Topix — The Recording Academy announced Thursday that Nelson will perform alongside Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Blake Shelton at the Jan. 26 awards show. more info

Topix — The Recording Academy announced Thursday that Nelson will perform alongside Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Blake Shelton at the Jan. 26 awards show. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — An Appreciation: Country music legend Merle Haggard remembers his mentor Ray price with pride and fondness — except for that rooster, maybe.Ray Price was the mentor and the leader. He was discovered and brought to Columbia Records by Lefty Frizzell... more info

Topix — Good friends like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard got more credit for their contrary ways and trend-setting ideas, but it was Ray Price who set the precedent for change in country music more than a decade earlier. more info

Mercury News, California — DALLAS (AP) -- Good friends like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard got more credit for their contrary ways and trend-setting ideas, but it was Ray Price who set the precedent for change in country music more than a decade earlier. more info

CNN Showbiz — Willie Nelson said Friday that he felt he had no choice but cancel a gig at SeaWorld, given public pressure and his own conviction that the way the aquatic entertainment giant operates is not acceptable. more info

CNN Showbiz — Willie Nelson is the latest act to cancel a concert at Orlando's SeaWorld in the wake of CNN's "Blackfish" documentary. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Country singer Willie Nelson's drummer broke his hip and two other band members suffered minor injuries after their bus hit a highway overpass pillar in heavy rains in East Texas early Saturday morning, according to the Texas Department of Public Sa... more info

411 Mania — Tour bus crashed due to icy road... more info

People.com — Three members of Nelson's band were hurt when their bus plowed into a bridge in East Texas more info