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Classic Country News Archives for 2020-06

Willie Nelson's Annual 4th of July Picnic Will Be a Livestream Concert This Year

Willie Nelson is set to deliver his annual 4th of July Picnic again this year, although it will be a  paid live stream event without audiences, Rolling Stone reports.

 

The star-studded affair will feature guests like Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and many more.

 

This year's event will feature Nelson and his Family Band performing a set at Pedernales Studios near his Austin ranch, while other artists deliver songs from their respective homes.

 

The show will also include interviews and archival material from the nearly 50-year history of the event. The concert will stream on Saturday, July 4th, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET via luck.stream and williepicnic.com. Tickets are $35 now; and $45 on event day. 

 

Here’s the full lineup for the 4th of July Picnic:
 

  • Asleep At The Wheel
  • Charley Crockett
  • Devon Gilfillian
  • John Doe
  • Johnny Bush
  • Kinky Friedman
  • Kurt Vile
  • Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
  • Lyle Lovett
  • Margo Price
  • Matthew Houck (Phosphorescent)
  • The McCrary Sisters
  • Particle Kid
  • Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen
  • Ray Wylie Hubbard
  • Robert Earl Keen
  • Shakey Graves
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Steve Earle
  • The Peterson Brothers
  • Vincent Neil Emerson
  • Ziggy Marley

Reba McEntire Surprises Fan in the Hospital With Facetime Call

Last month, country superstar Reba McEntire surprised a fan who had just had a serious accident, according to Taste of Country.

 

Aspen Allen had been trying to mount a horse when it was spooked and threw her off. She had multiple fractures and a spinal injury; doctors weren't sure she would walk again.

 

While hospitalized, she wasn't allowed to have visitors because of the coronavirus; when she got a call from someone wanting to Facetime, she was shocked it was McEntire.

 

“I cried like a little girl,” Allen says. “It was hard to be in the hospital and being told that one day you might not walk, and then getting a call from Reba just like brought up my morale completely.”

 

A family friend of Allen's is also friends with the star, who agreed to call and wish her well. Allen's recovery went much better than expected; she was home in eight days instead of a month and can walk.

 

"She said she was praying for me every day and she can’t wait until I can walk and, when I’m in Nashville, give me a big hug," Allen says