THIS WEEK

Visit Lady A’s Club LaBellum

Visit Lady A’s Club LaBellum

| April 21, 2012

If you go backstage at Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night World Tour, the place you wanna be is “Club LaBellum.”  That’s an exclusive room where the band and guests hang out before and after the show.  It even has its own Twitter account: @ClubLaBellum  Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton was invited there a couple of […]

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Lady A Dave’s Bachelor Party

Lady A Dave’s Bachelor Party

| April 21, 2012

Last Saturday, Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood got married.  A few weeks before, he had a pair of bachelor parties.  Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton got the details from Dave & Charles: “We did one for the band, we went to some bar in Moline Illinois.  It was our on-the-road bachelor party.  We did what we […]

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Lady A-Thompson Square Party

Lady A-Thompson Square Party

| April 21, 2012

Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night World Tour has been traveling around the country all year.  Joining them are Darius Rucker and Thompson Square.  So when T-2 picked up the Vocal Duo of the Year award from the Academy of Country Music, Lady A wanted to celebrate.  Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton was with the tour in Kansas […]

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How Lee Brice Proposed

How Lee Brice Proposed

| April 21, 2012

Lee Brice currently has the wedding song of the year with “A Woman Like You.”  And he’ll soon have a chance to sing it at his own ceremony.  That’s because Lee recently proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Sara.  It happened back in January while the two were vacationing in Key West.  Lee told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton the […]

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Baby Girl For Joe Nichols

Baby Girl For Joe Nichols

| April 19, 2012

Nashville, TN April 18, 2012 —  Joe and Heather Nichols are the proud parents to a daughter, Dylan River Nichols, born April 17, 2012.  This is the first child for the couple, who married in 2007. Mother and child are doing fine, according to Dad.    “Our prayers have been answered,” said Heather. “We went […]

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Lady Antebellum Co-Host 4/21-22

Lady Antebellum Co-Host 4/21-22

| April 17, 2012

Lady Antebellum will co-host the Countdown this week.  Dave Haywood just got married, and he tells Lon how he first met his wife.  He also talks about his recent bachelor party.  Lon visited the trio during a concert in Kansas City, and there are lots of stories from that night, including a cake Lady A gave to […]

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Lady A’s Dave Haywood Married

Lady A’s Dave Haywood Married

| April 15, 2012

Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood got married in Nashville Saturday to fiance Kelli Cashiola.  The two got engaged during the Christmas holidays.  Dave’s bandmates, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott, attended.  The trio will co-host the Countdown next weekend, and Dave will tell Lon when he first met Kelli.  He also talks about his bachelor party. Read the […]

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Lee Brice Wins 1st ACM

Lee Brice Wins 1st ACM

| April 14, 2012

What a week for singer/songwriter Lee Brice.  His hit song “A Woman Like You,” is racing up the chart.  He’s about to release his second CD.  And then he wins his first ACM Award, as writer of the ACM Song of the Year, “Crazy Girl.”  We caught up with Lee backstage moments after he won […]

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Lee Brice, Luke Bryan, & Goats

Lee Brice, Luke Bryan, & Goats

| April 14, 2012

Back in January, Luke Bryan told us that he had been attacked by a pair of goats during the CMT Tour.  This week, we got the story from the man who pulled the goat prank, Lee Brice.  Turns out that it was an act of retaliation.  Luke struck first, while Lee was on stage, singing […]

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Keith On Opry: Nicole Knew!

Keith On Opry: Nicole Knew!

| April 13, 2012

There’s no question that Keith Urban was totally surprised when Vince Gill invited him to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.  You can see it in his face.  We spoke to him a couple days later, and he confirmed that he was shocked: “It’s not every day you get a duffle bag brought to […]

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