There were many highlights for Kenny Chesney from this year’s Goin’ Coastal tour. Kenny covered many of them during his conversation with Lon Helton of Country Countdown USA. But performing at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, where the Green Bay Packers play, was more than a highlight of the year, according to Kenny: “Playing Lambeau […]
Kenny Chesney has been on the road this year with Billy Currington and The Zac Brown Band. Zac was only part of Kenny’s stadium shows, but he had a very special role. For one thing, Zac has brought his famous “Eat & Greet” to the Goin’ Coastal Tour. For another, Zac & his band joined […]
This week’s Countdown was recorded on location during Kenny Chesney’s Goin’ Coastal show at the new Meadowlands Stadium outside New York City. The idea for this was born back in 2003 after Kenny played Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. It was his very first stadium show, and the day before, as the crew set up the stage, […]
In 2010, Lady Antebellum released their second album, Need You Now. Powered by the title track, the album sold more than 3 million copies, and earned 5 Grammy Awards. So with their third album, Own The Night, about to be released this week, did they try to top themselves? Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton […]
Ten years after his first #1, Blake Shelton was in Nashville to celebrate his 9th chart topper. Like “Austin,” his latest spent multiple weeks at the top. But “Honey Bee” was also his fourth #1 in a row, and that’s a first for Blake. Before the party, Blake spoke to the Nashville media about this […]
“Where were you when the world stopped turning…on that September day?” If you ask the man who wrote those words, Alan Jackson, his story sounds very much like his song. “I think I was probably like most people. You know, everybody was glued to the news and television and I think it really affected a […]
During the course of his forty year career, George Strait has consistently released an album every year. But he took a break in 2010, so this latest album, “Here For a Good Time,” is his first in two years. It picks up where “Twang” left off, featuring several songs written by Strait with his son Bubba […]
There was a party on Nashville’s Music Row this past week. It was to celebrate the latest #1 for Jason Aldean: “Dirt Road Anthem.” Of course Jason was there, as were the song’s writers, Colt Ford and Brantely Gilbert. Before the party, Jason spoke with the media and discussed the song, his current My Kinda […]
Jake Owen celebrated his 30th birthday last Sunday on the road in Dallas. No big party or fanfare. Mostly a quiet day spent with some family and friends, then a big show for over 20,000 people with Keith Urban. But there was one small gift he bought himself: A new golf club! Jake told Country […]
Trace Adkins has one rule when it comes to picking songs for a new album: No sap. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton it takes a certain type of song to get his attention: “I appreciate the craftiness of the songwriters in coming up with ways to say something sappy without it being sappy. […]
