• KEITH URBAN IS READY TO PULL THE ‘RIPCORD’ AND LET FANS SOAR WITH NEW MUSIC.

    Keith Urban releases his new record, Ripcord, the follow-up to his 2013 album Fuse, tomorrow (Friday, May 6th). The collection features special guests Carrie Underwood, Pitbull and Nile Rodgers and a who’s who of creative writers and producers.

    “This album’s journey began back in January, 2015 and took me to a lot of unexplored people and places,” Keith has said. “The end result was the recording and exploring of more songs than I’ve ever done before and carving that down to what I felt constituted Ripcord.”

    They include new collaborations with Jeff Bhasker, busbee, Greg Wells and Nile Rodgers, as well as those who Keith has worked with before on his previous No. 1 album Fuse, including Shane McAnally, Ross Cooperman, Dann Huff and Nathan Chapman.

    Keith has said when he first started working on his new album, he thought it was going to be a continuation of Fuse. However, that all changed once he started recording last January (2015).

    “I went into the studio and recorded two songs, and I heard them. We recorded them and I lived with them for about a week, and every time I listened to them, I thought ‘Why aren’t I satisfied with these songs?’ The songs sounded like they would have been on Fuse, and I thought that’s what I was wanting,” says Keith. “So it’s interesting, even the thing in my head that I think I want, being in that setting, suddenly there’s something else. No, this is not what you want, you want something else. Just go back into the forest where there’s no road and just go. Have the faith and go and go for it.”

    Keith’s eighth studio album has already produced two No. 1 hits – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and his 20th No. 1 song, “Break On Me.” He also has a third hit on the way with “Wasted Time.”

    To celebrate, the Grand Ole Opry member will play a FREE outdoor lunchtime show in Nashville on the plaza at the Bridgestone Arena (home of the Nashville Predators) on Monday (May 9th). He also has performed a show last night in New York City and will put on another show in Los Angeles on Tuesday (May 10th).

    Keith will definitely be playing several songs from his new album when he launches his ripCORD World Tour 2016 June 2nd in Kansas City, Missouri. He’s going to take Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris along for the ride.

    Keith Urban, Ripcord Track List:

    1. “Gone Tomorrow, Here Today” (Written by Jeff Bhasker, Samuel Tyler Johnson and Keith Urban/Co-produced by Jeff Bhasker, Tyler Johnson and Keith Urban)
      2. “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” (Written by Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne/Co-produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban)
      3. “Wasted Time” (Written by Greg Wells, J. Hart and Keith Urban/Co-produced by Greg Wells and Keith Urban)
      4. “Habit of You” (Written by K-Kov and Jackson Morgan/Co-produced by K-Kov and Keith Urban)
      5. “Sun Don’t Let Me Down” (Written by Nile Rodgers, busbee, Armando Christian Perez and Keith Urban/Co-produced by Nile Rodgers, busbee and Keith Urban)
      6. “Gettin’ in the Way” (Written by Emily Weisband, Jordan Reynolds and David Hodges/Co-produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban)
      7. “Blue Ain’t Your Color” (Written by Steven Lee Olsen, Hillary Lindsey and Clint Lagerberg/Co-produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban)
      8. “The Fighter” (Written by busbee and Keith Urban/Co-produced by busbee and Keith Urban)
      9. “Break on Me” (Written by Jon Nite and Ross Copperman/Co-Produced by Nathan Chapman and Keith Urban)
      10. “Boy Gets a Truck” (Written by Ash Bowers, Aaron Sherz/co-produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban)
      11. “Your Body” (Written by busbee and Keith Urban/Co-produced by busbee and Keith Urban)
      12. “That Could Still Be Us” (Written by Jason Duke, Jesse Lee and Jonathan Price/Co-Produced by Jonny Price and Keith Urban)
      13. “Worry ‘Bout Nothin’” (Written by Chris Tompkins, Rodney Clawson and Josh Kear/Co-Produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban)

    Audio / Keith Urban talks about changing the direction of his new album, Ripcord.

