KEITH URBAN’S WE’RE ALL FOR THE HALL BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME^® AND MUSEUM RETURNS TO THE BRIDGESTONE ARENA ON JANUARY 18

FIRST ROUND OF ANNOUNCED PERFORMERS INCLUDES URBAN, VINCE GILL, RASCAL FLATTS, ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION, LITTLE BIG TOWN AND THE OAK RIDGE BOYS

 Tickets on Sale November 4 at 10:00 a.m.

 NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 11, 2011 – CMA Entertainer of the Year honoree and five-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban and an all-star lineup of friends will return to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, January 18, for a concert to benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame^® and Museum. Reserved seating tickets, which are priced at a family friendly $25 and $35 (does not include Ticketmaster surcharge), will go on sale November 4 at 10:00 a.m.  A limited number of VIP ticket packages will also go on sale on November 4 at Ticketmaster.com. (Complete ticket purchase information is below.)

The show—which will feature performances from an all-star line-up including Urban, Country Music Hall of Fame member Vince Gill, Rascal Flatts, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Little Big Town, the Oak Ridge Boys and additional artists to be announced later—again promises to be a one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime evening of music, friendship and camaraderie.   

All for the Hall is the Museum’s first-ever non-bricks-and-mortar fundraising initiative.  The campaign addresses the not-for-profit educational institution’s need for long-term financial security and provides a safety net for its work.  Through ongoing exhibit schedules, scholarly publications and hundreds of school and family programs annually, the Museum teaches its audiences about the enduring beauty and cultural importance of country music.  Museum Board President Gill created and has led the institution’s All for the Hall fundraising initiative since 2005. 

“The support that this event has received over the past couple of years, I think, really speaks to the commitment to and the importance of preserving the past and protecting the future of country music,” Urban said.  “We’ll have some great bands performing—part of our ‘All Together Now’ theme for the night—an especially fitting concept that we hope will capture the spirit of the evening.” 

“The first two We’re All for the Hall concerts have been landmarks for this institution,” said Museum Director Kyle Young.  “They have been the most successful fundraisers in the museum’s history, together raising roughly $1 million.  And they have not only set a new standard for fundraising and event coordination, but also brought together an entire community and helped us to see what can be done by individuals when there is a collective passion for a cause.

 “It is beyond gratifying” Young continued, “when the artists we love and chronicle, artists like Vince and Keith, offer us their leadership and financial support.  Keith Urban grew up in a home where country music was cherished.  He knows the music’s history and its heroes.  He is one of country music’s greatest champions and he is one of this museum’s heroes.”

 Reserved Seating Tickets

 Tickets ($25 and $35, plus Ticketmaster surcharge) go on sale November 4 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations, the Bridgestone Arena box office or by phone at (800) 745-3000.  Phone, internet and outlet orders are subject to a convenience fee.

 VIP Packages:

 VIP packages will go on sale November 4 at Ticketmaster.com.  They include:

 “Get Closer” Package

$3,500 for one ticket

20 packages available

• Invitation for one to an intimate dinner in the Country Music Hall of Fame  Rotunda the evening of Tuesday, January 17, hosted by some of Keith Urban’s close friends and collaborators

• Meet & greet for one with Keith Urban before the concert January 18 (timing TBD), which includes an individual photo

• Framed meet & greet picture mailed to your house one week after the concert

• One Keith Urban autographed guitar

• One premium floor concert seat and commemorative ticket

• One signed customized concert seat that you can take home

• One invitation to a post-concert party at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

• One complete Keith Urban catalog per package on CD including: Keith Urban, Golden Road, Be Here, Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing, Greatest Hits: 19 Kids, Defying Gravity and Get Closer

• One commemorative Hatch Show Print event poster autographed by Keith Urban

• One complimentary parking space for both the January 17 dinner and the January 18 concert within a one-block vicinity of the dinner, concert and post-party venues

• One “Friends & Family” membership to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which includes unlimited free admission for the entire household to the museum and most public programs for one year (valued at $100)

 “Put You in a Song” Package

$2,500 for one ticket

10 packages available

• Invitation for one to an intimate dinner in the Country Music Hall of Fame Rotunda the evening of Tuesday, January 17, hosted by some of Keith Urban’s close friends and collaborators

• Meet & greet for one with Keith Urban before the concert on January 18 (timing TBD), which includes a group photo

• One premium floor concert seat

• One invitation to a post-concert party at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

• One complete Keith Urban catalog per package on CD including: Keith Urban, Golden Road, Be Here, Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing, Greatest Hits: 19 Kids, Defying Gravity and Get Closer

• One commemorative Hatch Show Print event poster autographed by Keith Urban

• One complimentary parking space for both the January 17 dinner and the January 18 concert within a one-block vicinity of the dinner, concert and post-party venues

• One “Friends & Family” membership to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which includes unlimited free admission for the entire household to the museum and most public programs for one year (valued at $100)

 “Start a Band” Package

$150 for one ticket

60 packages available

• One premium floor concert seat

• One complimentary parking spot for the January 18 concert within one-block vicinity of the venue

• One “Individual Membership” to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which includes unlimited free admission for one to the museum and most public programs for one year (valued at $40)

 A portion of each VIP package is tax deductible to support the preservation of country music.