The co-host this wknd is Luke Bryan, who is in our Top 10 with “Country Song Came On.” He’s currently on the road all summer. He says he’s ready with new music that’ll be released later this year. He has great stories about the artists who took part in this year’s Crash My Playa festival […]
Dustin Lynch had a memorable 30th birthday. It happened on May 14th, while he was on tour with Luke Bryan and Randy Houser. He remembered the day with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: I had a feeling something was going to go down that night. You just sense it. I get emotional, even when it’s […]
It’s not every day that you get a chance to visit the home of the Entertainer of the Year. But a group of Nashville writers and radio people got that opportunity a couple weeks ago. The occasion was to preview songs from Luke Bryan’s new album Kill The Lights. He’s obviously very proud of the music, […]
Luke Bryan’s 5th album, Kill The Lights, will be released this Friday. He joined Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton this week to preview several new songs from it. This is part of their conversation: Let’s start by talking about the fact that this new album is the follow-up to Crash My Party, that sold over […]
Little Big Town will host CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock this Tuesday night on ABC-TV. As part of their hosting, the group did a number of things with the other country stars on that show. One was with this week’s co-host Luke Bryan. Little Big Town told Lon Helton, “We became talent escorts, […]
Last week, Jason Aldean told us about a fishing trip he took with Luke Bryan. In fact, as he told that story, Luke walked into our studio! But this week, Luke was here as co-host by himself, so he told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton more about that fishing trip: “What a great day, I […]
In the liner notes for Luke Bryan’s new album Kill The Lights, he gives thanks to a lot of his friends, including Cole “Lish” Swindell. He says “Watching you win new artist was a night I’ll never forget.” But what’s with the nickname “Lish?” Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Luke: “The way we give […]
Luke Bryan co-hosts the Countdown this week. His current Top 10 hit is “Kick The Dust Up.” It’s the first single from his new album “Kill The Lights,” available August 7. Luke talks about his summer tour, and his tour partners Dustin Lynch & Randy Houser. He shares the latest on his boys Bo & […]
Jason Aldean was Lon Helton’s co-host this week on Country Countdown USA. We had just played Luke Bryan’s song in the Top 30, when the studio door opened, and in walked Luke himself. “What’s up! Are you really at my song in the show?” Jason answered, “We were just talking about how you haven’t given […]
There’s a new exhibit opening this weekend at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville featuring personal items from the CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan. Visitors will be able to follow Luke’s career from a young boy in Leesburg, Georgia to the top of the country chart and national fame. […]
