Gregg Allman

Veteran rocker Gregg Allman has cancelled most of his upcoming tour dates due to "serious health issues.” According to Rolling Stone Allman is currently under his doctor's care at the Mayo Clinic, resulting in 28 shows being cancelled.

Gregg Allman has cancelled 28 tour dates.

“I want to thank my fans and friends for supporting me while I rest up and focus on getting better and back on the road as soon as I can," Allman said in a statement. "I've been working hard with my band, my pride and joy, to play our music for everyone. We'll see y'all in October.”

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Randall Miller, the director of the ill-fated Gregg Allman sag biopic Midnight Rider, has pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass and received a 10-year sentence. Miller will serve two years in Wayne County jail and the rest on probation.

Randall Miller will serve 2 years in prison and 8 years in probation

The trial concerned the death of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant killed a year ago on the set of Midnight Rider. The 27-year-old died when she was struck by a train while filming a sequence on a bridge over the Altamaha River. Miller has not received the proper clearance to shoot on the bridge.

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Randall Miller and Jody Savin, the director and producer of the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider, have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from a death on the movies set. The husband-and-wife team were indicted along with executive producer Jay Sedrish after a camera operator was struck by a train and killed during production in February.

'Midnight Rider' is based on the life of Gregg Allman

Miller and Savin said in a statement that during more than two decades in film, they have always emphasized safety on set.

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The director of Midnight Rider, Randall Miller, and two other crew members have been indicted by a grand jury for involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass following the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones whilst filming in February. 

Midnight Rider is based on the life of Gregg Allman.

Sarah was working on Midnight Rider, a film based on the life of rock legend Gregg Allman, when she tragically died. The crew were filming a scene on a railway over the Altamaha River in Doctortown, Georgia when the incident occurred on February 20th. Sarah and a number of other crew members were instructed to carry a metal bed frame out on to the tracks for a dream sequence, according to the LA Times. Sarah was struck by a passing freight train whilst six other crew members were injured by the shattered metal bed frame. 

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Since a camera assistant working on the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider died during the production and director Randall Miller was charged with involuntary slaughter alongside producers Jody Savin and Jay Sedrish, appeals for increased work safety in the industry have dominated the conversation.

Gregg Allman has distanced himself from the production.

Sarah Jones’ death was the most severe consequence of the lax safety precautions on set, but six other crew members were injured by a freight train in Georgia earlier this week. According to the LA Times, the train unexpectedly drove over a bridge the crew was filming on. Local authorities report that producers did not have permission to film on the trestle.

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Gregg Allman has agreed to drop his lawsuit against the producers who were making a movie about his life until a freight train killed a member of the camera crew. The Allman Brothers Band star filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the producers of Midnight Rider, the biopic based on his memoir, My Cross To Bear.

Gregg Allman Has Dropped His Lawsuit Against The 'Midnight Rider' Producers.

Now, Allman has reportedly dropped his suit, according to THR, after he and the film producers having reached an out-of-court agreement. "We have come together and reasoned with one another," Allman's attorney David Long-Daniels told the judge, via AP.

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Rocker Gregg Allman is suing to cease production on ‘Midnight Rider,’ a film based on his best-selling memoir. The move is prompted by the recent tragedy, in which crew member Sarah Jones was killed during production. On February 20 production was suspended following an accident which killed Jones and injured seven others.

Singer Gregg Allman is suing to stop production on 'Midnight Rider'

The accident occurred when a train plowed into the crew, prompting to questions regarding the stringency of safety precautions taken. Allman is now suing to stop producers from starting filming again. The lawsuit was filed last week and explains that producers have told representatives for the singer that they intend to begin filming once again despite his clear dismay and objections.

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Sarah Elizabeth Jones, aged 27, has been struck by a freight train and killed while working as a second camera assistant on the Gregg Allman biopic, ‘Midnight Rider’.

Midnight Rider is the Gregg Allman biopic currently being filmed

Confusion has arisen as to the access permissions of the crew regarding their presence on the track Open Road Films, Unclaimed Freight and the Meddin Studios film crew had permission to shoot 'Midnight Rider' near the railroad tracks, but they did not have permission to be on it, authorities said.

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