Dwight Yoakam is now apologizing after one of his concerts was delayed significantly late last week… but fans should just be happy that he was okay considering the circumstances. The 69-year-old country music legend is currently on his Cosmic Roundup and Rodeo Tour. The singer-songwriter, known for his unique sound that meshed together country, rockabilly, and bluegrass and his hits like “Fast as You,” “Guitars, Cadillacs,” and “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” is still bringing live music to his fans. And just last week, Yoakam had a hang up that caused him to be almost two hours late to his own concert. A post that was sent out on the country star’s social media first apologized to all who had attended his recent Lubbock, Texas show a couple of days before Valentine’s Day. At first, Yoakam was just making sure to clarify that he was upset how the venue handled the delay announcement: “I want to personally apologize to the fans who bought tickets and attended our show in Lubbock, Texas this past Thursday evening on the 12th of February. It has only today been brought to my attention that, unfortunately, the circumstances surrounding my delayed arrival to perform the concert that night were not conveyed clearly by an in person announcement from the stage but rather by a vague anonymous PA announcement about a flight delay.” Flight delay is putting things nicely. From how Dwight Yoakam explains that very “flight delay,” the country music star and those on board the aircraft narrowly avoided disaster. The country star says that the plane he was taking to Lubbock was about to takeoff when the pilots had to make a quick decision to abort the takeoff entirely: “What actually happened Thursday afternoon was that we had an emergency takeoff abort as the aircraft was about to lift off from the runway due to a mechanical failure warning in the cockpit. Fortunately, the pilots handled the aborted takeoff with exceptional professional skill and they were able to avoid anything more dangerous or catastrophic occurring. After taxiing back to the hangar and concluding that the issue with that aircraft could not be corrected we were luckily able to be moved to a different plane and continue our flight to do the show in Lubbock approximately an hour and thirty minutes after my scheduled 9:00pm stage time.” Holy smokes. Yoakam went on to apologize once again for the delay, which was most definitely out of his control. From the sound of it, the singer-songwriter was very upset about how the Texas venue handled the delay announcement: “Again, I want to express my sincere apologies to all the fans in attendance that evening that the announcement about the reason for the show’s delay was not made from ‘onstage’ more clearly and respectfully. I am very sorry for any frustration and disappointment the delay caused.” Hey… consider the apology accepted, Mr. Yoakam. I wasn’t there personally in Lubbock, Texas, but I’d surely hope that the people that were can understand – now armed with hindsight – that they were lucky to see the country star at all after what he went through trying to get there. Fortunately, everyone ended up being okay (shoutout to the pilots) after the scary aircraft malfunction. And honestly, props to Dwight Yoakam for still making it to Texas and putting on a show after he likely had his life flash before his eyes a couple of hours before he stepped out on stage.The post “We Had An Emergency Takeoff Abort” – Dwight Yoakam Details Scary Flight Issue In Apology For Texas Concert Delay first appeared on Whiskey Riff.