One year ago, the biggest stars in music were gathering in Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards. Suddenly, on Saturday night, the night before the Awards show, the news came out that Whitney Houston had died. That event will be documented in a TV special this Saturday night, titled “A Death In The Family.” A number of artists were interviewed […]
Dierks Bentley & Miranda Lambert just launched their Locked & Reloaded Tour. As the name indicates, it’s a reunion for the two, and a chance to give their fans an extra bang for their buck! Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Dierks & Miranda at a Nashville rehearsal last week. How’d this tour come about, Dierks? […]
Sunday night, a strong thunderstorm came through Nashville. At 8:23, Dierks Bentley posted on Twitter: Jake has been missing for 5 hours now. jumped a fence during the thunderstorms. praying someone found him. a cold wet white dog. red collar. Then, at 7:30 Monday morning, Dierks posted the good news: omg. my wife just told […]
Randy Houser is sitting at the #2 spot in this week’s chart with “How Country Feels.” It’s a familiar position for Randy, who peaked at the same point in 2009 with “Boots On.” In addition, Randy was a co-writer of “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” which also reached #2 for Trace Adkins. Country Countdown USA caught up with Randy this week, […]
There were a lot of memorable musical moments in 2012. The big story as the year began was the incredible sccess of Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup.” The hit was driven by an all-star viral video. The first Country Countdown USA co-host of the year was Eric Church, who talked about the cameo he made […]
WINNERS OF THIRD ANNUAL “AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS” ANNOUNCED Luke Bryan Earns Nine Awards; Carrie Underwood Receives 11th ACA Award and Sets Record for Most Awards Two-Hour Special Featured Performances by Co-Hosts Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth, Jake Owen, Kip Moore, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Little […]
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill kicked off their Soul 2 Soul show at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on Friday. Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton was at the premiere and filed this report for Country Aircheck: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill launched their Soul2Soul 10-weekend engagement at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas over the […]
Nashville is the kind of town that likes to celebrate success. The best example of that is a uniquely Nashville thing called a #1 party. That’s where everyone involved in the making of a #1 song get together to celebrate and present momentoes of their achievement. On Tuesday, the song being celebrated was “Hard To […]
Blake Shelton was the big winner at the 46th annual CMA Awards. He & his wife Miranda Lambert won Song of the Year for “Over You.” Then he won Male Vocalist of the Year for the third time. But the biggest was saved for last when Blake was named Entertainer Of The Year. He accepted […]
Stars from country, pop, and rock were in Nashville Sunday night to induct Garth Brooks in the Country Music Hall of Fame. George Strait performed Garth’s first hit, “Much To Young To Feel This Damned Old.” James Taylor was next with “The River.” The final performance was Bob Seger doing “That Summer,” sounding a lot like his own […]
