Rascal Flatts traveled to Chicago last week to perform on the final Oprah show. The spectacular event took place in the United Center, hosted by Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks. The band performed their current hit, “I Won’t Let Go,” and dedicated it to Oprah. Watch it Monday May 23rd. We caught up with them […]
Last week, Sara Evans scored her 4th #1 (and her first in 6 years) with “A Little Bit Stronger.” The song was written by Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott. We caught up with the trio last week, and they were ecstatic! “That song is probably the most personal song I’ve ever written. It was a tough […]
Rascal Flatts co-host the Countdown May 21-22. Their current hit, “I Won’t Let Go,” is in the Top 5. The guys are about to kick off Flatts Fest, a new tour, in June. They recently did duets with Reba, Lionel Ritchie, Justin Bieber, and Michael Bolton. They were recently in Las Vegas for the Academy […]
Country stars have been reacting, mostly via Twitter, to Saturday’s wedding of Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. Martina McBride and her husband John were guests, and Sunday afternoon, she offered these words: “Last night I witnessed the union of two of the best people on the planet. Such a beautiful wedding and fantastic party. Honored […]
It’s official! Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are husband and wife. But weeks before they walked down the aisle, Miranda says she had already been called Mrs. Shelton. “People have been calling me ‘Mrs. Shelton’ a lot. I’ll stay in a hotel room with him, and they call on the phone and say, ‘Mrs. Shelton, […]
We get requests from artists to record the Countdown in unusual places or times. Miranda Lambert asked if she could do the Countdown in Las Vegas before the Academy of Country Music Awards. She had a good reason: She was getting married in May and needed to focus on her wedding. So we got to […]
Blake Shelton marries Miranda Lambert this weekend in Texas. The two have been dating for more than five years. Blake told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton he’s ready to get married. “I’m ready. I was ready the day I asked her.” LISTEN: Blake marriage Blake was Lon’s co-host a couple months ago, and […]
Miranda Lambert is Lon’s co-host for her wedding weekend! She has a song in the Top 5, and she looks back on a huge year where she won the CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, a Grammy Award, and her CD went Platinum. She also talks about Blake’s success, becoming the CMA Male […]
Sara Evans performed her current hit, A Little Bit Stronger,” on the Academy of Country Music Awards. The next night, she did the Tammy Wynette classic “Stand By Your Man” on the ACM’s Girls Night Out TV special. Sara told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I felt so lucky to be given “Stand By Your […]
This story shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has young children. Sara Evans and her husband Jay have 7 pre-teen children, who love Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus. She told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “We went to the Miley Cyrus movie premiere, and we took all 7 kids and two of my nieces, and we […]
