Outlaw Music Festival Tour Coming This Summer
Willie Nelson and Blackbird Presents have partnered to launch the Outlaw Music Festival Tour this summer.
The initial lineup includes Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan and His Band, The Avett Brothers, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, My Morning Jacket, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Margo Price, Hayes Carll and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. Additional acts will be announced in the coming weeks.
The tour starts July 1 in New Orleans with additional dates in Dallas (July 2) Rogers, Arkansas (July 6), Detroit (July 8) and Syracuse, New York (July 16). The traveling festival will close Milwaukee's Summerfest on July 9. Tickets go on sale April 21.
Blackbird Presents is the media company behind concert tributes for Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and more. Last week, Nelson and the organization staged an all-star Nashville tribute to Merle Haggard on what would have been Haggard's 80th birthday.
With Willie Nelson & Family appearing at all shows, here are the additional lineups for each date on 2017's Outlaw Music Festival Tour:
July 1: New Orleans -- Shrine on Airline
The Avett Brothers
Sheryl Crow
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
(More to be announced)
July 2: Dallas -- Starplex Pavilion
Sheryl Crow
The Avett Brothers
Hayes Carll
Margo Price
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
July 6: Rogers, Arkansas -- Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Sheryl Crow
Margo Price
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
July 8: Detroit -- Joe Louis Arena
Bob Dylan and His Band
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Sheryl Crow
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
July 9: Milwaukee -- Summerfest
Bob Dylan and His Band
Sheryl Crow
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Margo Price
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
July 16: Syracuse, New York -- Lakeview Amphitheater
My Morning Jacket
Sheryl Crow
Margo Price