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 […]
Little Big Town has the country hit of the summer with Pontoon. The song is so much fun, it’s inspired lots of fan videos and even a few celebrity videos. In fact, they put together a video featuring a diverse group of stars, including Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Wynonna, Thompson Square, Sara Evans, […]
TAYLOR SWIFT’S FOURTH CD, RED, SET FOR U.S. & WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON OCTOBER 22ND Nashville, TN – August 13, 2012 – Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated fourth studio album will be released worldwide on October 22nd, Taylor herself announced this evening during a live YouTube web chat with her fans. Entitled Red, the album will be […]
Together, they headlined the most successful tour in concert history. Now, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill will bring Soul 2 Soul to the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas for an exclusive limited series of shows. The couple made the announcement at the Venetian today. This limited engagement, which opens on Dec. 7 and covers 10 […]
For the past two years, Josh Turner has been hard at work building a place he calls his “Writer’s Cottage.” But when he describes it, you realize it’s more of his personal man cave. He spoke to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I built a log cabin on my property, and call it my writer’s cottage, […]
Josh Turner has already done duets with several of his musical idols, including Randy Travis, Ralph Stanley, and John Anderson. When it came time to pick a legend for his new “Punching Bag” CD, he chose bluegrass star Ricky Skaggs. He explained the decision to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I had written a song, ‘For […]
Back in April, Josh Turner was on stage as Keith Urban was inducted as the newest member of the Grand Old Opry. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton about the experience: “I was honored to be asked to be a part of that night. They could have chosen anybody else they wanted for that night, […]
Last time George Strait co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he mentioned he had just purchased a golf resort near his home in San Antonio. In November, George presided over the grand opening of The Resort at Tapatio Springs. George told Lon Helton about the event: “It went great, it really was fun, we had a golf […]
Back in May, Dierks Bentley shot the video for his latest hit, “5-1-5-0.” In the video, Dierks takes his classic truck, Big White, for a ride in the mud. We caught up with Dierks the next day, and as you can see, the truck is coated in Georgia Clay. What you don’t see is all […]
The Zac Brown Band released their third CD this week, titled Uncaged. When Zac co-hosted Country Countdown USA, he described the CD to Lon Helton: “I feel this is the best album we’ve ever made. The collection of the songs on here, I just feel like we’re a better band than we were before. I feel like […]