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    Keith Urban (change of course on Ripcord) OC: …you gotta go. 1:04
    “I think of that probably in terms of when I recorded in January. I went into the studio and recorded two songs and I heard them. We recorded them and I lived with them for about a week, and every time I listened to them, I thought ‘Why aren’t I satisfied with these songs?’ The songs sounded like they would have been on Fuse, and I thought that’s what I was wanting. So it’s interesting, even the thing in my head that I think I want, being in that setting suddenly there’s something else. No, this is not what you want, you want something else. Just go back into the forest where there’s no road and just go. Have the faith and go and go for it. And part of me was like ‘Ah, not again!’ Like making Fuse was so arduous and complicated and such a process and I would have given anything to just go into a studio with one producer and record thirteen songs and be done. That would have been just bliss for me.  And I could have done that, but I would have so been so denying the inner voice that was saying to just go where you gotta go.“

    Audio / Keith Urban talks about the title of his new album, Ripcord.

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    Keith Urban (Ripcord title) OC: …the tour. :32
    “The name Ripcord comes from a play that’s opening in New York soon. But the image of a ripcord, I like it. I like the sound of the word. I like the energy that it denotes, but metaphorically I also love that it’s a thing that you grab to save your life, and that’s a really beautiful thing. And I was thinking about the various things in my life that I reach for, like family, faith, music, all manner of things. So, Ripcord took on a whole new meaning, but it really, for me, fits the music. It definitely fits the tour.”

    Video / Keith Urban Wasted Time video

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  • MOTHER’S DAY LINERS 2016

    Audio / LINER Brothers Osborne (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! What’s up guys! We’re Brothers Osborne, wishing all you mothers out there a very, very Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Canaan Smith (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! What’s up, guys? I’m Canaan Smith. Happy Mother’s Day!”

    Audio / LINER Clare Dunn (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! What’s up? This is Clare Dunn, hoping you have a Happy Mother’s Day.”

     

    Audio / LINER Darius (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey y’all, what’s up? This is Darius Rucker, hoping you have a Happy Mother’s Day.

    Audio / LINER Dierks (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey, y’all! This is Dierks Bentley, wishing all you mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Eric Church (Mother’s Day) 1

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    “Hey everybody! This is Eric Church, wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day, mom!”

    Audio / LINER Eric Paslay (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! This is Eric Paslay. Happy Mother’s Day to all you awesome Mom’s out there.”

    Audio / LINER George Strait (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is George Strait, wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Jon Pardi (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey y’all, it’s Jon Pardi. I want to wish all the mamas out there a very Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Josh Turner (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is Josh Turner, wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Kacey Musgraves (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! It’s Kacey Musgraves. To all you mothers out there, Happy Mother’s Day!”

     

    Audio / LINER Keith Urban (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi everyone, it’s Keith Urban. Hoping all the mothers out there have a very, very Happy Mother’s Day. Love ya, Mom!”

    Audio / LINER Kelleigh Bannen (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! I’m Kelleigh Bannen, hoping you have a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER LBT (Mother’s Day)

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    “(ALL) Hi! This is Little Big Town. (KIMBERLY) We want to wish all you mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day. I love ya, Mama!”

    Audio / LINER Luke Bryan (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! It’s Luke Bryan, hoping all you mothers out there have a Happy Mother’s Day.”

    Audio / LINER Sam Hunt (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hey! This is Sam Hunt, wishing you a very Happy Mother’s Day.

    Audio / LINER Shania Twain (Mother’s Day)

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    “Hi! This is Shania Twain. Happy Mother’s Day.”

  • NEWS AND NOTES: Keith, Gary, Church

    Keith Urban is set to perform his latest single, “Wasted Time” on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday (May 6th), the same day his new album, Ripcord, is released. Jane Fonda and Andrew Rannells (The Intern, The New Normal) are also on the show.

