{"id":5434,"date":"2018-10-01T04:56:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T04:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/willie-nelson-rallies-for-beto-orourke-in-free-austin-concert\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T04:56:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T04:56:39","slug":"willie-nelson-rallies-for-beto-orourke-in-free-austin-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/media\/willie-nelson-rallies-for-beto-orourke-in-free-austin-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nelson Rallies For Beto O\u2019Rourke In Free Austin Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gd5Q5BqPbmo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Willie Nelson held a concert in support of Texas Senate candidate Beto O&#8217;Rourke on Saturday night.<br \/>\nRolling Stone reports that a crowd of nearly 60,000 people gathered in support of O&#8217;Rourke.<br \/>\nDuring the show, Nelson called out to O&#8217;Rourke saying \u201cBeto, come help me do this one&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe 85-year-old country legend and Senate candidate shared the stage and sang \u201cOn the Road Again&#8221;.<br \/>\nNelson offered to play the concert to help support Beto&#8217;s improbable run against Republican Ted Cruz.<br \/>\nThe event was free, and the public was allowed to simply walk up from the street and enjoy the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsmag-video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9m3bMGNuyS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/willie-nelson-rallies-for-beto-austin-concert-review-731251\/\">Willie Nelson Rallies for Beto O&#8217;Rourke With Outlaw Classics, New Political Anthem<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/willie-nelson-rallies-for-beto-austin-concert-review-731251\/embed\/#?secret=9m3bMGNuyS\" data-secret=\"9m3bMGNuyS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Willie Nelson Rallies for Beto O&#8217;Rourke With Outlaw Classics, New Political Anthem&#8221; &#8212; Rolling Stone\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsmag-video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"NrOYau6L2O\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wochit.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wochit.com\/embed\/#?secret=NrOYau6L2O\" data-secret=\"NrOYau6L2O\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Wochit\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http:\/\/wochit.com<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Willie Nelson Rallies For Beto O\u2019Rourke In Free Austin Concert<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Willie+Nelson+Rallies+For+Beto+O%E2%80%99Rourke+In+Free+Austin+Concert&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Willie Nelson Rallies For Beto O\u2019Rourke In Free Austin Concert - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66497ce40c764f869767e7b4c0d6ef19&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.austinchronicle.com%2Fcolumns%2F2024-04-19%2Fqmmunity-short-n-sweet%2F&amp;c=990416934090845797&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tQmmunity: Short n\u2019 Sweet\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recent events have made it necessary for me ... 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Consider this: At 90 years old, Willie Nelson is still finding new ways to phrase his singing and guitar playing in \u201cAngel Flying Too ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66497ce40c764f869767e7b4c0d6ef19&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2Fstagecoach%2F2024%2F04%2F27%2Fstagecoach-willie-nelson-joined-by-jelly-roll-ernest-charley-crockett%2F73474439007%2F&amp;c=5860430067053392767&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStagecoach: Willie Nelson still pulls a crowd at 90; Jelly Roll, Ernest, Charley Crockett join\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Few people can still pull in big crowds quite like Willie Nelson, the legendary country artist who's been performing for more than six decades. Just two days before his 91st birthday, he decided ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66497ce40c764f869767e7b4c0d6ef19&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.desertsun.com%2Fstory%2Flife%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2Fstagecoach%2F2024%2F04%2F27%2Fstagecoach-willie-nelson-joined-by-jelly-roll-ernest-charley-crockett%2F73474439007%2F&amp;c=17216782808330775746&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStagecoach: Willie Nelson still pulls a crowd at 90; Jelly Roll, Ernest, Charley Crockett join\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Few people can still pull in big crowds quite like Willie Nelson, the legendary country artist who's been performing for more than six decades. 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The event is happening this Tuesday at the branch on Civic Drive.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            <\/ul> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Nelson held a concert in support of Texas Senate candidate Beto O&#8217;Rourke on Saturday night. Rolling Stone reports that a crowd of nearly 60,000 people gathered in support of O&#8217;Rourke. During the show, Nelson called out to O&#8217;Rourke saying \u201cBeto, come help me do this one&#8221;. The 85-year-old country legend and Senate candidate shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[148,1278,1203,444,1908,2203],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gd5Q5BqPbmo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}