Micah Nelson: Last News

Willie Nelson’s sister and bandmate, has died aged 91.Bobbie was the pianist in the original line-up of the Willie Nelson Family band and had recently co-authored two books with her brother.Bobbie died yesterday (March 10) and news of her passing was confirmed in a family statement.“Her elegance, grace, beauty and talent made this world a better place,” the statement from the Nelson family began.“She was the first member of Willie’s band, as his pianist and singer. Our hearts are broken and she will be deeply missed.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts have announced dates for the “Love Earth” world tour, taking place this summer. The first leg of the tour launches on June 18 in Rättvik, Sweden and continues through Europe and the U.K., with North American dates (produced by Live Nation) beginning in North Carolina on August 8 before concluding in Los Angeles on September 15. Full dates appear below; more are expected to be added “shortly,” according to the announcement.

Neil Young has shared a promising new update on The Chrome Hearts’ debut album – see what the folk icon had to say below.Last month (January 17), Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts shared the single, ‘Big Change Is Coming’. It marked their first release from the band that sees Young playing alongside Micah Nelson on guitar, Corey McCormick on bass, Anthony Logerfo on drums and Spooner Oldham on Farfisa organ.Now, Young has taken to his blog, the Neil Young Archives, to provide fans with a positive update on the band’s upcoming releases. Writing on Tuesday (February 4), Young shared that he had finished recording their debut album with producers Lou Adler (who is also his brother-in-law) and John Hanlon at Rick Rubin‘s Shangri-La studio in Malibu.Young wrote: “It is in mastering now to make the vinyl, CD and digital copies.

Neil Young has dropped his first song with The Chrome Hearts, ‘big change is coming’. Check it out below.Now aged 79, the singer, songwriter and guitarist has been performing with The Chrome Hearts lately – a band which comprises Micah Nelson on guitar, Corey McCormick on bass, Anthony Logerfo on drums, and Spooner Oldham on Farfisa organ.Today (January 17), the band have dropped their first single, a boisterous, defiant track called ‘big change is coming’.Stylised in all lower-case, the debut single captures a rock song in its purest form.

Neil Young is in a New York state of mind.This September, the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is playing not one, not two but three shows in The Empire State.First up, the 78-year-old Godfather of Grunge will headline at this year’s Farm Aid alongside fellow board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds) on Saturday, Sept. 21.Shortly after, the “Heart of Gold” singer heads south for a pair of concerts at Port Chester, NY’s Capitol Theatre on Monday, Sept. 23 and Tuesday, Sept.

Willie Nelson has announced a new album ‘Last Leaf On The Tree’, which is his 153rd release (counting solo studio albums, live records, and collaborative LPs).Just a few months after the release of his last studio LP ‘The Borders’, the 91-year-old’s forthcoming LP consists of a selection of covers curated by his son Micah as well as some originals, one of which Micah guests on. It will be released on November 1.Nelson will cover hits by the likes of Warren Zevon, Nina Simone, Keith Richards, Sunny War, and more, as well as The Flaming Lips‘ ‘Do You Realize??’ and Beck’s ‘Lost Cause’.The album’s lead single and title track, a cover of Tom Waits’ ‘Last Leaf’, is available to stream. It originally appeared on Waits’ 2011 album ‘Bad As Me’.Check out Nelson’s version of ‘Last Leaf’ and the tracklist below:The tracklist for ‘Last Leaf On The Tree’ is:1. ‘Last Leaf’ (Tom Waits)2. ‘If It Wasn’t Broken’ (Sunny War)3. ‘Lost Cause’ (Beck)4. ‘Come Ye’ (Nine Simone)5. ‘Keep Me In Your Heart’ (Warren Zevon)6. ‘Robbed Blind’ (Keith Richards)7. ‘House Where Nobody Lives’ (Tom Waits)8. ‘Are You Ready For The Country?’ (Neil Young)9. ‘Do You Realize??’ (The Flaming Lips)10. ‘Wheels’ (Micah Nelson)11. ‘Broken Arrow’ (Neil Young)12. ‘Color Of Sound’ (Willie Nelson & Micah Nelson)13. ‘The Ghost’ (Willie Nelson)14. ‘Lookin’ For Trouble’Nelson is in the middle of the ‘Outlaw Music Festival Tour’ with Bob Dylan.

He’s always on country music fans’ minds, and now they’ll have a chance to celebrate him. Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration concert special was announced tonight during Nelson’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Keith Richards was the surprise unannounced guest for night 2 of Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday tribute at the Hollywood Bowl — a surprise, at least, for anyone who hadn’t spotted his name listed in the fine print on the souvenir posters and T-shirts. The Stone rolled in with his signature line of recent decades: “It’s good to be here. It’s good to be anywhere.” Richards (79) and Nelson (you’d have to be really high not to know his age) then followed with two covers appropriate for gents of a certain maturity: “We Had It All” and “Live Forever.” The latter song probably wasn’t written by Billy Joe Shaver to be understood literally, but Sunday night, it sure felt that way. Nelson’s 90th birthday was such a momentous event in pop culture, it merited the two-night treatment it got at the Bowl, filmed by producer Blackbird Presents for theatrical release as well as home video. The actual birthday had come the night before, on Saturday, but as son Micah Nelson said at the beginning of Sunday’s show: “Welcome to the after-birth party.” The biggest difference from night 1, apart from many different guests and most different songs, was the increased presence of the birthday boy himself on stage, for the last 40 minutes of the three-hour-and-40-minute show. Besides Richards, Nelson also participated in collaborations with Sheryl Crow, Billy Strings, his producer Buddy Cannon, Lily Meola and (instrumentally) Booker T.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “Thanks for coming to my dad’s birthday party,” said Micah Nelson, a few songs into an all-star tribute to Willie Nelson at the Hollywood Bowl, attended by a sold-out house happy that Willie had found a way to schedule the 90th anniversary of his birth on a Saturday night. With roughly seven decades of songwriting and recording to commemorate, though, the party is stretching over two nights, bundled together and sold as a single ticket, where by the end of Sunday night everyone will have heard about 50 artists perform a total of about 75 songs. Ironically, one of the first numbers performed Saturday evening was young Texas country artist Charley Crockett doing a cut that Nelson had a hit with as a budding songwriter in the late ’50s: “The Party’s Over.” That title proved as un-prescient for Nelson’s career 65 years ago as it proved unprophetic for the scope of the Bowl celebration this weekend. But a little irony is always welcome in Willie’s world.

Willie Nelson will mark his landmark 90th birthday with two star-studded concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in April - with Snoop Dogg and Sheryl Crow leading the performers.The country music icon, who turns 90 on April 29, will celebrate the milestone with two concerts on April 29 and 30 in honor of his near seven decades in the recording industry.Top of the bill is rapper Snoop, 51, who has forged a famously close friendship with Nelson due to their mutual penchant for weed, as well as songstress Sheryl, 60 and Golden Hour hitmaker Kacey Musgraves, 34. Big birthday: Willie Nelson will mark his landmark 90th birthday with two star-studded concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in April- with Snoop Dogg and Sheryl Crow leading the performers (pictured 2018) Among the other artists set to take to the stage alongside Nelson are Neil Young, Beck, Tom Jones, Chris Stapleton, Ziggy Marley, Miranda Lambert, Bob Weir, Allison Russell, Tyler Childers, Margo Price, and Nelson's sons Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson - who perform as Particle Kid. This comes after Nelson's Tennessee home, which was listed four months ago, has officially been taken off the market after selling for $2.14 million.

Willie Nelson has reversed a decision to cancel his Luck Reunion festival, revealing he and many of the acts billed to appear will perform virtually.