Lon’s first order of business with Luke (after he explained why he’s clean shaven) was to get an update on his wife Caroline. She had tweeted that she was in the hospital for hip surgery, and Luke explained: “She’s good, she obviously had a hip surgery, she tore her labrum in her hip. Approaching the […]
This week’s co-host is Luke Bryan, who is fresh off his role co-hosing the CMA Awards. We almost didn’t recognize him when he walked in. He was clean shaven! “I don’t have any TV stuff for a minute, so I’m clean shaven. I kinda look like you! Cleaned up like you!” There had been reports that Luke’s wife Caroline had hip […]
This week, Thomas Rhett returns with more stores about his friends in the Top 30. Thomas explained why he chose Riley Green for his current duet: “Me & Riley had become good buddies. He’s taken me to Arkansas to duck hunt with him. Every time I listened to this song I thought about Riley. Maybe because every post I […]
One year ago, Luke Combs won the 2021 CMA Entertainer of the Year award. A few months later, Luke revealed to Lon Helton who HE thought was going to win. “To be honest, very candidly, what I’m thinking in the moment is ‘OK I’m 0 for 3, everything I’ve lost, I’ve lost to Chris Stapleton, […]
Morgan Wallen is nominated for Male Vocalist and Entertainer at this week’s CMA Awards. He told me he gives all the credit to his fans: “Man it’s an honor, I think that award speaks more to the fans than it does to me. If I wasn’t selling the tickets, if we weren’t doing these things, […]
This week Thomas Rhett co-hosts the countdown. He just wrapped up his Bring The Bar To You Tour with Parker McCollum. Thomas shares what he & his wife did for their 10th wedding anniversary. He talks about the impact of “She Had Me At Heads Carolina,” a song he wrote with Cole Swindell. Plus some […]
This week’s co-host is Tyler Hubbard, who has gone solo after ten years as half of Florida Georgia Line: “I’m enjoying it, it feels right and timely, I’m excited for myself and BK, I’m excited for us to get some individualism, to have our personal stories told, so it feels good to take on this new challenge.” […]
Hard to believe, but when Lainey Wilson was recording her first album, it didn’t include her first hit “Things A Man Oughta Know.” She tells the story behind the song to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: I grew up in a family where it was just me & my sisters, so my daddy raised us […]
This week’s co-host is Lainey Wilson, who is nominated for six CMA awards. She tells Lon how she got the news: “It was super early in the morning, and I got a call from my publicist & manager, who told me that I was the most nominated, and I just about fell out of the bed. To be nominated with […]
This week’s co-host is Morgan Wallen, who is wrapping up his 2022 Dangerous Tour. He just attended the Alabama-Tennessee football game: “I was in in Neyland Stadium watching the Vols beat the Tide. It was something I’ll never forget. I was in a suite with Kenny Chesney, Kelsea Ballerini, and Peyton Manning. It was cool. It was a good day […]
