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Folk legend Willie Nelson<\/a> has announced his 154th studio album, \u2018Oh What A Beautiful World\u2019 \u2013 find out more below.<\/p>\n Last night (March 12), Nelson took to social media to announce the upcoming record, which is due for release on April 25 \u2013 pre-order or pre-save the album here<\/a>. It\u2019ll mark his 154th studio album in total, and his 77th solo effort.<\/p>\n Like past albums, \u2018Oh What A Beautiful World\u2019 sees Nelson dedicate an entire album to interpreting the works of notable songwriters. This time, he\u2019s focusing on songs written by Rodney Crowell.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/a>\n A post shared by Willie Nelson (@willienelsonofficial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n To preview the album, Willie Nelson has released the title track as the record\u2019s first single. It also features Rodney Crowell himself. You can check it out below.<\/p>\n\n Later this year, Nelson and\u00a0Bob Dylan<\/a> will be reuniting for the summer leg of their 2025 Outlaw Music Festival Tour. The 34-date run will be in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Nelson\u2019s \u201cOutlaw Music Festival Tour\u201d and will see likes of Dylan as well as Billy Strings, Wilco, Sheryl Crow, The Avett Brothers, Waxahatchee and more as special guests on select dates. Dylan will perform on every date as a co-headliner alongside Nelson \u2013 visit\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n In other news, Dylan\u00a0recently announced the first dates of his 2025 solo tour<\/a>. The string of dates will see the songwriting icon perform in smaller cities such as Tulsa, Witchita, Mankato and Green Bay.<\/p>\n Dylan\u2019s recently announced shows come after the release of his acclaimed biopic A Complete Unknown<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>starring\u00a0Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>, which has\u00a0received several nominations at the upcoming Oscars<\/a>, including Best Picture.<\/p>\n The post Willie Nelson announces 154th album \u2018Oh What A Beautiful World\u2019<\/a> appeared first on NME<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Folk legend Willie Nelson has announced his 154th studio album, \u2018Oh What A Beautiful World\u2019 \u2013 find out more below. READ MORE:\u00a0Willie Nelson \u2013 \u2018The Willie Nelson Family\u2019 review: a tender passing of the torch Last night (March 12), Nelson took to social media to announce the upcoming record, which is due for release on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 15:38:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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