{"id":19546,"date":"2013-04-21T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=19546"},"modified":"2013-04-21T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T19:00:08","slug":"george-jones-back-in-hospital-with-a-slight-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/21\/george-jones-back-in-hospital-with-a-slight-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"George Jones Back In Hospital With a Slight Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"George-Jones\"<\/p>\n

The legendary George Jones has been admitted to a Nashville hospital after a routine checkup revealed a slight fever and irregular blood pressure. A statement from the singer\u2019s publicist says he is being kept for observation, and weekend shows scheduled for Atlanta, Ga. and Salem, Va. have been postponed<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 next scheduled show is April 27 in Huntsville, Ala. His current tour is his final tour. The 81-year-old is going to retire after a show in Nashville on Nov. 22. He\u2019s also planning one last studio album, a collaborative effort with Dolly Parton. There is no further information on when that album will be available.<\/p>\n

The Possum has been in and out of the hospital over the last 18 months, including a spell last May and June. Those followed a\u00a0hospitalization\u00a0in March for\u00a0respiratory\u00a0problems. In November he was forced to cancel\u00a0a show in Mahnomen, Minn. after contracting a virus.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 Grand Tour finale will be a star-studded affair at the Bridgestone\u00a0Arena with special guests including\u00a0are\u00a0Alan Jackson,\u00a0Travis Tritt,\u00a0Garth Brooks,\u00a0Kid Rock, Shelby Lynne, the\u00a0Oak Ridge Boys, Sam Moore,\u00a0Dierks\u00a0Bentley,\u00a0Charlie Daniels,\u00a0Jamey Johnson\u00a0and many, many more.<\/p>\n

By Billy Dukes\u00a0Taste Of Country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The legendary George Jones has been admitted to a Nashville hospital after a routine checkup revealed a slight fever and irregular blood pressure. A statement from the singer\u2019s publicist says he is being kept for observation, and weekend shows scheduled for Atlanta, Ga. and Salem, Va. have been postponed Jones\u2019 next scheduled show is April 27 in Huntsville, Ala. His current tour is his final tour. The 81-year-old is going to retire after a show in Nashville on Nov. 22. He\u2019s also planning one last studio album, a collaborative effort<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}