    Gary Allan took to his socials to announce that he had surgery on his elbow last week. He promised fans he’s on the mend. “See you on the road soon! #CantKeepMeDownTooLong

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    Eric Church is set to headline one night of the 4th annual Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam this fall. The festival, which also features Brad Paisley and Jake Owen, takes place September 2nd – 4th in Panama City Beach, Florida. Two dollars from every ticket sold will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

  • KEITH URBAN PULLS THE ‘RIPCORD’ ON THREE ONE-OF-A-KIND ALBUM LAUNCH EVENTS.

    Friday, May 6th marks the much-anticipated release of Keith Urban’s eighth studio album RIPCORD, which has already produced two #1 songs (“John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Break On Me”) and one of the fastest rising chart singles of his career with “Wasted Time,” the current single streaking to the top of the charts.

    The album’s release will be celebrated with THREE unprecedented one-of-a-kind events that will take place within days of RIPCORD’s release, as Urban crisscrosses the country with stops in New York City, Nashville AND Los Angeles.  Fans are invited to attend ALL of the events and should go to http://smarturl.it/ripcordevents for further information.  (Limited seats are available for the Los Angeles event.)

    Urban’s first stop will be in New York City, where he’ll premiere all-new music from RIPCORD (as well as some of his hits) at Stage 48.  Those unable to attend will be able to view the May 4th New York City show, titled TIDAL X: Keith Urban, live online on TIDAL, the global music and entertainment streaming platform at 8:00 pm at www.tidal.com/tidalxkeithurban.com.

    Following his May 4th stop in New York City, Urban will return home for a free outdoor noontime show in Nashville’s Bridgestone Plaza, complete with some of Nashville’s finest food truck vendors.  The album release event is being done in partnership with the City of Nashville.

    “Keith is an asset to this city on every level,” said Butch Spyridon of The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.  “His talent as a singer, songwriter and musician is unquestionable and as a citizen he is a model for others to follow.  He has given back time and time again and it is truly appreciated.  While he is celebrating the release of his next great record, which is already a hit in our book, he is still giving back! We can’t say enough and it is an honor to help celebrate the album release by partnering with him for this this event.”

    After the Nashville event’s conclusion Urban will head off to Los Angeles where he’ll grace the stage of the 200-seat GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater for a special intimate evening KEITH URBAN “Inside The Songs Of RIPCORD.” The ‘inside the actor’s studio’ format will include moderator Scott Goldman, Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares, and intimate performances and stories behind the writing, producing and recording of Urban’s groundbreaking new album.

    “The GRAMMY Museum is thrilled to host Keith in our Clive Davis Theater,” said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE.  “He’s one of our industry’s most prolific songwriters, insightful producers and most electrifying performers. He’s continued to break new ground through his music and that’s never been more apparent than on his new album RIPCORD. It’s our honor to be hosting this one-time only event.”

    The recording of RIPCORD, Urban’s nearly 18-month musical journey, features some of the music industry’s most celebrated and influential musical collaborators from Pitbull to Nile Rodgers to Carrie Underwood and Dann Huff to Jeff Bhasker, Greg Wells and busbee.

    Its release coincides with the June 2nd launch of the four-time Grammy Award winner’s ‘ripCORD WORLD TOUR 2016’ with Brett Eldredge and special guest Maren Morris.

    ABOUT TIDAL  

    TIDAL is a global, experiential, entertainment platform built for fans, directly from artists around the world. TIDAL members enjoy exclusively curated content that directly connect artists with their fans in multiple ways. The service offers high-fidelity, CD sound quality music, high resolution video, an opportunity to discover new artists via TIDAL Discovery, and unique experiences via TIDAL X. TIDAL is available in more than 46 countries, with more than a 40 million song catalog and 130,000 high quality videos.  For more information, please visitwww.tidal.com. Follow TIDAL at http://facebook.com/tidalhttp://twitter.com/tidalhifi and https://instagram.com/tidal/

    ABOUT TIDAL X
    TIDAL X gives fans the opportunity to connect with their favorite artists and witness unique experiences. From intimate performances, meet-and-greets, and even dinner with artists, the possibilities for TIDAL X users are endless. TIDAL X experiences showcase and support artists of all levels, giving them a platform to connect with their most loyal fans around the globe exclusively through TIDAL.

