The ACM Awards, a new inductee for the Grand Old Opry and the passing of a music legend were all popular reasons for country music's biggest names to take to Twitter in April. While social media can be a time-suck, it's also a great opportunity to get first person reactions to big news and events. Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Hank Williams Jr. and Trace Adkins are among the top country Twitter artists, and all are featured in this month's top tweets.

Click the big orange button below to read Paisley's hilarious joke aimed at Keith Urban after the Australian was nominated to be inducted into the Opry. Also, find out why Adkins is glad Twitter wasn't around during his rowdier years, see Lambert cracking on husband Blake Shelton and peek at Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood's favorite wedding present.

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