It鈥檚 official: the is an octogenarian.
Willie Nelson, the Crown Prince of Texas Country, turns 80 today. And it seemed as mellow an affair as one would expect from Willie 鈥� despite a busy week.
Nelson celebrated his birthday weekend at The Backyard on Sunday, with all the profits benefiting his own backyard of West, Texas 鈥� Nelson grew up and currently lives in Abbott, just seven miles north of West.
He also pitched director Peter Jackson to replace Sir Ian McKellan.
But Nelson鈥檚 also received a fair amount of attention from doting celebrities, garnering birthday greetings from ZZ Top鈥檚 Billy Gibbons, Keith Richards, Kris Kristofferson, the AARP, Norah Jones, Stephen Colbert and even scored a shout-out from Band of Horses at He鈥檚 even got a set up by his own charity campaign Farm Aid.
Some Twitter users have adopted a more personal, more practical celebration of Nelson's birthday by wearing his signature red bandana to pay tribute to 80 years of the country music legend.
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