  • KEITH URBAN ADDS PITBULL’S STYLE TO ‘SUN DON’T LET ME DOWN’ FROM RIPCORD.

    Keith Urban’s new album, Ripcord, will be released Friday (May 6th), and he’s got a few special guests on the record. In addition to Carrie Underwood on “The Fighter,” there’s also “Sun Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Nile Rodgers and Pitbull.

    Keith says the song, which he wrote and co-produced with Nile and busbee, had a musical break which they were just going to let “simmer,” but he heard Pitbull on the radio and felt his “swagger” would work perfectly on the song.

    “I called the guys up and said, ‘Should we send this track to him and see what he does with it?’ And they said, ‘Sure.’ So, we sent it. He loved it. The crazy thing was that we gave him no direction at all. We just said, ‘Here’s your 16 bars, just do something. Anything. It’s a blank canvas. Just say what you want to say.’ And thankfully, he loved it,” says Keith. “I had no idea what to expect when I unwrapped the gift so to speak when he sent it to my house. I was like, ‘Okay, what’s this gonna be? What did he say?’ And he sent back this insane verse and really finished out the song.”

    Keith is currently making his way up the country charts with his latest single, “Wasted Time.”

    Audio / Keith Urban talks about getting Pitbull on the song, “Sun Don’t Let Me Down.”

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    Keith Urban (Pitbull on Sun Don’t Let Me Down) OC: …the song. :51
    “We finished the song, and there was this musical break in the song that we were just going to let simmer a little bit and build back up to the last chorus. Everybody was cool with it, and one day I heard Pitbull singing on the radio, or rapping, and I was like, ‘Man, I’ve always loved his tone.’ It was literally his tone, his flow, his style. And I called the guys up and said, ‘Should we send this track to him and see what he does with it?’ And they said, ‘Sure.’ So, we sent it. He loved it. The crazy thing was that we gave him no direction at all. We just said, ‘Here’s your 16 bars, just do something. Anything. It’s a blank canvas. Just say what you want to say.’ And thankfully, he loved it. I had no idea what to expect when I unwrapped the gift so to speak when he sent it to my house. I was like, ‘Okay, what’s this gonna be? What did he say?’ And he sent back this insane verse and really finished out the song.”

  • KEITH URBAN RELEASES THE VIDEO FOR ‘WASTED TIME.’

    Today marks the release of Keith Urban’s new video “Wasted Time,” for the song that is one of the fastest rising chart singles of his career. The video marks the second from Urban’s new album RIPCORD (“John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16), which will be released on Friday, May 6th, and the third directed by John Urbano (“Cop Car” and “Somewhere In My Car”).

    Of “Wasted Time” Urban says, “I worked with a lot of new people on Ripcord, and Greg (Wells) was one I’d wanted to work with for a long time.”  “He’d been writing a lot with J (James) and so the three of us spent a couple days at Greg’s studio to jam and see if we clicked. Greg had this cool chord progression and I grabbed my guitar and started singing a melody.”

    “J suggested the title, and before we knew it, we were talking about growing up and all the things you do, no matter where you are in the world, and the song just took off from there.” “Wasted Time” was co-written by Greg Wells, J Hart and Urban and was co-produced by Urban and the Grammy Award winning Producer of the Year Greg Wells (Adele, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, etc.).

    The much-anticipated eighth studio album RIPCORD, the result of Urban’s nearly 18-month musical journey, features some of the music industry’s most celebrated and influential musical collaborators from Pitbull to Nile Rodgers to Carrie Underwood and Dann Huff to Jeff Bhasker, Greg Wells and busbee.

