Keith Urban‘s fans aren’t the only ones jamming out to his new album, Ripcord. His wife Nicole Kidman posted a video of herself getting glammed for a role in the television series Big Little Lies and singing along to her husband’s current single, “Wasted Time.”

She wrote — “Getting ready to shoot Big Little Lies, jamming to my man listening to Wasted Time. Congrats on ‪#‎RIPCORD‬ baby!”

Keith responded by sharing his wife’s post and saying, “Don’t u just love Celeste’s taste in music ?!! (thx babygirlxx) ‪#‎biglittlelies‬‪#‎RIPCORD‬”

He referenced her role as Celeste Wright in the upcoming television series, Big Little Lies, which also features Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood, Battleship), Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blonde) and Laura Dern (Wild, Jurassic Park).

“Wasted Time” is the third and latest single from Keith’s new album, Ripcord, and the follow-up to his previous two No. 1 hits, “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” and “Break on Me.”

Keith Urban just released his new album, Ripcord, and he has joined with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by allowing Keith fans and radio listeners the opportunity to purchase a copy of his new album, Ripcord, for themselves AND a patient at St. Jude. Each purchase is for two albums for $15.

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)Keith has supported St. Jude for nearly 20 years with sales of his annual calendar going to the Children’s Hospital.

Use the link below to get two copies for only $15 — one for yourself and one that will be sent to a family at St Jude on your behalf.

https://gumroad.com/l/SDMf

Don’t forget to catch Keith Urban perform on NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (11:35p ET) on Friday (May 6th), the day his new album, Ripcord, is released. Keith will also be profiled on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday (May 8th).

Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson are set to headline the 15th Annual Austin City Limits Music Festival, taking place over two consecutive weekends – September 30th – October 2nd and October 7th – 9th – at Austin’s Zilker Park.

Vince Gill and David Nail are among the artists taking part in the 26th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Game during this year’s CMA Music Festival. The players will put on their gloves June 7th at 3pm and play against each other at the new First Tennessee Park in Nashville. Tickets for the game are available at Ticketmaster. More names will be announced in the coming weeks. Proceeds will benefit City of Hope’s mission to eradicate cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

This year’s Faster Horses Festival will feature performances from Eric Church, Lady Antebellum and Jason Aldean on the main stage. The lineup for the second stage includes Kelleigh Bannen, Haley Georgia, Aubrie Sellers, LanCo, Mo Pitney and many others. The festival is taking place July 15th – 17th in Brooklyn, Michigan.

It seems Kip Moore may have gone back into the studio following his European trek to lay down some cool lyrics and funky beats. Check out his Instagram video below. In the meantime, he’s making his way up the country charts with his latest hit, “Running for You.” Kip is set to go on the road on Miranda Lambert’s Keeper of the Flame 2016 Tour, along with Brothers Osborne, in just a couple of weeks.

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)

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

Eric Church is set to headline one night of the 4^th 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.

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 4^th 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 2^nd launch of the four-time Grammy Award winner’s ‘ripCORD WORLD TOUR 2016’ with Brett Eldredge and special guest Maren Morris.

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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.”

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.

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.