Merle haggard

• Country music great Merle Haggard has been admitted to a Georgia hospital suffering from pneumonia and postponed the rest of his concert dates in January, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
(msnbc.com)
• Country singer Merle Haggard is recovering from pneumonia in a Macon hospital after canceling his concert Tuesday night at the Macon City Auditorium.
(Macon Telegraph)
• MACON, Ga. (AP) -- A concert promoter says country music legend Merle Haggard was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness this week in central Georgia.
(WonderWall)
• CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Country music legend Merle Haggard plans to play Cheyenne Frontier Days this summer. Event organizers announced Tuesday that Haggard would play July 22 with Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band as the opening act.
(Syracuse Post-Standard)
• Wednesday nights Merle Haggard concert at the Columbus Civic Center has been cancelled, according to promoter Mike Blackwell. Haggard is ill and in a Macon, Ga., hospital, Blackwell said late Tuesday night.
(Ledger-Enquirer)
• When Robert Earl Keen, a country-music outsider, talks about country music, he doesn't mean the pop stars masquerading as country musicians. "When I say country music, I mean Merle Haggard," Keen told The State in 2009.
(The State)
• Merle Haggard's name is synonymous with country music. The 75-year-old musician is surprisingly blasé about this fact. "I've been doing this a long time," he said.
(Macon Telegraph)
• Jay-Z refutes news reports claiming he's stopped using the "B" word; Bruno Mars has been cleared of his felony cocaine charge , and Merle Haggard cancels two shows, reschedules one.
(POLLSTAR)
• Country legend Merle Haggard has been hospitalised with an undisclosed illness, forcing him to scrap a concert in Georgia at the last minute on Tuesday (17Jan12).
(femalefirst.co.uk)
• Country music legend Merle Haggard has scrapped the remainder of his January (12) concert dates so he can recover from a nasty bout of pneumonia. The Okie from Muskogee singer was admitted to hospital in Georgia on Tuesday (17Jan12) with an undisclosed illness.
(femalefirst.co.uk)