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Keith Urban, who is set to release his fifth studio album next month (March 31, 2009), has revealed the first round of dates for his upcoming "Escape Together World Tour." So far, the country star has 30 stops booked across the country through August, and the outing is expected to grow to more than 50 North American dates.

The artist will be joined by Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean and the Zac Brown Band on select tour dates.

A select number of seats on his Escape Together World Tour will be sold for $20 each, and the excess transaction fees for the bargain passes have been waived.

Keith says, "It's easy to see that people out there are hurting. And if these ticket prices can help some of them to let loose, forget about their daily grind and enjoy a night of music, then that's what we intend to give them and everyone else that comes out to our shows."

He'll be near me on August 1, 2009 at the Wachovia Center. =o)

May 7 - 8 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
May 9 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
May 15 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
May 28 Charleston, WV Charleston Civic Center
May 29 Roanoke, VA Roanoke Civic Center
May 30 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center Arena
June 5 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
June 6 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
June 7 Fort Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 11 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
June 13 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
June 17 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center
June 18 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
June 19 Raleigh, NC RBC Center
June 27 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
June 28 Moline, IL i wireless Center
July 9 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
July 10 Wichita, KS Kansas Coliseum
July 11 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
July 15 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
July 19 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
July 25 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
July 31 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
August 1 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
August 8 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
August 13 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
August 14 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
August 18 Hershey, PA Giant Center
August 21 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
August 27 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena

The tour continues this summer with a final performance on August 27th at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, NC. About 20 additional North American dates are expected to be announced shortly.

Labels: concert, Keith Urban, music news

This might have been the best show I have ever been to...and I've been to many.

Though the Wachovia is my least favorite venue because of the expense and the seating (even narrow for my small self) this show was amazing. Keith Urban gave one of the best performances I have ever seen. He was so into it, smiling and jamming and saying he felt like he was home. He spent a lot of time in the center of everyone, walking down from the stage and down the runway. He may very well be the best guitarist I have ever seen perform live. The entire show was so comfortable for him, you could tell that music is his passion and just the fact that he was on stage thrilled him. Even the standing people and drunk girl in the rows in front of us couldn't ruin this performance.

Of course it looked almost sold out in that huge venue and so the crowd sang loud and true when asked. We did a "fun wave" in which we went around the whole place twice, waving our arms up while holding our lit cell phones. I have to say it looked pretty freaking cool.

Brian got us pretty good seats and so when Keith was in the center we were able to see him really well. Oh my gosh he is so gorgeous. (Reminds me of my Bri in that way). Except Keith has tattoos and earrings and I am such a sucker for both of those extras. ;o)

The Wreckers opened and they are cute, but unfortunately I couldn't hear them very well while they were singing. It was difficult to get into it when I couldn't understand what they were saying. But they were also very pleased at the crowd and loved what they were doing.

Keith's set included an enormous amount of songs...including "Making Memories Of Us," "Who Wouldn't Want To Be Me?," "I Told You So," "Stupid Boy" (which I cried through), "Got It Right This Time," "Faster Car," "You'll Think of Me," "Better Half" gosh I can't even begin to list them all.

After they left the stage and we all clapped and screamed for one more song, Keith topped off the night by saying he had no intentions of leaving because we are the best (drunkest) crowd he has ever played for and he didn't want to go. He stayed up on stage both at the piano and with his guitar for another 40 minutes. Phenomenal, I am telling you, absolutely phenomenal!

And when he sang "Got It Right This Time" he dedicated the song to Nicole Kidman (his wife) and said he wouldn't be here today if it weren't for her. Awwwwww, I so love Keith Urban. Such a great person, singer, husband, guitarist, pianist...etc.

I know a lot of people reading this blog are not into country music. But I must insist you give Keith a listen. He totally rocks out, it's not that hick, twangy country music you may be used to hearing. This is awesome, awesome music and he is so freaking talented!

Listen:
Keith Urban - "(Baby, You're My) Better Half" (mp3)
Keith Urban - "Days Go By" (mp3)

Labels: concert, Keith Urban