Willie Nelson to host online ‘Farm Aid’ concert with Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews – By Thor Christensen (Dallas Morning News) / April 9 2020
The hour-long virtual show begins Saturday at 7 p.m.
Willie Nelson will join Farm Aid co-founders Neil Young and John Mellencamp for an hour-long concert Saturday at 7 p.m. to benefit U.S. family farmers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
At Home With Farm Aid will air at farmaid.org and on AXS TV’s cable channel and social media sites, with Nelson and others performing from their own homes and studios. Farm Aid board member Dave Matthews will also play, as will Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah. The show is free, though viewers are encouraged to donate to Farm Aid, the organization Nelson spearheads.
In a statement, Nelson said the coronavirus crisis “has helped us to better see the value of essential people like health care workers, grocery store clerks, delivery truck drivers, and farmers and ranchers. Farm Aid has worked for 35 years to build a family farm-centered agricultural system, and we are here now to support farmers and ranchers in this crisis, without whom we could not eat.”
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