Keith Urban began his All For The Hall benefit concerts for the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. He did two more: 2010 and 2012. This week, Keith Urban told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that he will do it again next year. “Oh definitely. I look forward to this every year. It’s a lot […]
Monday night, Luke Bryan and Kimberly Perry co-host the CMA Music Festival TV special. Luke joined Lon Helton on Country Countdown USA, and described some of his favorite moments from the show: “We got a chance to plan some fun stuff with Lady A, and I got to interview Faith Hill, and to interview Faith […]
Darius Rucker toured with Brad Paisley for several years, and the two became close friends. So it was no surpirse when Darius called Brad during Paisley’s appearance on the Countdown last year. However, the surprise was Brad’s ringtone, which was a quacking duck! LISTEN: 12-36 Darius1 Lon played Brad’s ringtone for Darius, and got this […]
Don’t bet against Darius Rucker. That’s what anonymous Twitter Poster @NotJakeOwen learned last month. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Darius about it in the very room where Darius keeps his CD collection: “I want you to verify the photograph, because it’s right over there. There’s a line in my song Alright, ‘I got the stereo […]
Imagine sitting at a poker game with country legends Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. That’s what happened to Darius Rucker a few years ago. He told the story to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I was in Hawaii, and I’m visiting, I’m playing poker with Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. and another friend. The […]
Season 3 of NBC’s The Voice will premiere in just a few weeks. Blake Shelton has been in LA, working on the first few episodes. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that the show has a few new elements this year: “We’re taping the battle rounds now, which is when we start eliminating people. After the […]
Blake Shelton says the next judge on American Idol should be a country star. In fact he said either Brad Paisley or Keith Urban would be great. He talked about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: ” I hope they choose a country artist, because if you watch those shows, it’s the country artists […]
This week, Lon Helton took Country Countdown USA to the Hollywood Hills home of Blake Shelton. He told Lon that he rented the home while doing the NBC-TV show “The Voice.” “When we signed on to do the second season of The Voice, I knew I was going to be out here a lot, and […]
Back in June, The Band Perry performed in Chicago’s historic Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs. They were joined that day by Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert. But on their way to the stadium, the group had an embarrassing experience. They told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “As our grandmother, who is up there in […]
The Band Perry are about to do their first European tour this fall. They told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that they’re hoping to see ghosts while in Europe: “We need to find haunted castles. We like to celebrate birthdays by doing ghost hunt. The last one we did was for Neil’s birthday on July […]