    Its release coincides with the June 2nd launch of the four-time Grammy Award winner’s “ripCORD WORLD TOUR 2016” with Brett Eldredge and special guest Maren Morris.

    For more Keith Urban news and information go to www.keithurban.net.

    Video / Keith Urban Wasted Time video

  • KEITH URBAN’S ‘WASTED TIME’ IS ABOUT COMING-OF-AGE.

    In just one week, Keith Urban will release his new studio album, Ripcord. The collection has already spawned two No. 1 singles – “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Break on Me,” as well as a new hit, “Wasted Time.” Keith wrote the song with Greg Wells and J. Hart, and found out the three of them, while growing up in completely different places, had many of the same experiences.

    “I have a lot of that formative years memories from sort of ten to 16, 17 right through there. So, that’s a big coming of age, right of passage period in a boy’s life,” says Keith. “And there was a place we had to I think it was called Lime Rock was the name of the little water hole we would go down to and there was a big rope swing that someone had put in a tree and it was a horrendously long drop to the river below and we would often just cut class and go down there and hang out. And I have such great memories of that. It was an exhilarating, exciting time. You know, girls and skipping class and finding somebody that owns a car on a Friday night and pile into that and drive around with nothing to do except hang out at the gas station act important and be somebody that you’re not. And it was crazy, you know. I get here to write with these two guys and Greg’s [Wells] from Canada and J. [Hart] is from Atlanta, Georgia and yet the three of us had the exact same memories, pretty much the same. Different names of drinks, different names of cars, different names of towns, but pretty much all the same things. So, this song really took off when we started writing it.”

    The video for “Wasted Time” has just premiered on Vevo, while Keith’s new album, Ripcord, is available May 6th.

    Audio / Keith Urban talks about how he “wasted time” when he was younger, and how those experiences are universal the world over.

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    Keith Urban (how he Wasted Time) OC: …writing it. 1:37
    “The town I grew up, feel I grew up in was Caboolture. I mean I was ten when my parents moved there. We lived in Brisbane before that, but really Caboolture was the small farming town we moved to and it was where I finished out what you would say middle school and then high school. I did all of that in Caboolture, so I have a lot of that formative years memories from sort of ten to 16, 17 right through there. So, that’s a big coming of age, right of passage period in a boy’s life. And there was a place we had to I think it was called Lime Rock was the name of the little water hole we would go down to and there was a big rope swing that someone had put in a tree and it was a horrendously long drop to the river below and we would often just cut class and go down there and hang out. And I have such great memories of that. It was an exhilarating, exciting time. You know, girls and skipping class and finding somebody that owns a car on a Friday night and pile into that and drive around with nothing to do except hang out at the gas station act important and be somebody that you’re not. And it was crazy, you know. I get here to write with these two guys and Greg’s [Wells] from Canada and J. [Hart] is from Atlanta, Georgia and yet the three of us had the exact same memories, pretty much the same. Different names of drinks, different names of cars, different names of towns, but pretty much all the same things. So, this song really took off when we started writing it.”

    Audio / LINER Keith Urban (My new album, Ripcord, will be here next week)

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  • DIERKS BENTLEY’S NEW RECORD WAS BORN FROM THE SONG ‘BLACK.

    Dierks Bentley is just a month away from releasing his new album, Black, and he says it’s pretty much a relationship-based record.

    “Whenever I’m moving forward into a new album, I’m definitely looking for a new sound, some new idea to kind of like start writing to wrapping the album around. So, it’s either a sonic thing or a lyrical thing or an idea,” says Dierks. “On the last record it really came from, I had some personal stuff going on in my life with people passing away and people being born. On this record, it really came from the song ‘Black,’ which is the album title. Just these milestones were passing me by, and I didn’t really get a chance to celebrate them or honor them. My wife and I had our 10 year anniversary, and it just kinda came and went, so I kind of started thinking about that and relationships in general and how crazy it is to be with someone for 10 years. And that really sparked the idea for the song ‘Black,’ and really from there that’s kind of the cornerstone of the record, that song, and that’s where the idea for this kind of relationship-based record came from and trying to do it in a way that’s a little bit different than just a love song, all love song-based album.”

