Darius Rucker co-hosts the Countdown from his home in Charleston SC this Labor Day weekend. They did it in his custom-built “man cave” that features a projection TV that fills up an entire wall. He can watch seven games at once. Darius just released a brand new single called “True Believers.” It’s his first new music in […]
Chesney, McGraw Break Record For Tickets Sold in New England, as 111,209 Fans Help ‘Brothers of the Sun’ Wrap 23 Stadium Dates The ‘Brothers of the Sun’ Tour, with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw, ended its historic run this weekend with two sold-out shows at Foxboro, MA’s Gillette Stadium – a triumphant encore for 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 has found a new way to keep cool in the hot LA heat. He’s been recording a Christmas album in his Hollywood Hills home. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton that this is a project he’s been wanting to do for a long time: “It’s actually a record that we’ve been talking […]
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 […]
Blake Shelton co-hosts the Countdown from his rented home in the Hollywood Hills. Blake is in California where he is taping Season 3 of The Voice. His current hit is “Over,” and it’s in our Top 5. Blake just recorded a Christmas album, set for release in October. Also in October, Blake hosts a country […]
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 […]
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 […]
