Guests attending the Eric Church Platinum Party were directed to a rear entrance of an old warehouse in what was once an industrial part of Nashville. Inside, a crowd of friends and family, as well as members of the Nashville music community and media gathered for a combination Platinum and #1 party, celebrating the success of […]
Josh Turner joins Lon this week to co-host Country Countdown USA. His latest Top 10 is “Time Is Love,” and it’s the first single from Josh’s new CD “Punching Bag.” Josh just returned from a beach vacation with his family. He is about to release a live album. He talks about what it was like to […]
Last time George Strait co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he mentioned he had just purchased a golf resort near his home in San Antonio. In November, George presided over the grand opening of The Resort at Tapatio Springs. George told Lon Helton about the event: “It went great, it really was fun, we had a golf […]
George Strait hosted his 30th annual Team Roping Championship in March at the San Antonio Rose Palace. Over 500 teams competed for cash and prizes valued at over $700,000. George told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he never expected the event to become so big: “I had no idea we could grow it like we […]
George Strait co-hosts the Countdown this weekend. He & Lon talk about the latest addition to the Strait family: George Harvey Strait III. They talk about George’s latest #1: “Love’s Gonna Make It Alright.” They talk about George’s new golf course, his recent Roping Championship, and his tour with Martina McBride. Next Week: Josh Turner
Back in May, Dierks Bentley shot the video for his latest hit, “5-1-5-0.” In the video, Dierks takes his classic truck, Big White, for a ride in the mud. We caught up with Dierks the next day, and as you can see, the truck is coated in Georgia Clay. What you don’t see is all […]
Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus & wife Allison welcomed their second child, a son Dylan Jay, on Friday afternoon. The band had a show that night in Detroit, but Jay was able to stay in Nashville to witness the birth. People reports that Jay then flew to Detroit, still wearing his hospital scrubs. The boy joins older […]
Jason Aldean was the guest of honor at a party in Nashville Tuesday. The reason was his 9th #1: “Fly Over States.” Commenting before the party, Jason said, “You never know which song might be your last. ‘Why’ was my first #1, and it was 3 years til our next one, so I learned not […]
Dierks Bentley co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current Top 5 hit is “5-1-5-0.” Dierks has recently been in the recording studio, and tells us what’s up. He talks about performing his previous hit, “Home” on the Academy of Country Music Awards show, introduced by rocker Bono of U-2. Dierks says he met Bono last […]
On Saturday, Lady Antebellum performed an outdoor concert in London’s Hyde Park. What made it even more special was they were opening for Bruce Springsteen! When they were co-hosts on Country Countdown USA, the trio told Lon Helton they lucked out by getting the gig: “We won the lottery on that one! We’re all huge Springsteen fans. We […]
