“60 MINUTES” PROFILE OF TAYLOR SWIFT TO AIR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH AT 7 PM ET / PT ON CBS TAYLOR CELEBRATES 4TH CONSECUTIVE #1 SINGLE, THREE NEW BILLBOARD HOT 100 DEBUTS NASHVILLE – November 16, 2011 – Four-time Grammy winner and Billboard’s 2011 Woman of the Year Taylor Swift will be profiled this Sunday, November […]
Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw Reunite For 2012 ‘Brothers of the Sun’ Tour Superstars to Perform 19 Stadium Dates For Musical Event of 2012 Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw will reunite for the musical event of 2012, the ‘Brothers of the Sun’ Tour. The 19-date stadium tour finds Chesney, who consistently has crowds “eating up […]
NASHVILLE – It was a night of new victors and returning champions at “The 45th Annual CMA Awards” Wednesday night in Nashville. Taylor Swift won her second CMA Entertainer of the Year trophy. Newlyweds Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton won Female Vocalist and Male Vocalist for the second consecutive year. Jason Aldean won his first […]
So here we are: CMA Day in Nashville. All the writing sessions, the rehearsals, and the last minute changes are pretty much done. Time for the show to begin. So what goes through the minds of the co-hosts Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood? “It’s like wait, we’re not ready.” Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton […]
Joe Nichols has a whole lot to celebrate as we end 2011. First of all, his lifelong favorite baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals, won the World Series. His favorite college football team, the Arkansas Razorbacks, are having their best year ever. Plus he’s released his 6th album, one that sums up everything in his […]
Yesterday, Brad Paisley said he always watches the previous year’s CMA show before begining work on the next one. So Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked the same question of Brad’s co-host Carrie Underwood: “I watch right afterwards, just to see how everything….I want to see my dresses.” Brad added, “Me too. That’s why I […]
The 45th annual CMA Awards take place this Wednesday night in Nashville. For the 4th straight year, they will be co-hosted by Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood. They were in our studio last month, and we talked about how they prepare for the big show. Brad said, “Part of getting ready for this is looking […]
CMA Week began on Sunday in Nashville as Alan Jackson and Kix Brooks were inducted in the Music City Walk of Fame. Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton had the honor of inducting Alan. He showed the audience Alan’s first single, “Blue Blooded Woman,” on a blue vinyl 45 RPM record. Helton said the song […]
The Eli Young Band was in Springfield Illinois Saturday night when they found out their current hit had become their first #1. The quartet was doing a show as part of Dierks Bentley’s Country & Cold Cans tour. Dierks, aware of the occasion, presented them with a cake (see photo) for their accomplishment. Dierks tweeted, “Congrats to the Eli Young Band […]
When Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert won the CMA Male & Female Vocalist awards last year, it was the first time a couple had done that since Tim McGraw & Faith Hill won those awards in 2000. It was the first time either Blake or Miranda had picked up that honor. This year, they’re nominated […]
