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Blake & Miranda’s 2nd Anniversary
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary on May 14. So how did they celebrate? With Blake doing The Voice and Miranda on tour, were they able to spend the day together? Blake told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “You’ll love this. We shared our second wedding anniversary with Miranda and the [...]
Blake Shelton’s New Bromance
Blake Shelton is a very friendly guy. First, Trace Adkins told us that Blake wanted to kiss him. Then we heard the stories of a “bromance” between Blake and Voice coach and Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine. Now we have proof of the latest victim of Blake’s affections. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton! It [...]
Blake Shelton Co-Hosts 6/1-2
Blake Shelton joins Lon this week as co-host. His current hit, “Boys Round Here,” is in the Top 5, and features harmonies by the Pistol Annies. Blake talks about the role the all-girl trio had in the video for that song. He talks about his guest mentor on The Voice, Sheryl Crow, as well as [...]
Trace Wins Celebrity Apprentice
Last Sunday, Trace Adkins was chosen by Donald Trump as the first All Star Celebrity Apprentice. This week, Trace joins Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton to talk about the five-week competition. He told Lon the reason he won: “I raised more money than he did, I thought my portion of the show was better than [...]
Blake Sings For Tornado Funds
Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert performed their award-winning song “Over You” Tuesday night on The Voice. The purpose was to raise money for victims of Monday’s devastating tornados in Oklahoma. Blake was born and raised in that state, and he’s seen tornadoes before. But the scope of the damage shocked him. Earlier in the day, Blake spoke with Country [...]
Trace Adkins Co-Hosts 5/25-26
Trace Adkins co-hosts the Countdown this week. Trace was just named the winner of the All Star Celebrity Apprentice. He joins Lon with stories about his winning ice cream flavor: Maple Macadamia Mash-Up. He has behind the scenes stories from the show, and the reason why he won. He also previews songs from his new CD, “Love [...]
Darius Defends Accidental Racist
Darius Rucker did several tours with Brad Paisley, and he’s described Brad as his best friend in the music business. Brad made headlines last month with the song “Accidental Racist,” a duet with LL Cool J. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Darius about Brad’s song: “Brad played the song for me early, and [...]
Rucker & Crow Pop To Country
Back in 1994, Darius Rucker’s band Hootie & The Blowfish topped the pop chart with “Hold My Hand.” That same year, Sheryl Crow did the same thing with ”All I Want To Do.” Now, almost 20 years later, Darius and Sheryl are together again in the country chart. Darius has “Wagon Wheel” in the Top 5, and [...]
Strait Has Surprises For 2014
George Strait is about to wrap up the first leg of his Cowboy Rides Away tour. He announced that this will be his farewell tour, wrapping up sometime in 2014. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he intends to go out with a bang. “We’ve got some surprises up our sleeve, so next [...]
George Strait Grandson A Handful
George Strait and wife Norma are the proud grandparents of a 15 month old boy named George Harvey Strait III, who they call Harvey. George talked about Harvey with Lon Helton this week on Country Countdown USA: “He’s doin’ great. He’s not walkin’ now, he’s running! He’s just a mess, boy. I guarantee you. He’s [...]
