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 […]
The Zac Brown Band released their third CD this week, titled Uncaged. When Zac co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he described the CD to Lon Helton: “I feel this is the best album we’ve ever made. The collection of the songs on here, I just feel like we’re a better band than we were before. I feel like […]
The Eli Young Band is on the road now with Rascal Flatts. The very first night of the tour, the two bands were in Hartford and wanted to celebrate. The band’s Mike Eli told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton what happened next: “Have we got a story for you. We get done with the show, […]
On April 1st, the Eli Young Band surprised everyone, including themselves, by winning the Academy of Country Music’s Song of the Year Award. The song that did it was also their first #1: Crazy Girl. The guys shared a lot of stories from that night when they co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton: “We […]
The Eli Young Band performed at the Stagecoach Festival in Southern California earlier this year. While on that show, they met a group of country legends: Alabama. They talked about it with Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA: “That was an incredible night. We actually got to hang out on Randy Owen’s bus, and have […]
The Eli Young Band will co-host the Countdown this week. They just won Song of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards. They’re on the road now with Rascal Flatts. Their current hit, Even if It Breaks Your Heart, is in the Top 5. Lead singer Mike Eli is expecting a baby girl […]
Brantley Gilbert spent the first half of 2012 on the road with Eric Church as part of the Blood, Sweat, and Beers tour. When the first leg of that tour wrapped up, some gifts were exchanged. Brantley told Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA that he was thrilled with the gift he received from Eric: […]
