Category: CO-HOST

Toby Keith Co-Hosts 6/30-7/1

Toby Keith Co-Hosts 6/30-7/1

| June 25, 2012

Toby Keith co-hosts the Countdown this week.  His current Top 5 is “Beers Ago.”  He just kicked off his 2012 Live In Overdrive tour, featuring Brantley Gilbert.  Toby talks about hanging out with Willie Nelson at the CMT Music Awards.  He just broke ground for a new children’s hospital in Oklahoma.  They held a charity […]

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Luke Bryan Co-Hosts 6/23-24

Luke Bryan Co-Hosts 6/23-24

| June 18, 2012

Luke Bryan co-hosts Country Countdown USA this week.  His current Top 5 hit is “Drunk On You.”  He’s on the road all year with Jason Aldean’s My Kinda Party tour.  He just appeared on the CMT Music Awards.  He won Male Video of the Year, and tossed his underwear to the audience.  He tells Lon […]

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Zac Brown’s Tour Gift To Kenny

Zac Brown’s Tour Gift To Kenny

| June 16, 2012

Zac Brown toured with Kenny Chesney last year during the Goin’ Coastal tour.  Usually Kenny gives gifts to his openers.  But it turns out Zac had one for his host.  Kenny told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “My road manager told me Zac wanted to give me something, but he had to give it to […]

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Kenny Chesney Co-Hosts 6/16-17

Kenny Chesney Co-Hosts 6/16-17

| June 11, 2012

Kenny Chesney co-hosts the Countdown this week.  His current hit is “Come Over,” and it’s in the Top 20.  It’s the second single from his new CD, “Welcome To The Fishbowl,” available next week.  Kenny just began his Brothers of the Sun tour with Tim McGraw.  Kenny says the tour pranks have already begun.  Kenny […]

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Alan Jackson Co-Hosts 6/9-10

Alan Jackson Co-Hosts 6/9-10

| June 4, 2012

Alan Jackson co-hosts the Countdown this week.  His new CD, “Thirty Miles West,” comes out this week.  The first single, “So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore,” is in the Top 30.  The album also features Zac Brown on a song called “Dixie Highway.”  Alan gives us an update on his daughters, and he […]

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Carrie Underwood Co-Hosts 6/2-3

Carrie Underwood Co-Hosts 6/2-3

| May 29, 2012

Carrie Underwood co-hosts the Countdown this week.  Her current hit is “Good Girl,” and it’s in the Top 5.  She just released her fourth album, “Blown Away,” and it’s been the top-selling country CD for three weeks.  Lon asks her about the cover photo.  They also talk about her hockey star husband, Mike Fisher.  She […]

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Tim McGraw Co-Hosts 5/26-27

Tim McGraw Co-Hosts 5/26-27

| May 21, 2012

Tim McGraw will co-host Country Countdown USA this week.  He has two songs in the Top 10: A duet with Kenny Chesney, plus “Better Than I Used To Be.”  He talks about both, plus he previews the Brothers Of the Sun tour, which kicks off June 2 in Tampa.  Tim just signed a new record […]

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Zac Brown Co-Hosts 5/19-20

Zac Brown Co-Hosts 5/19-20

| May 16, 2012

Zac Brown will co-host the Countdown this week.  His current hit is “No Hurry,” and it’s in our Top 5.  Zac toured last year with Kenny Chesney, and he talks about that experience.  He won a Grammy for his duet with Alan Jackson, and he just did another duet that will be on Alan’ new […]

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Jason Aldean Co-Hosts 5/12-13

Jason Aldean Co-Hosts 5/12-13

| May 7, 2012

Jason Aldean co-hosts the Countdown this week.  His current song, “Fly Over States,” is in the Top 5.  Jason won two ACM Awards last month.  He’s on the road now with his My Kinda Party tour.  He just headlined the Stagecoach festival in California, where he had the chance to perform with the legendary band Alabama.  Plus, […]

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Miranda Lambert Co-Hosts 5/5-6

Miranda Lambert Co-Hosts 5/5-6

| May 1, 2012

Miranda Lambert co-hosts the Countdown this weekend.  She just picked up two ACM Awards: Female Vocalist and Album of the Year.  She is about to celebrate her first anniversary with husband Blake Shelton, and she shares her plans.  She wrote her current hit, “Over You” with Blake, and she gives some insight into that experience.  […]

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