Willie Nelson, still in fine form at age 83, seems determined to prove his robust health with a relentless road schedule, including a pair of blink-and-they’re-sold-out shows earlier this year at the Granada. It’s rare to catch a legend of Nelson’s stature in a venue that small. But every Willie show is special, especially when he’s joined by a murderers’ row of country and Americana stars: Sheryl Crow, the Avett Brothers, Margo Price, Hayes Carll, Lukas Nelson, and Promise of the Real.
Anticipate that blockbuster lineup on July 2 at Starplex Pavilion, the Fair Park outdoor venue most formerly known as Gexa Energy Pavilion, and soon to be known by whatever corporate entity snaps up the naming rights. Talk about a happy Fourth of July.
If you, like many of us, couldn’t get in to the Granada in January for a performance of “hand in your back jeans pocket” level intimacy with Willie Nelson, consider this a make-up. Whatever the “Outlaw Music Festival” tour, as it’s being called, lacks in intimacy, it more than makes up for in Sheryl Crow.
Tickets, which aren’t likely to last long, go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Keep refreshing this page until then.
