Congratulations to George Strait & wife Norma on becoming first-time grandparents! Their son Bubba’s wife Tamara gave birth to a boy last week. Country Aircheck reports George announced the big news during a tour stop in Phoenix. No mention yet of the boy’s name. In October, Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with George about becoming […]
Toby Keith co-hosts the Countdown this wknd. His current hit is Red Solo Cup, and Toby responds to comments from Eric Church and Joe Nichols, who were in the video. He also reacts to quotes from Chris Young, Dierks Bentley, and Rascal Flatts. Toby tells Lon what he’s been doing since his tour ended in […]
It’s an honor to meet the President of the United States. But it’s an even more amazing honor to meet him twice within one month! That’s what happened to The Band Perry last year. First, they performed at the White House for a PBS-TV special. A few weeks later, they did another TV special called “Christmas In […]
The Band Perry are a family band. They travel as a family, often with one of their parents. When they co-hosted Country Countdown USA, Lon Helton asked if they all travel together on one tour bus. Kimberly answered: “Our ‘fleet’ has two. Our band and crew is on one bus, and then the three of […]
It might seem as an unlikely collaboration, but last year, The Band Perry sang with pop star Justin Bieber for a holiday duet: “Home This Christmas.” The song was included in Justin’s album, “Under The Mistletoe.” Kimberly Perry told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that they first met Justin at The Tonight Show about a year ago. […]
The Band Perry toured with Tim McGraw all last year on the Emotional Traffic Tour. The trio told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton, “Tim is a man’s man. I have never been terrified on stage except for one night with Tim McGraw. We were on stage with Tim singing ‘She Can’t Be Really Gone’ when […]
Every year, a top star performs at the Super Bowl Halftime show. In the past, we’ve seen Bruce Springsteen, The Who, The Black-Eyed Peas, The Rolling Stones, and Michael Jackson. In 2012, it’s Madonna. How about Kenny Chesney? Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton put the question to Kenny himself as they sat in the new […]
The main event at the Super Bowl is the football game Sunday evening. But the host city of Indianapolis has been has been celebrating all week. For ten days, the area around the Lucas Oil Stadium was turned into Super Bowl Village. At one end, there was the Convention Center that featured the NFL Experience. There, fans […]
The Band Perry will co-host the Countdown this week. They’re on the road now with Brad Paisley’s Virtual Reality Tour. They are nominated for a Grammy Award. They just performed at The White House. They look back on their tour last year with Tim McGraw. Which country star gave each of them new guitars for […]
Chris Young had an amazing year in 2011. It began with his first Grammy nomination. Then he spent the summer on the road with Jason Aldean. In September, he celebrated his 4th straight #1 hit, plus his second album went Gold. As the year ended, Chris picked up a pair of American Country Awards in Las Vegas. […]
