Merle Haggard Performs at the Warner Theatre Tonight!

Country music's outlaw "Honky Tonk" legend Merle Haggard announces a tour stop in Torrington, CT at the Warner Theatre on Thursday, April 19 at 7:30pm. He will be performing selections from his new album "Working in Tennessee" and hit songs from his more than fifty year career as a performer. www.merlehaggard.com

There is no one in contemporary country music who has created a more impressive legacy, or one that opens a wider variety of styles...taken as a whole, the body of work that he has created is absolutely staggering.

Few country devotees, be they old-timers or neophytes, are unfamiliar with the craggy Haggard mask of a thousand photographs - that countenance that's been etched by time and experience like the granite face of your favorite cliff. And even fewer are those who are unfamiliar with the evocative Haggard delivery that has spawned an entire school of country vocal stylists.

In the ever-expanding array of country music stars, hit makers and idols, Haggard walks in no man's shadow. Instead, he casts a far-reaching shadow of his own. Rare is the country balladeer that has mastered the idiom at so many different levels as has he.

"He is the greatest country artist of our times."Jim Miller, Rolling Stone

Tickets for this performance are $73, $50, $43 and go on sale to Warner Members Only at 10am Friday, Nov 25. On sale to the general public on Dec 2 at 10am. You can become a Warner Member for as little as $50. To purchase tickets or to become a Warner Member, call the Warner box office at 860-489-7180 or go online to www.warnertheatre.org.