Sturgill Simpson shared that he not only tested positive for COVID-19, but had to fight to get tested for the virus that's swept across multiple continents in a global pandemic.On Saturday (April 11), Simpson posted a photo of himself wearing a face mask and lying on a hospital bed on Instagram.
His story begins in late January and early February, when he and his band were touring through western Europe and the east coast of the U.S.
His last show took place in Charleston, S.C. on March 10, and the cancelation of the rest of the tour shortly followed -- as did a trip to the emergency room back in Nashville, where Simpson found himself on March 13 with "chest pains, fever, and pre-stroke blood pressure levels.""I spent an hour listening to a.