Dierks Bentley & Miranda Lambert just launched their Locked & Reloaded Tour. As the name indicates, it’s a reunion for the two, and a chance to give their fans an extra bang for their buck! Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Dierks & Miranda at a Nashville rehearsal last week. How’d this tour come about, Dierks? […]
Gary Allan co-hosts this week. His current hit is “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain.)” It’s the first single from his new CD, “Set You Free.” Lon & Gary talk about Gary’s new men’s store in Nashville called The Label, and the celebrities who shop there. Gary has great stories about his favorite artists in […]
Ever wonder what country stars do when they’re not on stage singing? For some, the answer is they sing karaoke! Last week, Zac Brown told us about attending a karaoke party at Jason Aldean’s house. So Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton played that story for Jason Aldean, and this is what he said: “I remember […]
They spent all of 2012 on the road together, but apparently it just wasn’t enough. When the year ended, Jason Aldean invited his buddy Luke Bryan to his house for a small New Year’s Eve party. He told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton about the festivities: “We had a little party at my farm that’s about […]
Last summer, during a break in his My Kinda Party tour dates, Jason Aldean accepted a small role in a movie. The film, called “Sweetwater,” will make its world debut at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this week. Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke with Jason about the movie: “I’d kinda talked about acting […]
Sunday night, a strong thunderstorm came through Nashville. At 8:23, Dierks Bentley posted on Twitter: Jake has been missing for 5 hours now. jumped a fence during the thunderstorms. praying someone found him. a cold wet white dog. red collar. Then, at 7:30 Monday morning, Dierks posted the good news: omg. my wife just told […]
Jason Aldean co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current hit is “The Only Way I Know,” and it features Luke Bryan & Eric Church. The trio performed the song on the CMA Awards in November, and Jason responds to comments about the performance by Luke & Eric. Jason says he had a New Year’s Eve […]
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, […]
