Luke Bryan co-hosts the Countdown for Memorial Day weekend. His current Top 5 hit is “Play It Again.” He actually has a second song in the Top 5, with Florida Georgia Line. Luke tells some backstage stories from this year’s ACM Awards. He talks about his That’s My Kind of Night Tour. We get an […]
Brantley Gilbert co-hosts the Countdown this week. His latest hit is “Bottoms Up,” and it’s from his new album, “Just As I Am,” available next Monday. Brantley talks about the changes in his life that are covered in the songs on his new album. He talks about the special guests on a song called “Small Town Throwdown.” […]
Rascal Flatts co-host the Countdown this week. Their new CD, “Rewind,” is about to be released. The album is a very personal project for the guys, who produced most of it themselves. They’re also about to launch the Rewind Tour with Sheryl Crow and Gloriana. The guys recall meeting Hunter Hayes when he was a […]
Hunter Hayes co-hosts the Countdown this week. It will kick off a very busy week. On Tuesday, Hunter’s new album “Storyline” will be released. On Friday, he will attempt to break the Guinness Record for most concerts in most cities in a 24 hour period. Then he heads to Japan for his first tour of […]
Brad Paisley co-hosts the Countdown from his own home studio, south of Nashville. Brad is currently working on a new album, due for release later this year. The first single, “River Bank,” was just released, and he performed it on the ACM Awards a few weeks ago. Brad tells us something about that ACM performance […]
Eric Church co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current Top 5 hit is “Give Me Back My Hometown.” He talks about performing it at the ACM Awards two weeks ago, and you’ll actually hear that performance, plus he’ll explain the video they premiered that night. Eric recently performed with George Strait, but he injured himself […]
Jerrod Niemann co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current Top 5 hit is “Drink To That All Night.” Jerrod is about to hit the road this summer with Keith Urban. He attended his friend Lee Brice’s wedding last year, and now he is getting ready to be married later this year. He says his fiancé is […]
Randy Houser co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current hit, “Goodnight Kiss,” is in the Top 5. Randy will hit the road next month with Brad Paisley. He’s also toured with Justin Moore, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert, and Luke Bryan. He’s also good friends with Jerrod Niemann and Lee Brice. His son West just turned […]
Lon is off this week. Josh Turner takes his spot, with Blake Shelton as his co-host. Blake talks about the Battle Rounds on The Voice, where his wife Miranda Lambert is mentoring Team Shakira. He looks ahead to co-hosting the Academy of Country Music Awards with Luke Bryan next month. He also talks about this […]
Thompson Square’s Keifer & Shawna co-host the Countdown with Lon. Their current hit is “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About.” Keifer surprised Shawna with a romantic Valentine’s Day gift in Las Vegas. Then they ran into an NFL Hall of Famer! What a weekend! They’ll preview their Just Feels Good tour. And talk about a […]
