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Willie Nelson proves age is just a number with latest tour coming to Dallas

Willie Nelson will headline the Outlaw Music Festival Tour, stopping at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on June 30.

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Willie Nelson is on the road again as the headliner of the 2023 Outlaw Music Festival Tour, which will stop at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on Friday, June 30.

The country music legend, who will have turned 90 by the time the tour starts, will travel to at least 16 cities over the summer, with more to be announced at a later date. The first leg of the tour starts on June 23 in Somerset, Wisconsin, and also includes a stop in The Woodlands on July 2.

Nelson will front a rotating lineup of performers that will be different at each stop. Performers in Dallas will include Willie Nelson & Family, Whiskey Myers, Flatland Cavalry, Brittney Spencer, and Particle Kid.

“I can’t wait to be on the road with the amazing group of artists joining us on this year’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour,” said Nelson in a statement. “It is always a great day of music and fun with family, friends and the incredible fans, and even more special this year in celebration of my 90th birthday.”

The tireless singer just released his 99th (!) studio album, I Don't Know a Thing About Love, comprised entirely of songs written by Harlan Howard, who gave Nelson his first job as as songwriter.

Tickets for the tour go on sale on Friday, March 17, at 10 am via OutlawMusicFestival.com. VIP packages including premium seats and exclusive festival merchandise will be available.

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning on Tuesday, March 14, at 10 am until Thursday, March 16, at 10 pm through the Citi Entertainment program.

OUTLAW MUSIC FESTIVAL TOUR DATES

June 23 - Somerset, WI – Somerset Amphitheater
June 24 - East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 25 - St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 29 - Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
June 30 - Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
July 2 - The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 28 - Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
July 29 - Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
July 30 - Darien, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
August 2 - Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
August 4 - Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
August 5 - Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann
August 6 - Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
August 11 - Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
August 12 - Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
August 13 - Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

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Taylor Sheridan pens 'darkly funny' book about how to survive prison

Yellowstone Season 5 premiere, Taylor Sheridan

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Taylor Sheridan and wife, Nicole, at the Yellowstone Season 5 premiere in Fort Worth.

In the same week that Taylor Sheridan announced he's setting his new series Frisco King in DFW comes news that he's written his first book. The Oscar-nominated screenplay writer and Yellowstone co-creator has written about crime and violence so often that he decided to work on a book about an ordeal he has never endured: life behind bars.

Simon & Schuster announced Sheridan's How to Not Die in Prison, a “darkly funny survival guide” to a maximum-security facility, will come out June 23. Sheridan is a best screenplay nominee for the 2016 crime drama Hell or High Water, and has overseen such TV series as Yellowstone, Tulsa King, and Mayor of Kingstown.

“You might wonder what in the world gives me the knowledge or wisdom to write a survival guide to prison,” Sheridan writes in the book’s introduction, according to Simon & Schuster. “Well, I’ll tell you — absolutely nothing. I’ve never been to prison. But, like every man, I’ve certainly wondered how I would survive if circumstances ever put me there. That morbid curiosity sent me on a journey to understand the politics and dangers of prison.”

Sheridan did receive some firsthand input. His co-author is Tom Nelson, who spent more than a decade in prison.

Taylor Sheridan, How not to die in prison Taylor Sheridan's first book will be released in June 2026.Photo courtesy of Amazon.com

“Hey, one of us has written hit TV shows and Academy Award-nominated movies, and the other has spent much of his adult life behind bars in medium and maximum-security prisons,” Nelson said in a statement. “If that’s what makes for good wisdom and entertainment, I’ll take it.”

Sheridan is an honorary Fort Worthian who attended Pascal High School. He lives on a ranch near Weatherford with his wife, Nicole and often films his shows around Fort Worth - including 1883, and currently Landman, and Lioness.

Bolstered by Sheridan's presence, Fort Worth has made the list of top cities for filmmakers in recent years.

Sheridan's other film credits include writing and directing the Angelina Jolie thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead and the Western thriller Wind River, starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. Last fall, Paramount Pictures and Activision announced that Sheridan and Hell or High Water collaborator Peter Berg are working on an adaptation of the blockbuster video game franchise Call of Duty.

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Stephanie Allmon Merry contributed to this story.

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