Willie Nelson to Host 'At Home With Farm Aid' With Neil Young, Dave Matthews and John Mellencamp
Willie Nelson has announced plans to host the digital event At Home with Farm Aid on Saturday, April 11th at 8:00 p.m. ET. The streaming concert which will available on AXS TV and the Farm Aid website will feature performances by Farm Aid board members Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Nelson himself, along with his sons Lukas and Micah. They will all be performing from their homes.
On the Farm Aid stage last September, my friend and fellow board member John Mellencamp said, Be hopeful about, have faith in and be grateful for right now; the miracle of life is in the dirt under our farmers fingernails,' Nelson said in a statement. He was right and Im so grateful for the farmers, ranchers and farmworkers who are on the frontlines sustaining all our communities. Now, more than ever, stay strong and positive.
This will be the second digital concert that Nelson has staged since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. On March 19th, he hosted Luck Presents: Til Further Notice, which featured performances by Paul Simon, Edie Brickell, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, Margo Price, Randy Houser and many others. It was one of the first digital concert events of the coronavirus era and it provided a model that many others have followed.
Farm Aid was originally held in 1985 and they havent taken a single year off since 1991. Its traditionally held in September at an outdoor amphitheater, but its quite possible that mass gatherings wont be permitted by then. If thats the case, At Home With Farm Aid may be their best possible alternative.
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