Watch Post Malone perform a Hank Williams cover at surprise Nashville gig

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Post Malone has performed a Hank Williams cover during a surprise gig in Nashville this week (April 3) – check out footage of the moment below.The cover arrives at a time when country music is having a resurgence in music.

Beyonce released her new album ‘Cowboy Carter’ on Friday (March 29) which contains covers of Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’, and features artists including Willie Nelson and Nancy Sinatra.Taylor Swift is also gearing up to release a country album next month with ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, while Post Malone is gearing up to make a new country album too.

He’s covered country songs in the past and features on both Beyonce and Swift’s new albums. Lana Del Rey has also ventured into the genre recently and is releasing a new country album called ‘Lasso’ later this year.This week, the musician took to the stage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for a surprise performance.

He appeared during Bobby Bones’ annual Million Dollar Show concert and played an acoustic cover of Hank Williams’ 1952 record ‘Honky Tonk Blues.’You can see footage of the moment here:@Post Malone makes his Ryman debut in Nashville!