    The first single from the album, “Somewhere on a Beach,” is sitting inside the Top 3 on the country charts. Black is set for release May 27th.

    Dierks is receiving a lot of praise and acclaim for Black…even his friend Keith Urban, who received an advanced copy of the album, had great things to say about Dierks’ new album, and so…he tweeted him: “…really proud of u brutha. ‘Different For Girls’ – THAT’S a song!!”

    Audio / Dierks Bentley talks about his new album Black being a relationship-based album.

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    Dierks Bentley (Black album) OC: …like that. 1:22
    “Whenever I’m moving forward into a new album, I’m definitely looking for a new sound, some new idea to kind of like start writing to wrapping the album around. So, it’s either a sonic thing or a lyrical thing or an idea. These last two records have really gone into that, on a pretty blank piece of paper – not sure what it’s gonna be or where it’s gonna come from. On the last record it really came from, I had some personal stuff going on in my life with people passing away and people being born. On this record, it really came from the song ‘Black,’ which is the album title. Just these milestones were passing me by and I didn’t really get a chance to celebrate them or honor them. My wife and I had our 10 year anniversary, and it just kinda came and went, so I kind of started thinking about that and relationships in general and how crazy it is to be with someone for 10 years. And that really sparked the idea for the song ‘Black,’ and really from there that’s kind of the cornerstone of the record, that song, and that’s where the idea for this kind of relationship-based record came from and trying to do it in a way that’s a little bit different than just a love song, all love song-based album. I think ‘Black’ is the closest thing I have to a love song on the entire record. So, it’s a little bit more of a mysterious, a look at the mysterious elements and the growth through a long-term relationship.”

    Video / Keith Urban's tweet to Dierks Bentley

    Video / Dierks Bentley 'Somewhere on a Beach

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  • KEITH URBAN RELEASES THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR ‘WASTED TIME.’

    Keith Urban has released the lyric video for his single, “Wasted Time.” Check it out below.

    “Wasted Time” is the third single from his upcoming album, Ripcord, which will be available May 7th. The previous two singles — “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Break on Me” — topped the country charts.

    Video / Wasted Time lyric video

  • KEITH URBAN AND VINCE GILL ARE READY FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL ALL FOR THE HALL EVENT.

    Keith Urban is ready for the sixth annual All for the Hall benefit concert, along with co-headliner Vince Gill. The theme for the event, which takes place Tuesday (April 12th) at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, is Mashville: The Music City in 2016.

    It will feature performances by the show’s headliners, as well as Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Emmylou Harris, Maren Morris, Florida Georgia Line, Peter Frampton, Jason Isbell and Maddie and Tae. Check out his Twitter page to see photos from today’s rehearsals.

    Nashville has become a dynamic and diverse musical melting pot,” Keith said about this year’s theme in a prepared statement. “While it remains the home of country music, an unbelievably talented community of songwriters, producers, instrumentalists, singers, bands and solo artists are rapidly changing the entire musical landscape in Music City, U.S.A.”

    Audio / Keith Urban says the only challenge with his annual All for the Hall event may be culling down the guest list.

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    Keith Urban (All 4 the Hall) OC: …over the years. :50
    “It’s a labor of love in the best way. It really is. If I said there’s only one challenge with it, it’s condensing the guest list. It was, right from the beginning, it was like trying to put a wedding list together and which family member to invite. You have to either invite everybody or elope, right? But we’ve only got limited time and it’s very, very hard to have certain people who are very good friends of mine say, ‘What the…? What the…? Waiting for the call. Nothing.’ So, I thought how do I get around this problem? And then the idea of themes came up so at least there’s some type of criteria for me to put a guest list together. Otherwise, this show would be days and days long if I invited everybody I wanted. We get to do it every year, so I have a huge list of people I want to be able to invite over the years.”