Willie Nelson News

Late country legend JOHNNY CASH used to phone close friend WILLIE NELSON in the middle of the night and demand to hear funny jokes.
Cash, who....

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Country legend WILLIE NELSON has joined a campaign to raise awareness about dairy cows kept in cruel conditions. Nelson and the Animal Legal Defense....

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"WOODY HARRELSON and OWEN WILSON and I gamble all the time, on dominoes and chess and poker... We wind up, even before the night's over, trading....

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"I try to keep 'Thou shalt not kill.' The rest of them I'm kind of shaky on." Irreverent WILLIE NELSON on the commandments he....

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Country star WILLIE NELSON almost drowned at sea when his lung collapsed during a swim in Hawaii. The singer was on tour 20 years ago when he....

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Country legend WILLIE NELSON has one more dream he'd like to realise before he dies - a duet with BARBRA STREISAND. The singer has recorded with a....

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"Pot smokers don't vote. They keep forgetting when the (polling) day's supposed to be when they got to get up and go somewhere." Pot fan WILLIE....

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BOB DYLAN has invited JACK WHITE, WILLIE NELSON and LUCINDA WILLIAMS to help him record tracks country icon HANK WILLIAMS left unfinished for an....

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"The original title for CRAZY was STUPID." WILLIE NELSON recalls writing PATSY CLINE's country....

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Country legend WILLIE NELSON began smoking marijuana at just 10 years old, according to an explosive new biography. Joe Nick Patoski's Willie....

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Newly healthy country star WILLIE NELSON has taken up jogging at the age of 74, in a bid to stay fit. The life-long marijuana smoker recently kicked....

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WILLIE NELSON and SARA EVANS were named late additions to the Super Bowl festivities in Arizona. The country couple were scheduled to perform a duet....

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"I believe laughter is the best medicine, and the sooner you can start laughing, the better. Woody and Owen and I play dominoes and chess and golf."....

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KENNY CHESNEY has co-produced country legend WILLIE NELSON's new album MOMENT OF FOREVER. Chesney also co-wrote one of the album's songs with....

Read news story: CHESNEY TEAMS UP WITH NELSON ON NEW ALBUM

Country music legend WILLIE NELSON has risked being thrown in jail by appearing on the cover of pro-marijuana magazine High Times, holding the drug. ....

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Animal-loving country legend WILLIE NELSON is lending his name to another good cause - the bid to make dog fighting illegal. The singer has filmed a....

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WILLIE NELSON has been hailed a horse hero in his native Texas after quietly saving 25 doomed beasts from Mexican slaughterhouses. The country....

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Veteran country star WILLIE NELSON is heading to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday (13Nov07) to protest the inhumane slaughtering of horses. The singer....

Read news story: NELSON TO PROTEST HORSE SLAUGHTER IN WASHINGTON

WILLIE NELSON was honoured with the icon accolade at the Broadcast Music Incentives' (BMI) Country Awards on Tuesday(06Nov07), with stars including....

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Troubled OWEN WILSON enjoyed a few rare laughs following his alleged suicide attempt by joining pals WILLIE NELSON and WOODY HARRELSON in a lawn....

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"We're going to get her own bus and everything, fix it up with her own hairdresser, make-up and everything - just like JESSICA SIMPSON." Country....

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JESSICA SIMPSON's plans to go country have been given a boost - WILLIE NELSON has agreed to pen tracks for her next album. The pop star/actress'....

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LATEST: Country legend WILLIE NELSON has changed his mind about cancelling a string of rescheduled concerts, after receiving pleas from fans to show....

Read news story: FANS FORCE NELSON TO RETHINK CANCELLED CONCERTS

Country legend WILLIE NELSON has cancelled a string of rescheduled tour dates, citing exhaustion. Upcoming concerts in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and....

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Veteran country star WILLIE NELSON was one of several acts to play a pro-marijuana benefit concert in Austin, Texas on Friday (10Aug07) night. The....

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"WILLIE NELSON's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it." Country legend MERLE HAGGARD remembers....

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EDDIE VEDDER, SONIC YOUTH, JACK JOHNSON and WILLIE NELSON are among the stars who have contributed covers of BOB DYLAN songs for a new movie centred....

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Rocker RYAN ADAMS regrets agreeing to appear in a TV advertisement for clothing chain Gap alongside country legend WILLIE NELSON in 2002 - because....

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Country icon WILLIE NELSON is trying to convince fans he's not seriously ill after cancelling a dozen concerts. The singer/songwriter, 74, insists....

Read news story: NELSON SCRAPS SHOWS BECAUSE HE NEEDS A BREAK

Burlesque star DITA VON TEESE is to make her big screen debut playing a stripper in a movie to be shot on country star WILLIE NELSON's Texas ranch. ....

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