Merle Haggard News

For anyone who might try to quibble and suggest that Saturday night's country concert at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock wasn't really all that country, that Rascal Flatts was great but more Elton John than Merle Haggard, that opening act Hunter Hayes was handsome and talented and all that, but in a black T-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes and red ... (more)

Country music legend Merle Haggard is preparing to tour again after being hospitalized in Macon for more than a week last month.

The 2012 ACM Awards nominees for New Artist of the Year were revealed today, making three country men very happy.

It took Mike McDonald close to 50 years, but he's finally got to where he wants to be musically.

Review by Joe Ross Janie Fricke has had success with various country styles, whether slower numbers, snappy hard-driving songs, or duet hits with the likes of Johnny Duncan, Charlie Rich, Merle Haggard and Moe Bandy.

Country music legend Merle Haggard is rehearsing with his longtime band, The Strangers, and gearing up to hit the road again after being sidelined by a bout of pneumonia and other ailments.

Country great Merle Haggard , who was hospitalized a couple of times in January, reportedly to undergo treatment for pneumonia, plans to be back on the road by the end of the month.

Songwriter Darden Smith, left, consoles U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth Sargent after Sargent contributed his experiences in the military to a song.

First discovered in 2009 on the television reality show "America's Got Talent," the Texas Tenors now enjoy international acclaim as powerful entertainers who weave effortlessly from John Denver to Puccini, to Merle Haggard and Leonard Bernstein.

Merle Haggard isn't ready to get back on the road just yet. After checking into and out of a Macon, Ga.

East Florida country music fans will get a rare treat this Thursday, February 9 -- a concert by the "Living Legend" himself, George Jones, who will be playing Daytona's Peabody Auditorium at 7:30 pm.

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Country music legend Merle Haggard has been scheduled for an Aug.

Listening to any effort from Eleven Hundred Springs, including latest Midway, is like having your cool uncle pull out his favorite albums.

Buck Owens, along with Merle Haggard, was the leader of the Bakersfield sound, a twangy, electricified, rock-influenced interpretation of hardcore honky tonk that emerged in the '60s. Owens was the first bona fide country star to emerge from Bakersfield, scoring a total of 15 consecutive number one ... MORE

Haggard had been hospitalized in Macon, Ga., for about a week with double pneumonia.

Country music legend Merle Haggard flew home overnight Wednesday after being treated for more than a week at The Medical Center of Central Georgia for a number of ailments.

Haggard had been hospitalized in Macon, Ga., for about a week with double pneumonia.

A spokeswoman for Demi Moore says the actress is seeking professional help to treat her exhaustion and improve her health.

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Stars send love to Moore EVA LONGORIA, MARLEE MATLIN and RUSSELL SIMMONS are among the stars who have reached out to DEMI MOORE as she seeks professional help for exhaustion and health problems.