Loretta Lynn at Bridgestone Arena, 1/28/2015
Loretta Lynn's health continues to improve following a stroke that put her in the hospital in May, but not as quickly as she'd like. According to a note posted to her website on Wednesday, she's postponing the release of her album Wouldn't It Be Great, originally slated for Aug. 18, until next year. All upcoming concert dates, including a two-night stand at the Ryman scheduled for Aug. 24-25, have disappeared from Lynn's site — no word yet on when those will be rescheduled.
The note, which you can read below, finds the iconic singer and performer in good spirits, at the very least, alluding to the (thankfully very false) rumor zinging around the web in the spring about Willie Nelson being on his deathbed.
Thank you so much for all of your prayers, love, and support. I’m happy to say that I’m at home with my family and getting better by the day! My main focus now is making a full recovery so that I can get back to putting all of me into what I love, sharing my music with all of you.My new album, Wouldn’t It Be Great, was originally scheduled to come in August this year. I now want to wait to release it next year because this record is so special for me. It deserves me at my best and I can’t wait to share it. I want to thank everyone for hanging in there with me. I am getting stronger every day and can’t wait to get back out there with all of you. I’m just letting everybody know that Willie ain’t dead yet and neither am I, and I can’t wait to see all of you on the road!
