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Sam Rockwell Set To Star In Merle Haggard Biopic

Sam Rockwell is in talks to star in a biopic of legendary country musician Merle Haggard.The 51-year-old actor is set to take up the role of Haggard and will even do his own singing for...

Willie Nelson's Son Insists Star's Health Issue Is 'Minor'

The country music veteran announced on Wednesday (14Oct15) he was having to push back the first dates of his joint trek with Merle Haggard due to a mystery health problem, sparking fears for...

Willie Nelson Postpones First Tour Dates Due To Medical Issue

The veteran country singers were slated to kick off their Django and Jimmie Tour in Florence, South Carolina on Thursday (15Oct15), but that gig and others have been rescheduled. The South Carolina...

Songwriter Red Lane Dies

The star passed away on Wednesday evening (01Jul15), aged 76. Born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter, he served in the U.S. Air Force before deciding to pursue a career in music. He performed...

Country Fiddler Johnny Gimble Dies

The fiddler passed away at his home near Austin, Texas on Saturday (09May15) after suffering several strokes over the last two years. Gimble got his big break playing with Bob Wills' band...

Merle Haggard Finally Receives High School Diploma

The Mr. Tambourine Man singer attended California's Bakersfield High School for less than two weeks in the early 1950s, habitually missing classes and scoring an unimpressive academic record. But thanks to...

Bob Dylan Clarifies Merle Haggard Remarks

Bob Dylan is adamant he has no hard feelings towards Merle Haggard despite his controversial comments at a pre-Grammy Awards tribute.The folk rock icon was honoured as the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year at...

Merle Haggard Hits Back At Bob Dylan Criticism

Merle Haggard has fired back at Bob Dylan after the folk rock icon called out the country veteran at a pre-Grammy Awards tribute for failing to support his music early on in his career.The Mr....

Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard To Be Feted At Acm Honors

Country stars Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Carrie Underwood will be feted with special prizes at the 2014 ACM Honors.For The Good Times hitmaker Kristofferson will be one of four songwriters to receive the Academy...

George Strait And Miranda Lambert To Perform Merle Haggard Tribute At Acm Awards

Singers George Strait, Garth Brooks and Miranda Lambert are lining up to salute music legend Merle Haggard at the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards.The veteran will be honoured with the Crystal Milestone Award to...

Merle Haggard Feared Health Battle Was Return Of Cancer

Country star Merle Haggard feared his cancer had returned when he was treated for pneumonia earlier this year (12), revealing he spent the first few hours in hospital "saying goodbye" to his family.The 75 year...

Merle Haggard Back In Hospital

Country music legend Merle Haggard has checked back into hospital just days after he was discharged following treatment for pneumonia.The 74-year-old singer was admitted to a medical facility in MACon, Georgia last week (beg16Jan12) with...

Merle Haggard Hospitalized Before Georgia Show

Merle Haggard has been nothing short of a phenomenon the past decade, a man supposedly in the twilight of his career confounding expectation with a flurry of albums and constant string of live dates. Sad...

Bob Dylan And Jack White's Hank Williams Tribute

Bob Dylan, Jack White and Norah Jones have recorded previously unreleased Hank Williams songs.The tracks -inspired by song ideas and lyrics in notebooks left behind in a leather briefcase by the country artist after his...

Haggard's Christmas Gift - He's Cancer Free

Country music icon MERLE HAGGARD has been given the all-clear after a two-year battle with cancer.The Okie From Muskogee singer/songwriter had surgery to remove part of his lung in 2008 and admits it has been...

Haggard Plans Supertrio With Nelson And Kristofferson

Country music icons WILLIE NELSON, MERLE HAGGARD and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON are working on a new supertrio project for 2011 after meeting up at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. earlier this month (Dec10).Haggard, who...

Lisa Ling To Host California Hall Of Fame Ceremony

LISA LING, the American journalist and television personality, who yesterday spoke on 'The View' about her recent miscarriage, has been confirmed as the host of this year's 'California Hall of Fame', reports the Sacramento Press....

Haggard : 'Drugs Fuelled The Musical Greats'

Country star MERLE HAGGARD blames the criminalisation of drugs for the decline in music quality - insisting the best songs were written under the influence. The 70-year-old claims the musical greats of the 1960s and...

George Jones Honoured In Hometown

Country legend GEORGE JONES has been honoured in his hometown of Beaumont, Texas - after being added to the local Walk of Fame. Jones pressed cowboy boots into a wet cement slab that will be...

Willie Nelson Fights Through Carpal Tunnel Problems

Country singer WILLIE NELSON is fighting carpal tunnel syndrome to perform at pal MERLE HAGGARD's annual UFO FESTIVAL in Roswell, New Mexico, and his own annual Fourth of July picnic this weekend (03+04JUL04)....

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