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Nelson postpones tour after bus crash
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 25 November 2013
Willie Nelson has been forced to suspend his current US tour after three of his band were injured in an accident involving his tour bus. Nelson himself was not on the bus that hit a bridge in East Texas. It is thought that the weather was likely the cause of the crash, with Nelson’s website blaming “icy conditions”.
Confirming that the rest of Nelson’s November shows were being postponed, but that it was hoped the tour could resume next month, a statement posted over the weekend reads: “No one suffered serious injuries. Paul English injured his ankle, Billy English suffered a bruised hip and crew member Tom Hawkins has a cracked rib. The other family members on the bus are sore but everyone is expected to recover fully”.
