Country star Merle Haggard repeat again after illness

(Reuters) - legend of music Country Merle Haggard is repeated with his group of long date, The Strangers, and prepares to return to the road after having been ousted by a bout of pneumonia and other conditions.

Haggard, 74, was hospitalized on 17 January, after illness requires him to cancel a show in times of just the Georgia before taking the stage. Doctors treating for double pneumonia in a hospital in Macon more later discovered a number of other conditions.

"I feel good and ready to go back on the bus," Haggard said Wednesday in a statement released by his publicist based in Los Angeles Tresa Redburn.

"Thanks to all for their powerful prayers that led to my speedy recovery." "I am repeats with the Group and look forward to Playin'TV ' and sing again," said Haggard.

His first show will be February 28 at the Fox Theatre in Tucson, Arizona. The dates of January he had to postpone his illness will be composed in April, Redburn said.

Even after physicians had his thinning pneumonia, singer remained in the hospital for several days to recover after eight polyps were removed from his colon and for the treatment of ulcers of the stomach and diverticulitis in his esophagus, which all have been discovered by the medical staff of Macon, three said Redburn.

Upon his release, Haggard credited Macon medical team for probably saving my life."

Known for songs such as "Mama tried", "Okie from Muskogee" and "the Fightine side of Me, the members of the Country Music Hall of Fame was released from the hospital in Macon on 26 January and stole home in Northern California to continue convalescence.".

With influences ranging from Lefty Frizzell to Bob Wills to Jimmie Rodgers, Haggard is an architect of so-called "Bakersfield Sound." country music

(Editing by Cynthia Johnston)

View the original article here

Katy Perry outputs show after the split of the mark

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - singer Katy Perry on Monday withdrew from this week show people's Choice Awards and what would have been his first major public appearance since her split with husband Russell Brand.

Perry, 27, one of the main candidates in the first big Hollywood awards show of the year, said in a message from Twitter. "Unfortunately I will not have attend the people's Choice Awards." I would like to thank u all for voting for me, fingers! ?.

Perry, who has a string of hits with songs such as "Teenage Dream" and "Fire of Fireworks", is favourite pop artist and female pop artist favourite and was closed to attend the ceremony to be held Wednesday in Los Angeles.

But the ceremony, to be broadcast live on American television, 10 days after the divorce records of registered trademark to end their marriage months 14.

Bubbly singer Perry and British actor Mark sea in 2010 and become a power couple in show business. But they spent Christmas of thousands of miles apart, confirming the weeks of media speculation that their marriage was on the rocks.

Perry has since kept a low profile and has said little about the split apart from a message from Twitter Saturday in which she urged fans not to trust gossip.

"With respect to the gossip, I want to be clear that no one speaks for me." Not a blog, magazine, "close sources" or my family, "she said in a tweet.

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant;) (Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

View the original article here