LORETTA LYNN is turning 87 on April 14th . . . but her birthday tribute concert happened on Monday in Nashville.  We’ll start with her happiest moment.  That was when Keith Urban granted her birthday wish and jumped out of a cake.

Most of the night was filled will stars performing her classics.  Darius Rucker did “The Pill” . . . and a very pregnant Margo Price appropriately sang “One’s On The Way”.  She also shared the fact that Loretta gave her blessing to use “Lynn” as the baby’s middle name.

Loretta’s sister Crystal Gayle performed her hit, “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” . . . and Alison Krauss sang the hymn, “It Is Well With My Soul”.

There were some strong duets:  Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood did “After the Fire Is Gone” . . . George Strait and Martina McBride sang “Lead Me On” . . . and Alan Jackson joined Lee Ann Womack for “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man”.

Miranda Lambert was feisty as usual, saying, “Thank you for inspiring me, for all the advice . . . about when husbands piss you off a little bit.  I’m going to do one of those right now.  It’s called ‘Don’t Come Home A-Drinking (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)‘.”

Kacey Musgraves performed “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” . . . and said it’s a song she’s been singing since she was “about 12 years old.”

There was an appearance from the female super-group Highwomen.  Apparently that lineup is fluid but on Monday it was Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires, and Natalie Hemby performing “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels“.

Loretta’s buddy Jack White was there . . . and he and Margo Price did “Portland, Oregon”.  And the entire place crammed on stage to help Loretta sing “Coal Miner’s Daughter“.

(You’ll find a bunch of performances, here, and here.  The “Courier-Journal” picked out “10 Standout Performances.”  And “The Tennessean” has a really good picture gallery.)

Willie Nelson has announced the lineup for the 46^th installment of his annual 4th of July Picnic, and it sounds like it’s going to be a great show.

In addition to Willie and the Family, the concert, taking place at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack outside Austin, Texas, will feature Luke Combs, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Alison Kraus, Jamey Johnson, Steve Earle & the Dukes and more.

Tickets for the concert go on sale Friday at 10 am.

Source: Rolling Stone

MIDLAND got pretty creative with their “Mr. Lonely” video.  It starts with a fake old school “chat line” commercial with a pretty girl waiting for your call.

And then it cuts to a bunch of cowgirls line dancing in some club.  And if the club looks familiar, it’s because they filmed it on the set of the Netflix show “The Ranch”.

By the way, the fake commercial has a phone number that flashes on the screen . . . and if you call it you’ll get asked if you want Midland tickets, merchandise . . .  “or just some company.”

While we’re on the subject.  Midland guitarist JESS CARSON and his wife Camille welcomed their third child on Wednesday.  It’s a girl they named Rosalia Jean.  Their other children are 22-month-old Parker Emmanuel, and Ida Mae who is three.

Garth Brooks will be the subject of a four-part special for A&E, as part of their award-winning “Biography” series.

“Garth: The Road I’m On” will follow the legendary singer’s career, and will include interviews with the Garth, his wife Trisha Yearwood, his road crew and more. It will also look at his hit songs, and feature historical footage.

The special, set to air later this year, will also include behind-the-scenes footage from his current “Stadium Tour.”

“If I was EVER going to do a documentary on my life and music, I wanted A&E to do it,” Garth shares. “They have interviewed all the people who would know what the true stories are so no matter how this turns out… I can’t say it isn’t the truth.”