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 […]
Country stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, The Zac Brown Band, and Kenny Chesney took to the stage Friday night in Los Angeles in honor of Bruce Springsteen. The Boss was the recipient of the annual Grammy MusiCares Person Of The Year Award. Before the show, Tim spoke with Dial Global News about the song he & […]
Gary Allan just released his first CD in three years, and it’s even more personal than his previous ones. He spoke about it with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I think this is the best thing I’ve done, or my favorite thing I’ve done. One reason is because we took longer to make it, I had […]
On the surface, Zac Brown’s video for his hit “Goodbye In Her Eyes,” might seem pretty simple. It was shot in a field with a small traveling circus. But there’s more to the story. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke to Zac about the making of the video: “That was set up in my front […]
One of the highlights during the CMA Awards show back in November was Keith Urban’s performance of “Georgia Woods” with Zac Brown. But the real story happened before the two got on stage. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Zac about the rehearsal: “We actually had a rehearsal a couple week’s before the show, and […]
Randy Houser is sitting at the #2 spot in this week’s chart with “How Country Feels.” It’s a familiar position for Randy, who peaked at the same point in 2009 with “Boots On.” In addition, Randy was a co-writer of “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” which also reached #2 for Trace Adkins. Country Countdown USA caught up with Randy this week, […]
Darius Rucker is a lifelong fan of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Lee Brice played football for Carolina rival Clemson. So when the two schools met on the gridiron last fall, Darius posted a message on his Facebook page: “Gamecocks vs Tigers OR Darius vs Lee Brice. Good luck Lee.” Country Countdown USA’s Lon […]
Eric Church had a big year in 2012. His CD “Chief” was certified Platinum, he celebrated his first #1, his Blood Sweat & Beers tour was a huge success, and he won the CMA Album of the Year. At the end of the year, Eric received even more good news. His hit song “Springsteen” was […]
Fans of Luke Bryan got an inside look at the making of Country Countdown USA this week on Luke’s online video channel: LBTV! Luke’s personal videographer shot the entire show and edited it down to a very cool 6 minutes, featuring their conversation about the CMA Awards and other topics. Lon asked Luke how he […]
The lead-off performance on the annual CMA Awards show carries a lot of prestige. Every artist wants that opening slot. So when the decision was made that Jason Aldean would kick off the show with buddies Luke Bryan and Eric Church, Luke was obviously very excited. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton he immediately […]
