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Nelson to play metro in May
By Dean LiskThe Daily News


Willie Nelson is on the road again.

The bandanna-bedecked singer is pulling his tour bus, the countrified Honeysuckle Rose III, into the Halifax Metro Centre this May.
Famous for his braided pigtails, and penchant for pot, Nelson is considered a living legend. His career spans six decades, more than 200 albums, hit songs like Crazy and Red Headed Stranger, and a slew of awards.
KIXX 780 morning show host Frank Lowe says Nelson is one of the originators of country music.
“Three chords and a song, that is the Willie Nelson thing,” he says. “When you have the right writer, you can say it all with three chords.”
Mainly a solo performer, Nelson successfully toured with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen. Working with rockers Neil Young and John Mellencamp, Nelson helped found FarmAid, a concert series to raise money for American farmers, in 1985.
All hasn’t been rosy for the singer. In 1990, he was found guilty of tax evasion, nearly losing everything to Uncle Sam.
In recent years, a new generation has discovered Nelson thanks to appearances on Fox’s King of the Hill and his role as Uncle Jesse in this year’s Dukes of Hazzard movie.
“He is timeless,” says Lowe. “Timeless is being true to your roots, and every few years the world comes around and catches up to you again.”
His Halifax stop is part of Nelson’s 13-city tour of Eastern Canada. Performances are also being held in New Brunswick and on Prince Edward Island. He toured Western Canada this summer.
On the road with the Texan is the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
The popular country group has placed 21 albums on Billboard’s charts.
Willie Nelson and Family performs at the Halifax Metro Centre on May 10, 7:30 p.m. Tickets, at $54.50, go on sale Friday at 9 a.m.