What happens when you put a country legend on a TV show based in Nashville? You get fireworks! That’s what happens when Reba McEntire appeared on a TV taping for “Nashville On The Record,” the second special edition of the popular ABC series. The cast gathered at the Grand Ole Opry House, a familiar location […]
ENCINO, CA (January 30, 2015) – Nominations were announced today for the 50th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music’s Party of the Year®, honoring country music’s superstars and hottest emerging talent. Hosted by ACM Award winners Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan, the ACM Awards are produced for television by dick clark productions and will […]
The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan, co-hosts the Countdown this week. He just announced his Kick The Dust Up Tour, including 7 stadium shows. His current Top 5 hit is “I See You.” He & Lon talk a lot about CMA Night, including the first people to hug him after he won. […]
Every week this fall, Carrie Underwood sang the theme for NBC’s Sunday Night Football. And when the Super Bowl begins this Sunday night on NBC, Carrie will once again sing the theme. But she told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton she won’t actually attend the game in Phoenix: “I am going to be insanely pregnant! […]
It was just announced that Eric Church will join Kenny Chesney for five stadium shows this summer. It will make a return for Church to stadiums, which he did in 2013. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Eric if he’d like to headline stadiums himself: “No. For the type show we do, we are trying to […]
The main thing on Eric Church’s mind right now is the personal and professional convergence that’s about to take place. He & his wife are expecting their second child, and Eric is performing at the Grammy Awards, where he’s got four nominations. Eric told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton they might happen at exactly the same […]
Eric Church co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current Top 5 hit is “Talladega.” He is nominated for FOUR Grammy Awards, including Best Country Album for “The Outsiders.” Eric just announced another four months of The Outsiders World Tour. Plus Eric will join Kenny Chesney on five of his stadium concerts this summer. Eric tells Lon about singing […]
Brantley Gilbert turns 30 years old today! When he co-hosted Country Countdown USA a few months ago, Lon Helton asked him how he felt about the big day: “The honest to God truth, I’ve got a little lady who’s special to me in my life right now, her mom was telling me that 30 was […]
Carrie Underwood’s latest album, “Greatest Hits: Decade #1,” features more than Carrie’s voice. She also wrote the majority of the songs on the project. Many of those hits were written in a secluded cabin near Nashville that she owns specifically for writing songs. She spoke with Country Countdown USA’s about her little getaway: A few […]
Carrie Underwood’s latest album is “Greatest Hits: Decade #1,” covering ten years of hits, two CDs, and 25 songs. But when does Carrie begin Decade #2? Carrie tells Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that she hasn’t actually set a deadline: “I hate stamping a done date on things before it’s done, but it’s always been […]
