Picture this for a moment: Zac Brown, Eric Church, and their families on beach vacation together. Sound impossible? When Eric co-hosted the Countdown last month, he told Lon that Zac and his family came down to Eric’s Florida beach house last summer. The really strange part, according to Eric, was that Zac wanted to go spear-fishing! Eric […]
As Luke Bryan prepared to kick off his 2014 That’s My Kind of Night Tour, he held a press conference with some exciting news. For the first time in his career, Luke will headline stadiums! Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He will also play multiple nights in several cities. He will play Washington, DC, Raleigh, St. […]
It seemed like an unlikely collaboration: Roots country star Zac Brown and grunge rocker Dave Grohl. The two jammed on the CMA Awards. But according to Zac, that performance came about mainly by coincidence. Zac told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I met Dave during the Grammy Awards last year, and I told him I’d […]
It was one of those “moments” during the opening segment of the CMA Awards in November. Hosts Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood sang “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” and invited Luke Bryan and Zac Brown to hug. Earlier in the year, Zac had criticized Luke’s song “That’s My Kind of Night” in a Canadian interview. So was […]
Zac Brown co-hosts this week. His current Top 5 hit is “Sweet Annie.” Zac & Lon look back on an exciting year, when Zac won a Grammy, headlined a two-day music festival in Nashville, released an album with Foo Fighter’s Dave Grohl, and found out he was going to be a dad again! Whew! Plus, […]
The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry announced her engagement to baseball player J.P. Arencibia back on October 1st. The proposal was a surprise. But apparently the engagement ring was not. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked if she had input in the choice: “Yeah Lon, I did, I had a lot of input.” Brother Neal added, […]
Nashville, TN – January 9, 2014 – Multi-Platinum entertainer Jason Aldean announced the details of his 2014 BURN IT DOWN TOUR that will kick off May 1 in Roanoke, VA and continue on to roughly 50 cities through the end of the year. Red-hot duo Florida Georgia Line and breakthrough artist Tyler Farr are also […]
The Band Perry will co-host the Countdown this week. Their current hit is “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely.” They begin the North American leg of their We Are Pioneers Tour this week. Kimberly is engaged, and she talks about getting married later this year. The trio looks back at their recent tour of Europe, as […]
Rascal Flatts met with the Nashville media this week to introduce their new single, “Rewind.” The song is the first single from a new album that will be released later this year. The guys spent most of last year working on the new music, and were seeking to “reinvent” themselves. During this 20 minute press […]
One band congratulates another this week on Country Countdown USA. The Eli Young Band co-hosted the show, and when it came time to play the #1 song, it was the first chart-topper for the new band Parmalee. So we called Parmalee lead singer Matt Thomas to give him the news. Mike Eli told Matt: “It’s […]
