A couple years ago, Taylor Swift & Jake Gyllenhaal were in the news. At the 2011 ACM Awards, co-host Blake Shelton said about their reported breakup: “What in the world was Jake Gyllenhaal thinking anyway? Wait a minute, he was in ‘Brokeback Mountain.” At the time, it got big laughs, and nothing more came of it. But […]
On Sunday, March 10th, Carrie Underwood celebrates her 30th birthday. This weekend, she co-hosts Country Countdown USA, and speaks with Lon Helton about the milestone. She was a little hesitant to talk about it at first: “We’re not gonna talk about that. Oh come on. It’s the one year anniversary of my 29th birthday! I still […]
Tim McGraw’s new CD includes his first duet with Taylor Swift. The song is called “Highway Don’t Care,” and also has guitar work from Keith Urban. Tim told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton how he chose Taylor for the song: “I can’t wait for people to hear this song. The lyric is so cinematic, and […]
Taylor Swift’s 2013 Red Tour begins March 13th in Omaha. Her Speak Now tour was a huge success, selling out venues around the world. So this new tour has very big shoes to fill. Taylor discussed details about the tour with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “Planning the Red Tour started 8 months ago. That’s […]
Tim McGraw’s new CD “Two Lanes Of Freedom” includes a song called “Highway Don’t Care” that features guest vocals from Taylor Swift. The song is actually #13 on the album, a nod to Taylor’s lucky number. But Tim didn’t tell Taylor that little detail, and she actually didn’t know until Lon Helton told her when […]
The Band Perry co-hosted Country Countdown USA this past week, and revealed details about their highly-anticipated second album, “Pioneer.” They told Lon Helton: “This project certainly has the most teeth of anything we’ve done. There’s certainly an aggressive side, but we also have some of the most emotional sides of us. We’ve become vulnerable. Our entire […]
One of the highlights of the 2012 CMA Awards TV show was when Brad Paisley did his version of “Gangnam Style.” But it came at a price. Brad told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he got some outside help: “I worked with Michael Jackson’s choreographer all week, I’m not kidding just to be able to […]
Randy Houser knows “How Country Feels,” and now he knows how a #1 record feels. This week, Randy’s latest hit is #1 in the Country Countdown USA Top 30. Lon Helton and co-host Brad Paisley called Randy to congratulate him. “It’s been incredible. We were in Milwaukee when I got the news. I’ve been going […]
Today, Hunter Hayes is a Grammy-nominated country star. But more than 10 years ago, he was a kid who just loved to play music. There is a video with Hunter at age 4 playing an accordian with Hank Williams Jr. But he played with many others. When Brad Paisley co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he told Lon […]
Brad Paisley’s next CD, Wheelhouse, will be released on April 9th, and it will contain the first single, Southern Comfort Zone. But until now, all other details about the album have been a mystery. This week, Brad co-hosted Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton, and for the first time discussed a lot of specifics about […]
