Willie Nelson to play the Show Me Center in April, tickets on sale Friday

Willie Nelson & Family Live in Concert will return to the Show Me Center at 6:20 p.m. April 15, according to a news release.

Over Nelson�s six-decade career, he has recorded more than 200 albums and earned many awards. In 1985, he co-founded the Farm Aid event and has headlined it. He has performed at SXSW and numerous other festivals. He was a member of the iconic country music supergroup The Highwaymen, along with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Nelson has established himself as a performer, author and activist.

Special guests Dwight Yoakam, Robert Earl Keen and Brandy Clark also will perform.

Yoakam�s first album, �Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.,� dropped over 30 years ago, and in 2016, he released a bluegrass album, �Swimmin� Pools, Movie Stars ...�. Yoakam earned renown in the 1990s and 2000s as a Nashville, Tennessee, recording artist, according to his website, and as an actor has appeared in films �7Seconds� and �Logan Lucky� in 2017, and had roles in other films and television shows dating back to 1991.

Robert Earl Keen�s first album, �No Kinda Dancer,� debuted in 1984, and he has since released 18 full-length albums. Those albums span many styles, from folk, country and bluegrass to rock.

Brandy Clark is a six-time Grammy nominee, according to her website, and in 2016 released her first live album, �Live from Los Angeles.�

Tickets for the April 15 concert go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, and are available online at www.showmecenter.biz, by phone at (573) 651-5000 or at the Show Me Center box office at 1333 N. Sprigg St. in Cape Girardeau.

Included in the price of every pair of tickets is a physical CD of Nelson�s forthcoming album, redeemable at www.musicredemptions.com via a promotional code. Instructions will be given to ticket purchasers.

Ticket prices start at $45. VIP packages will be available.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. April 15.

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1333 N. Sprigg St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.