is committed to stopping the species extinction crisis by conserving half the planet’s lands and oceans.
The Itinerary for Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour is as follows:

VIP ticket packages are also available:

US – http://www.slotix.com/tours/6

UK & Europe – https://www.eventtravel.com/paul-simon-tickets-2018?agentCodeWeblink=AF352

North America
DATE	CITY	VENUE	ON SALE (All Times Local)
May 16	Vancouver, BC	Rogers Arena	On Sale Now
May 18	Seattle, WA	Key Arena	On Sale Now
May 19	Portland,  OR	MODA Center	On Sale Now
May 22	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	SOLD OUT
May 23	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	SOLD OUT
May 25	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena	On Sale Now
May 27	Las Vegas, NV	MGM Grand Garden Arena	On Sale Now
May 28	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl	Fri, Feb 23 @ 10am
May 30	Denver, CO	Fiddler’s Green	On Sale Now
June 1	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center	On Sale Now
June 2	Houston, TX	Toyota Center	On Sale Now
June 4	Austin, TX	Frank Erwin Center	On Sale Now
June 6	Chicago, IL	United Center	On Sale Now
June 8	St. Paul, MN	Xcel Energy Center	On Sale Now
June 10	Detroit, MI	DTE Energy Center	On Sale Now
June 12	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Centre	On Sale Now
June 13	Montreal, QC	Bell Centre	On Sale Now
June 15	Boston, MA	TD Garden	On Sale Now
June 16	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center	On Sale Now
June 19	Greensboro, NC	Greensboro Coliseum	On Sale Now
June 20	Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena	On Sale Now
UK & Europe
DATE	CITY	VENUE	ON SALE (All Times Local)
June 30	Stockholm, SWEDEN	Ericsson Globe	On Sale Now
July 1	Oslo, NORWAY	Spektrum	On Sale Now
July 3	Copenhagen, DENMARK	Royal Arena	On Sale Now
July 5	Antwerp, BELGIUM	Sportpaleis	On Sale Now
July 7	Amsterdam, HOLLAND	Ziggo Dome	SOLD OUT
July 8	Amsterdam, HOLLAND	Ziggo Dome	On Sale Now
July 10	Manchester, UK	Manchester Arena	On Sale Now
July 11	Glasgow, UK	SSE Hydro	On Sale Now
July 13	Dublin, IRELAND*	RDS Arena	On Sale Now
July 15	London, UK*	Hyde Park, BST Festival	On Sale Now

* With Very Special Guests James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt

Charlie Daniels "Volunteer Jam" Set for August 12th at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena to Support The Journey Home Project
The Journey Home Project Inaugural Event at The Palm Sells Out

Charlie Daniels announces the legendary “Volunteer Jam,” which began in 1974 at War Memorial Auditorium when Daniels and his friends recorded a live version of “Fire On The Mountain,” will take place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 12, 2015, to raise awareness and funds for The Journey Home Project. Tickets for Charlie’s Volunteer Jam will be available online at charliedaniels.com, thejourneyhomeproject.org, or through Ticketmaster starting Spring 2015.

“We are extremely excited that Charlie will be bringing the Volunteer Jam back to Nashville. Everyone can only guess who his surprise guests are going to be,” says The Journey Home Project board member Ed Hardy. “Charlie is a big man with a big heart. His love and passion for our troops and veterans is unparalleled. We definitely could not do this without him.”

The announcement comes on the heels of the inaugural Journey Home Project fundraising event, which took place at The Palm on Tuesday, September 9, to a sold out audience. Guests were treated to music by Rodney Atkins, Mandy Barnett, Ryan Weaver and Daniels, but the big surprise of the night was the interaction with troops in Afghanistan through a special uplink coordinated by David Corlew and the Special Operations community.

“It was a very special moment, there was not a dry eye in the room” says The Journey Home Project board member David Corlew. “I have been very fortunate traveling to Afghanistan where I visited our troops and have built a personal relationship with many of them.  Being able to connect our supporters with those that we are raising money for was something nobody expected, and that was special.”

The Charlie Daniels Scholarship for Heroes Fund, which is part of the Yellow Ribbon Education Program at Lipscomb University, was created by Daniels and Corlew to raise money to allow our military heroes to receive an excellent education. Those efforts will continue through The Journey Home Project, which was established to cultivate and bring all fundraising efforts under one umbrella.

The Journey Home Project mission is to help connect people who might not come into contact with soldiers on a daily basis, but who care. The organization will also assist other not-for-profits in securing funds to help causes that benefit Veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

REMINDER: The Charlie Daniels Band will be in concert at the River City Casino Events Center on Friday, November 21... Visit River City Casino website for details...