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 […]
Back in 1996, I did an interview with Kenny Chesney. He was in his first years of having hit songs on the radio, and we were talking about the changes in his life. I brought up that I had seen his name mentioned in the local paper, having lunch at a Nashville restaurant, and he looked a little surprised. […]
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 […]
For ten years, Kenny Chesney’s music has meant summertime, sun, and the beach. This week, Kenny takes his show to one of the most popular beaches on the east coast: Wildwood NJ! Wednesday night, Kenny will do a concert on the beach at the foot of Morey’s Amusement Pier (pictured). Here are the details: NEW […]
They have been friends for about 20 years, and as you can imagine, there is a long history of joking and kidding between these two superstars. The last time these two were out, the jokes were often on the basketball court. With the Brothers of the Sun tour just a few weeks old, Kenny told […]
Last year, Kenny Chesney had a big hit duet with Grace Potter called “You & Tequila.” The song won the CMA Video of the Year. It was also nominated for two Grammy Awards. The success of that song caused Kenny to invite Grace & her band to join him on the Brothers of the Sun tour. He […]
Kenny Chesney is part of Lionel Richie’s all-star country duets album, “Tuskegee.” But we had heard that Kenny “drunk dialed” the pop legend last year. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Kenny if the story was true: “It’s been exaggerated.” Lon asked, So have you heard the tape? Kenny responded: “In the same breath that […]
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 […]
There’s one of those group shots from back stage at the ACM Awards in Las Vegas. You can see Kenny Chesney with Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Jay DeMarcus, and Ashton Kutcher. Of course Ashton presented the Female Vocalist trophy to Miranda Lambert. He also sang a little bit of George Strait’s “I Cross My Heart.” Country Countdown […]
For more than ten years, fans at Kenny Chesney’s concerts got to know fiddle player Nick Hoffman. He was featured during “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy,” as well as other songs in Kenny’s show. Last year, Nick began writing and performing with a couple of other Nashville musicians, and formed their own group called The […]
